Author - Jerry Paxton

The Guardian is reporting that scientists have discovered a planet roughly 20 lightyears away that is the most earth-like ever discovered.

From the article:
‘The planet is the most Earth-like ever spotted and is thought to have perfect conditions for water, an essential ingredient for life. Researchers detected the planet orbiting one of Earth’s nearest stars, a cool red dwarf called Gliese 581, 20 light years away in the constellation of Libra.’

Engadget is reporting that Fabrik has made two announcements of note today.

First, they are starting to sell a new line of SimpleTech Pro / Duo Pro Drives ($229.99 to $799.99), which are aimed at digital media enthusiasts, prosumers and business users and come equipped with up to 2TB of storage space, eSATA and USB 2.0 connections.

Second is the announcement of ‘Ultimate Backup’, not to be confused with the ‘Ultimate Showdown’. UB is a web-based service of backup storage. For less than five dollars per month, Fabrik Ultimate Backup gives you unlimited capacity to securely store important files and media collections remotely and automatically. To keep your content private and confidential, all files are encrypted with 128-bit SSL encryption while in transit, with an option for a private encryption key, to the company’s remote 448-bit Blowfish encrypted servers, to help ensure that content is safe and secure.

Joystiq is reporting that Rock Band will be sold in a bundle only until 2008 and there will be NO individual guitars for sale until 2008 as well. It also seems the game will go retail with 40 to 50 songs for you to rock as you desire.