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• PC Industry Still Struggling, but Sales Decline Leveling Off

  12-01-2015 23:49
  Global PC shipments fell again last year, though research firms see positive signs for 2015
  
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• Two-faced fish clue that our ancestors 'weren't shark-like' - WhatLauderdale.com

  12-01-2015 23:49 via whatlauderdale.com
  
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  Two-faced fish clue that our ancestors 'weren't shark-like'
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  The fossil skull's external options meant it had often been believed to belong to the bony fishes (osteichthyans), a group which involves familiar fishes such as cod and tuna as nicely as all land-dwelling creatures with backbones. But when scientists from.
  Tiny Fish Skull May Be Ancestor of Jawed VertebratesDiscovery News
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• After Gadgets and Gizmos Go Home, CES Exhibits Get Recycled

  12-01-2015 23:39
  After the gadgets go home, CES goes green recycling the trade show's badges, booths and more
  
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• Experts surprised, delighted by baby California condor - Christian Science Monitor

  12-01-2015 23:22 via csmonitor.com
  
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  Experts surprised, delighted by baby California condor
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  The surprise appearance of a baby California condor thrilled wildlife biologists tasked with monitoring the critically endangered species. By Victoria Cavaliere, Reuters January 12, 2015. close. In this image provided by the Ventana Wildlife Society, a "mystery" ...
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• It's Orange and Hard to Destroy, But What's in a Black Box?

  12-01-2015 23:03 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Here's what officials expect to find inside the flight data recorder.
  
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• Accused Silk Road Creator Ulbricht Goes to Trial

  12-01-2015 22:57 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  Jury selection is scheduled for Tuesday in Manhattan federal court in the case of Ross Ulbricht, who authorities say created Silk Road.
  
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• An Ambassador for Physics Is Shifting His Mission

  12-01-2015 22:51 via nytimes.com
  Rolf-Dieter Heuer, who as director led CERN from a dark period and declared the finding of the Higgs boson, is in the final year of his term.
  
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• Potential Traces of Microbes Spotted on Mars - The Utah People's Post

  12-01-2015 22:39 via utahpeoplespost.com
  
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  Potential Traces of Microbes Spotted on Mars
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  The Astrobiology journal published a scientist's paper that talks about the discovery of patterns occurring in rocks from Mars. These patterns are similar to fossil signatures from microbial life located on Earth in its primitive form. Nora Noffke, a geobiologist from ...
  Mars Microbe Traces Spotted by Rover? Probably NotDiscovery News
  Photos show possible signs of ancient microbial life on MarsS
  
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• China Spacecraft Enters Orbit around the Moon - Scientific American

  12-01-2015 22:33 via scientificamerican.com
  
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  China Spacecraft Enters Orbit around the Moon
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  After releasing a test return capsule, the service module is headed for Moon orbit after loitering at Earth-Moon L2. Credit: China Space Website. A Chinese spacecraft service module has entered orbit around the moon, months after being used in the country's ...
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• Tiny Fish Skull May Be Ancestor of Jawed Vertebrates - Discovery News

  12-01-2015 22:30 via news.discovery.com
  
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  Tiny Fish Skull May Be Ancestor of Jawed Vertebrates
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  The remains of a 415-million-year-old fish skull from Siberia — though miniscule in size — offer hints about the origins of all jawed vertebrates, ranging from reptiles to humans, a new study finds. Play Video · Why Do Fish Come in So Many Colors. Fish don't ...
  Two-faced fish clue that our ancestors 'weren't shark-like'WhatLauderdale.com
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• Uber Offers Helicopters to College Championship

  12-01-2015 22:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The College Football Championship game is hours away, and fans going to the game in Arlington, Texas, now have a way to avoid game-night traffic.
  
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• Obama: With Tech Advances Come Privacy Risks for US

  12-01-2015 21:59
  Obama calls for new laws on data hacking, says tech advances come with privacy risks
  
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• Shock and awe over military vehicles

  12-01-2015 21:51 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The U.S. Department of Defense is developing the next generation of armored vehicles that will be faster, more agile and highly automated.
  
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• From Smart Pacifiers and 3-D Printers: The Gizmos of CES 2015

  12-01-2015 21:32 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  With 2.2 million square feet of gadgets, everyone from Samsung to the Girls Scouts were showcasing the latest advancements in technology.
  
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• Would you trust a driverless car?

  12-01-2015 21:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Each year tech junkies from around the world gather in Las Vegas for International CES, the Consumer Electronics Show where innovators come to show off their latest prototypes, preview products and announce new releases, including a Mercedes Benz that doesn't even need a chauffeur to drive you around.
  
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• What's at Stake in the Silk Road Trial

  12-01-2015 21:23
  
  The man alleged to be at the center of the Silk Road operation is set to stand trial.
  
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• Microsoft, Google tangle over Windows security patch - Reuters

  12-01-2015 20:16 via reuters.com
  
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  Microsoft, Google tangle over Windows security patch
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  SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has complained publicly about tech rival Google Inc revealing a security flaw in its Windows 8.1 system just days before Microsoft was scheduled to roll out a fix for the problem, potentially exposing users to hacking.
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• It Looks Like These

  12-01-2015 19:39 via pinterest.com
  
  It Looks Like These Are All the Large Kuiper Belt Objects We’ll Ever Find
  
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• Apple App Store Prices Changing

  12-01-2015 19:34
  
  The price of an app from the Apple app store is changing for people who live in Canada and parts of Europe.
  
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• The Skinny on Moving Under Sand

  12-01-2015 19:32 via nytimes.com
  A study showed that the long, slender shape of a snake was able to move more efficiently than that of a lizard.
  
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• Fin24.com | SpaceX cargo capsule reaches International Space Station

  12-01-2015 19:00
  
  A SpaceX Dragon capsule wrapped up a two-day journey to the International Space Station on Monday, the first US cargo run to the orbital outpost in four months.
  
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• U.S. Defense Official: CENTCOM Twitter Account 'Clearly' Hacked

  12-01-2015 18:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  As President Barack Obama gave a speech stressing the importance of cybersecurity, the Twitter account for CENTCOM appeared to be hacked.
  
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• CENTCOM Twitter, YouTube Hit by Pro-ISIS Hack

  12-01-2015 18:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Twitter and Youtube accounts for U.S Central Command were hacked by an unknown group on Monday.
  
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• Physicists Use Atom Interferometry to Directly Measure Gravity’s Curvature

  12-01-2015 18:39 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A newly published study details how a team of physicists simultaneously measured gravity with cold atoms at three different heights to achieve the first direct measurement of the gravity-field curvature. Earth’s gravitational pull gradually decreases with increasing altitude, and researchers have detected the differences even over several vertical feet within a lab, using the extreme […]
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• SpaceX Supply Ship Arrives at Space Station With Groceries

  12-01-2015 18:32
  SpaceX supply ship arrives at space station with groceries, belated Christmas presents
  
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• Yang: Internet of Things, or IdioT?

  12-01-2015 18:19 via rss.cnn.com
  This year, at the annual gargantuan gadget gathering known as CES, the titans of technology stood on stage to deliver virtually the same message, one after the other: We have arrived at a turning point in human society — one in which the world around us is so deeply embedded with intelligent electronic objects that we can essentially outsource huge aspects of our life to them!
  
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• How Amazon Bet Big on 'Transparent' and Won

  12-01-2015 18:17
  
  Two unlikely names got a shout out at the Golden Globes: Amazon and Jeff Bezos.
  
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• Nanotech Pores Keep Bacteria from Sticking to Surfaces

  12-01-2015 18:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A team of researchers used anodization to create nanoscale pores that change the electrical charge and surface energy of a metal surface, creating a nanoporous surface called alumina that prevents bacteria from attaching to the surface. Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale surface that […]
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• Warming Hiatus Caused in Part by Small Volcanic Eruptions

  12-01-2015 17:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory show that the “warming hiatus” that has occurred over the last 15 years has been caused in part by small volcanic eruptions. Scientists have long known that volcanoes cool the atmosphere because of the sulfur dioxide that is expelled during eruptions. Droplets of sulfuric acid that form when […]
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• Duke Study Provides Close-Up of Synapse Refinement

  12-01-2015 17:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study from Duke University provides a close-up of synapse refinement and identifies that the protein hevin is crucial in this process. Durham, North Carolina – Shortly after birth, human brains expand rapidly with the experience of an entirely new world. During this period, neurons in the newborn brain compete with one another to […]
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• New Algorithm Should Enable Household Robots to Better Identify Objects

  12-01-2015 17:16 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from MIT shows that a system using an off-the-shelf algorithm to aggregate different perspectives allows household robots to recognize four times as many objects as one that uses a single perspective, while reducing the number of misidentifications. For household robots ever to be practical, they’ll need to be able to recognize the objects […]
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• How to Capture a (SpaceX) Dragon

  12-01-2015 17:04
  
  Dragon arrives with 5,000 pounds of cargo at International Space Station.
  
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• Newly Released Hubble Image of Galaxy NGC 6861

  12-01-2015 16:54 via scitechdaily.com
  
  First discovered in 1826, this newly released Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 6861. The subject of this image is NGC 6861, a galaxy discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. Almost two centuries later we now know that NGC 6861 is the second brightest member of a group of at least a dozen […]
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• Crayola Sorry After Hackers Make Its Facebook Page off-Color

  12-01-2015 16:52
  Crayola apologizes after hackers fill its Facebook page with off-color cartoons, jokes
  
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• See NASA's 'Pillars of Creation' image

  12-01-2015 16:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  NASA has come out with a new image that could become one of its most iconic ever.
  
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• NASA posters sell vacations on alien worlds

  12-01-2015 16:33 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Art team hopes retro images will promote interest in Kepler telescope project's work discovering potentially habitable worlds.
  
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• The spaceship reinvented for new frontiers

  12-01-2015 16:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  More than half a century after Sputnik, space travel remains shockingly wasteful. Every rocket we launch at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars can only be used once and completes its mission by falling to Earth in pieces. This disposable design has scarcely advanced since the 1960s.
  
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• Worst gadgets of CES 2015

  12-01-2015 16:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  From speakers that levitate to clear knockoffs of brand name products, a look at the worst of the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show.
  
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• 'Je Suis Charlie' App Shows Worldwide Support

  12-01-2015 16:27
  
  In the days since the Charlie Hebdo massacre, a simple phrase, "Je Suis Charlie," has been used to show solidarity with the victims and support for free speech.
  
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• SpaceX tries historic landing: 'Close, but no cigar'

  12-01-2015 16:19 via rss.cnn.com
  
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• High-tech gloves turn everyone into a musician

  12-01-2015 15:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Musician Imogen Heap is using high-tech music gloves to translate simple gestures in to mind-bending music.
  
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• Comet Lovejoy visible over U.S.

  12-01-2015 15:57 via rss.cnn.com
  
  It was a tough decision for any space junkie. Comet sleuth Terry Lovejoy had just pinged me on Facebook Messenger answering my request for an interview. Then, my amateur astronomer husband, Jim Ribble, opened the garage door to shout that he had spotted Comet Lovejoy with his telescope from our driveway.
  
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• Feel the vibration: The next phase in virtual reality

  12-01-2015 15:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Place both hands flat on your chest, just below the clavicle, and say something out loud. Feel that? Every time you speak, your chest cavity vibrates.
  
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• Fin24.com | Google shutting down Woza Online service

  12-01-2015 15:04
  
  Thousands of websites belonging to small to medium businesses on Google’s Woza Online service will be shut down in South Africa.
  
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• Golden Globes 2015:

  12-01-2015 13:41 via pinterest.com
  
  Golden Globes 2015: Gina Rodriguez who won!Only 31% of speaking roles in films are given to women and 23% of films are centred on a woman protagonist... still Latinas make up an underwhelming 4.6% of film appearances! Rodriguez's win matters! othersociologist.... #latinas
  
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• Fin24.com | IE suffers as hackers hit Windows

  12-01-2015 12:29
  
  Internet Explorer has topped the list as the most vulnerable Microsoft Windows component for 2014.
  
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• Fin24.com | Facebook does U-turn on atheist group ban

  12-01-2015 12:02
  
  Facebook has reinstated a popular group on the social network after fans erupted when it was banned.
  
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• Watch: Techbytes: Internet Archives Makes Over 2,000 Retired Video Games Available to Play

  12-01-2015 11:23
  
  The website will feature games from the 1990s including Sim City, The Oregon Trail, and Prince of Persia.
  
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• Fin24.com | India online property bubble blooms

  12-01-2015 11:16
  
  Driven by expectations that years of property market slowdown may come to an end soon, investment in online property portals has jumped five-fold to $193m in 2014.
  
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• Fin24.com | Strong dollar forces Apple app price changes

  12-01-2015 10:00
  
  Apple has told software makers that it’s increasing app prices in the European Union, Norway, Canada and Russia because of foreign exchange rates and taxes.
  
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