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October 20th, 2010

Apple’s New MacBook Air, FaceTime for Mac, OS X Lion, and iLife 11

Today Apple held a press event called “Back to the Mac” and during it they made several announcements and introduced a couple updated products, all related to the Mac. With iPhone, iPod, and iPad being such a big focus from Apple recently, the name of the event set the theme for what was to come.

MacBook Air

Before the event there was rumblings of a new MacBook Air and iLife. The new operating system codenamed OS X Lion was also set to play a part of the event. When CEO Steve Jobs stepped on stage, all the rumors became true, and demos were held to show off what is new.

It is one thing to say the names of what is announced, but here is an overview of what was a fairly eventful day in Apple land. There is much to be detailed, so check out the scoop below.

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October 6th, 2010

It’s a Bird! It’s a Manta Ray! It’s the NASA X-48B Blended Wing Body Skyray!

For plane watchers, the skies above Edwards Air Force Base is always a great place to see the most advanced aircraft in the world. Locals may begin seeing an odd, manta ray shaped aircraft again. NASA has resumed test flights of the X48B blended wing body (BWB) test plane. For almost 3 years, the unmanned X-48B, nicknamed the Skyray, flew 80 flights testing it’s radical design. After a major overhaul and upgrade, the X-48B is back in the skies again!

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NASA’s X-48B Skyray tests blended wing body flight over the California desert. Image Source – NASA.gov

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