July 20, 2005

Shuttle: no launch this week, engineers still baffled Register - NASA says the Shuttle Discovery will not launch before 26 July, as the space agency's engineers continue their investigation into the misbehaving fuel gauge that grounded the Shuttle again, last week. 10:53:27 AM

Senate approves same-sex legislation CTV - Canada's same-sex marriage bill could be signed into law as early as today after it receives royal assent. The bill was passed by the Senate, 47-21, in a late-night vote Tuesday, a couple of days ahead of schedule. 10:52:45 AM

Ahenakew stripped of Order of Canada Canadian Jewish News -  Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson last week accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada and revoked David Ahenakew’s membership in the order. 10:52:06 AM

Google's zoomable Moon-explorer Google Moon is Google's commemorative site for the anniversary of the first manned Moon landing -- an interactive, zoomable map of the moon's surface with waypoints set for the six Apollo landing sites. Nice Easter-egg if you zoom all the way, too. Link (via Waxy) [ boing boing ] 7:32:46 AM

Gone to Google: Microsoft sues over exec's defection Seattle Times, WA - For months, Microsoft has suffered a mini-exodus of top talent to Google. But one departure announced yesterday clearly hurt — so much so that the company sued the outgoing executive and Google, which Microsoft said improperly encouraged the move. Kai-Fu Lee, a corporate vice president, resigned to open a research center for Google in China, becoming the highest-ranking employee to leave for a company that unmistakably irritates Microsoft's leadership. 6:13:48 AM