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Better Than Apollo: The Space Program We Almost Had
SAN FRANCISCO — In the late 1950s, American space companies jumped into a headlong race to build an aerospace industry that could launch missiles across the world and rockets above.
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Google Adds 'Bike There' Feature to Google Maps
They've been plugging away for awhile now on ways to get directions for cyclists that avoids hills, excessive traffic, and points you in the best directions for pedaling to your destination. Now it's live!
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New Torn Legacy teaser trailer online
The full HD version of the new Tron legacy trailer that premiered with 'Alice In Wonderland' this weekend has found its way online.
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Baked Goods Outlawed at Bake Sales
New York City schools say no to zucchini bread but yes to Doritos for fundraising.
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Advertising Misinformation: How to Fake a Business District
In North Tyneside, more than 140 businesses have closed up shop, leaving the High Streets looking somewhat desolate and empty. Knowing that a deserted shopping area can discourage other businesses from moving in while it encourages even more to pull out, the North Tyneside council decided to try a radically unusual approach: they’re faking it.
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Apple's New Stance On 'Cookie Cutter' Apps
In the wake of Apple’s sudden decision to remove nearly all “sexy” applications from the App Store, we’ve been hearing that the company is also clamping down on so-called “cookie-cutter” applications
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How to Get Currency Exchange Rates in iPhone Stocks App
The iPhone Stocks app can be used to lookup and monitor currency exchange rates. Here's a simple tip.
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JWST shade in the made
Astronomy | The James Webb Space Telescope is NASAs successor to Hubble. Mind you, it's not a replacement: JWST will see in the infrared, peering deeper into the Universe with it’s ginormous 6 meter unfoldable mirror than Hubble can.
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Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth's Axis
The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth's axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said.
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Apple Files Against HTC For Infringing On 20 iPhone Patents
HTC is on Apple's firing line, with a lawsuit filed today claiming they infringed on 20 Apple patents. Sound familiar? Of course it does, because Nokia's being accused of the same thing.
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Postal Service Talking Again About Ending Saturday Delivery
There's been talk for nearly a year that Saturday mail delivery might be on the way out as the U.S. Postal Service looks for ways to cut its billion-dollar-plus annual losses.
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EV WORLD: Giving the New Beetle Wings
Ernie Rogers is a retired rocket scientist who found an affordable way to improve the already stellar performance of his Volkswagen New Beetle by an estimated 10% just by adding a wing on the back to change the drag coefficient from .38 to .30. Want to get 58 MPG in a Beetle?
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Saturn Moon Riddled with Gushing Geysers, New Images Reveal
A bonanza of geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus are revealed in new images taken aboard the Cassini spacecraft.
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Has America Already Had 'O-nough'?
One year after electing him to office, voters have grown tired of President Barack Obama, or more precisely, his agenda to "transform" the US. So much so, in fact, that the 1946 slogan is again finding traction. With a nod to the ubiquitous Obama campaign logo, the simple question that frustrated Republicans, Democrats and Independents are asking..
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Apple VP attempts to explain double standard for risqué apps
Apple's Phil Schiller has addressed the issue of the recent purge of sexually themed app from the App Store. However, it seems an arbitrary double standard still remains.
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Female SeaWorld trainer attacked, killed by whale
A whale attacked and killed a female trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando Wednesday afternoon, the sheriff's office said. Emergency personnel were called to the park around 2 p.m. and found a person dead, according to Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall.
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Steve Jobs agrees to collaborate on authorized biography
Apple's chief executive is set to collaborate on an authorized biography, to be written by Walter Isaacson, the former managing editor of Time magazine.
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New data: 40 percent in US lack home broadband
That is partly because broadband is not as widely available in rural areas. The phone and cable companies that provide the bulk of broadband connections in the U.S.
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Next Flash Version Will Support Private Browsing
Soon the next version of Flash, 10.1, will support private browsing and will integrate with browsers to turn it on when the browser itself is in private browsing mode.
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Escape From New York Remake is Back On
Snake is legally required to be a badass.
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