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From MSNBC:

This week, the crew aboard the International Space Station got a treat from NASA. The three-person crew received software enabling them to use the Internet, and it didn't take long for the Expedition 22 flight crew to send the first live tweet from space. Engineer T.J. Creamer, who uses @Astro_TJ, sent the first tweet Friday at 3:58 a.m. Eastern time directly from the space station.

"Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station -- the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s," wrote Creamer.

Paul Sutherland in Scientific American:

AT&T and T-Mobile announced major upgrades to their 3G networks Tuesday that eventually should help both carriers overcome problems arising from heavy data demands by smartphone subscribers.

AT&T said it has completed the deployment of software upgrades to all its 3G cell-tower sites as the first step in its rollout of High-Speed Packet Access 7.2 (HSPA+) technology.

Los Lakers se anotaron su segunda victoria consecutiva en la prórroga, esta vez en Houston, por 102-103, después de haberse impuesto un día antes también en el periodo adicional que tuvo que jugar en Oklahoma . El pulso entre los dos jugadores que intercambiaron camiseta este verano, Artest se salió con la suya aunque sus números fueron casi calcados a los de Ariza. 15 puntos anotó cada uno. Además, un triple de Artest pareció sentenciar el partido pero Ariza respondió y empató a 92 para forzar la prórroga.

Think back to the age of telecom before the breakup of AT&T, before the Internet, before Facebook or Twitter. That's about how antiquated America's system for delivering electricity -- the electrical grid -- is today. In many parts of the country, the grid is so "dumb" that workers still have to walk from house to house to read the electricity meter, and utilities have no clue when the lights go out until customers call to complain.

AT&T on Wednesday said it will upgrade its 3G wireless network to double speeds in six major cities by the end of the year. The exclusive U.S. carrier for Apple's iPhone has been heavily criticized for poor network connections.

By the end of next year, AT&T said, it expects to cover 25 of the nation's largest markets and extend the faster service to 90 percent of its 3G coverage area by the end of 2011. The cities to be upgraded this year are Chicago, Ill.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Miami, Fla.; and Charlotte, N.C.

La petrolera británica British Petroleum (BP) anunció hoy el descubrimiento de un "gigantesco" yacimiento de petróleo en aguas profundas del Golfo de México. En un comunicado, la empresa informó de que el descubrimiento se realizó en la prospección Tiber, un pozo localizado aproximadamente a 400 kilómetros al sureste de la ciudad estadounidense de Houston y a una profundidad de unos 1.260 metros. El anuncio del descubrimiento ha dado impulso a las acciones de BP, que han subido un 4,26%.

By Maniza Naqvi