NASA: Satellite pieces to hit Earth in a week

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. space officials say they expect a dead satellite to fall to Earth in about a week.

NASA has been watching the 6-ton (5.4-metric ton) satellite closely. On Friday officials moved up their prediction for its arrival to Sept. 23, give or take a day.

NASA scientists have calculated the satellite will break into 26 pieces as it gets closer to Earth. The odds of it hitting someone anywhere on the planet are 1 in 3,200. The heaviest piece to hit the ground will be about 350 pounds (159 kilograms), but no one has ever been hit by falling space junk in the past.

NASA expects to give the public more detailed information early next week. For now, all continents except Antarctica could be hit by satellite debris.

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UARS satellite: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/uars-concept.html

iBall Slide tablet launched in India

iBall has launched its first ever Android tablet, iBall Slide in India. Priced at Rs. 13,995, this tablet is powered by Android 2.3 operating system and 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor.

iBall Slide has a 7 inch capacitive touchscreen display, internal storage of 8 GB which is expandable up to 32GB with the help of microSD card, 2 megapixel front camera, Bluetooth, USB host,and HDMI port.

iBall Slide lacks 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity but it can be attached with external dongle. iBall Slide comes pre-installed with apps like E-mail, web browsing, social networking, gaming, document to go and more. iBall Slide is powered by 4400 mAh battery which offers 6.5 hours of music playback and 5 hours of video playback.