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PS Vita 1.6 update to add maps, video capture, Mac sync

Sony has teased an update for the PlayStation Vita that should significantly expand its features just a week before the North American launch. The 1.6 firmware patch will add a mapping tool with both driving and walking directions. Likely based on Google Maps, it has the options of satellite and traffic views as well as sending locations out on the Vita's own group messaging for a meetup....

Satellite-imagery firms in Colorado hope to avoid steep federal cuts

Satellite images so sharp that a baseball home plate is recognizable from more than 400 miles hang in the federal budget balance — and with them the fortunes of two companies with Colorado operations.

Alan Belward tracks changes to Earth’s forests from space

EarthSky spoke with satellite researcher Alan Belward, who studies changes to Earth's forests.