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• Google's Billion Dollar Bet on SpaceX

  20-01-2015 23:23
  
  Elon Musk wants to expand the Internet into space and Google could be the ideal partner to join him.
  
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• U.S. to Pay Woman $134K Over Fake Facebook Page

  20-01-2015 23:17 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. has agreed to pay a New York woman $134,000 for having set up a fake Facebook page using her identity, according to court documents.
  
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• APNewsBreak: US Settles Case Over Fake Facebook Page

  20-01-2015 22:48
  APNewsBreak: Justice Department settles case over fake Facebook page created by drug agency
  
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• IBM Tops 4Q Profit Forecasts but Revenue Continues to Sag

  20-01-2015 22:48
  IBM beats 4Q profit expectations but revenue continues to sink; Shares drop aftermarket
  
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• Netflix Reels in 4.3M More Subscribers 4Q; Stock Surges

  20-01-2015 22:30
  Netflix's hooks another 4.3 million subscribers to top management projections, lifting stock
  
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• SpaceX Gets $1 Billion from Google and Fidelity

  20-01-2015 22:27 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  SpaceX says it has received a $1 billion investment from Google and Fidelity, valuing the company at $10 billion.
  
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• Justice Department Reaches $134,000 Settlement Over Fake Facebook Page Created by Drug Agency

  20-01-2015 22:21
  Justice Department reaches $134,000 settlement over fake Facebook page created by drug agency
  
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• Facebook Wants to Boot Hoaxes From Your News Feed

  20-01-2015 21:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  No more Justin Bieber hoaxes: From now on, Facebook will closely monitor stories for reports that they're fake or misleading.
  
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• Man Charged With Helping Run Website Selling Drugs, Guns

  20-01-2015 21:47
  Washington state man charged with helping run Silk Road 2.0 website, used for drug, gun sales
  
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• The Weird Way Sea Snails Get Their Prey

  20-01-2015 21:27
  
  The questionably cute but slimy sea snail has a secret weapon for capturing its prey, scientists have discovered.
  
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• Inside a race car that drives itself

  20-01-2015 21:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Morgan takes a high speed ride in a self-driving race car in the season premiere of Morgan Spurlock Inside Man
  
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• Androids: Cool or creepy?

  20-01-2015 21:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  In the season premiere of Inside Man, Morgan Spurlock goes deep into the world of robotics to show us the cool, the cutting edge and creepy.
  
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• Google reportedly in $1 billion satellite investment talks with SpaceX - CNET

  20-01-2015 20:46 via cnet.com
  
  CNET
  Google reportedly in $1 billion satellite investment talks with SpaceX
  CNET
  Funding would apparently bolster both companies' goals of creating space-based networks for delivering Internet access via satellite. by Steven Musil · @stevenmusil; 19 January 2015 6:15 pm GMT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more.
  Google Is Close to Investing $1 Billion in Musk's SpaceXBusinessweek
  Google may invest in SpaceX to back Elon Musk's satellite projectLos Angele
  
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• Twitter Buys ZipDial in Bid for Users in Emerging Markets

  20-01-2015 20:40
  Twitter buys Indian marketer ZipDial as it tries to snare new users in developing regions
  
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• Mysterious Goo Blamed in San Francisco Bay Area Bird Deaths

  20-01-2015 20:39
  Mysterious goo blamed for San Francisco Bay Area bird deaths; tests eyed to uncover source
  
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• Solar Plane Sets Course for Round-the-World Flight

  20-01-2015 20:28 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  A Swiss-based venture has announced the route for a record-setting, fuel-free flight around the world in a solar-powered plane called Solar Impulse 2.
  
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• Improved DARPA Atlas Robot Cuts the Cord, Quiets Down

  20-01-2015 20:27 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  This year's Robotics Challenge will be a quieter and less cluttered place thanks to an improved Atlas, the standard-issue bot for qualifying teams.
  
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• HP Pro Slate 12 tablet boasts Concore Glass, Duet Pen tech - PCWorld

  20-01-2015 20:25 via pcworld.com
  
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  HP Pro Slate 12 tablet boasts Concore Glass, Duet Pen tech
  PCWorld
  Hewlett-Packard hopes to bring momentum into the faltering market for large-screen Android tablets with the new Pro Slate 12, which stands out with a rugged 12.3-inch display and its ability to digitize notes from regular paper. The tablet is the company's first ...
  HP Pro Slate 8 can digitise notes written on any type of paperTechRadar
  HP Pro Slate Tablets Revealed TodayWallStreet OTC
  HP Pro Slate 12 Wins Race
  
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• What to expect from Microsoft's next Windows 10 event - Engadget

  20-01-2015 20:15 via engadget.com
  
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  What to expect from Microsoft's next Windows 10 event
  Engadget
  After taking big swings with Windows 8 and 8.1 -- how big a miss they were is open to interpretation -- Microsoft's trying to redefine how we work with computers once more. We're going to get a much closer look at Windows 10 at 9AM PT/12PM ET tomorrow ...
  Microsoft to show off latest WindowsMarketWatch
  Twitter for Windows Phone lets Cortana in on tweetingSlashGear
  Windows 10 - what you need to knowTelegraph.co
  
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• Magnetic Fields in Dark Clouds Help Form Massive Stars

  20-01-2015 20:05 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study shows for the first time that high magnetization sets the stage for the formation of massive stars with 8 solar masses or more. Magnetic fields in massive dark clouds are strong enough to support the regions against collapse due to their own gravity. A study lead by researchers at the Max Planck […]
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• NASA's Dawn makes final approach to Ceres: first close-up look at dwarf planet - Christian Science Monitor

  20-01-2015 20:05 via csmonitor.com
  
  Christian Science Monitor
  NASA's Dawn makes final approach to Ceres: first close-up look at dwarf planet
  Christian Science Monitor
  Dawn, scheduled to arrive at Ceres March 6, is expected to provide crucial insights into the processes at play on the solar system's innermost dwarf planet. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer January 20, 2015. close. This processed image, taken Jan. 13, 2015, shows ...
  Mystery White Spot Beckons in Dawn Probe's View of CeresNBCNews.com
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• UR scientists make metal surfaces water repellent - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

  20-01-2015 19:51 via democratandchronicle.com
  
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  UR scientists make metal surfaces water repellent
  Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  Two University of Rochester scientists have found a way of using powerful laser beams to make metal surfaces last longer and be more suitable for a wide range of practical purposes. "We change the nature of the metal surface so that they can repel water," ...
  Laser-generated surface structures create extremely water-repellent metalsUniversity of Rochester Newsroom
  
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• Seattle Mariners Introduce LED's to MLB

  20-01-2015 19:41 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The Seattle Mariners are making history by become the first major league team to install an LED lighting system in their stadium. KING's Gary Chittim reports that with a lifespan of 50 years, the LED's may outlast SafeCo Field.
  
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• A Link between Inflammation and Cancer

  20-01-2015 19:40 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from MIT reveals a link between inflammation and cancer, showing that the timing of inflammation determines whether potentially cancerous mutations may arise. A new study from MIT reveals one reason why people who suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases such as colitis have a higher risk of mutations that cause cancer. The researchers also […]
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• How Google and SpaceX Could Create a Global Internet Service

  20-01-2015 19:39
  
  Elon Musk wants to expand the Internet into space and Google could be the ideal partner to join him.
  
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• Super Mario Becomes Artificially Intelligent

  20-01-2015 19:26
  
  Super Mario has come to life with a dose of artificial intelligence.
  
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• Hey Dummy, Stop Using These Passwords - PC Magazine

  20-01-2015 19:25 via pcmag.com
  
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  Hey Dummy, Stop Using These Passwords
  PC Magazine
  Think you're being clever by using your own name, or that of your favorite superhero, as your online password? You're not. SplashData today released its annual list of 25 most common Internet passcodes: or, hackers' 25 best friends. The new ...
  Most popular password of 2014 was '123456'Telegraph.co.uk
  Worst passwords of 2014 are just as awful as you can imagineCNET
  You're probably using one of these 25 terrib
  
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• Geophysicists Find Source Behind “Sudden” Tectonic Plate Movements

  20-01-2015 18:57 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Geophysicists from Yale University reveal that the combination of crustal plugs with weakening causes abrupt slab detachment in a few million years, which can account for observed precipitous changes in plate tectonic motion and rapid continental uplift. Yale-led research may have solved one of the biggest mysteries in geology — namely, why do tectonic plates […]
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• Opinion: The tech giant didn't do its homework

  20-01-2015 18:40 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Martha Pease says just because you can build something doesn't mean you should. Even if you cook up something cool and new and make it available, real people may still not want it.
  
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• Earth’s Earliest Primates Lived in Trees

  20-01-2015 18:36 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from Yale University reveals that Earth’s earliest primates lived in trees. Earth’s earliest primates have taken a step up in the world, now that researchers have gotten a good look at their ankles. A new study has found that Purgatorius, a small mammal that lived on a diet of fruit and insects, was […]
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• The tech giant didn't do its homework

  20-01-2015 18:35 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Opinion: Martha Pease says just because you can build something doesn't mean you should. Even if you cook up something cool and new and make it available, real people may still not want it.
  
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• HTC One M9 appears in first leaked shots! - GeekSays

  20-01-2015 18:26 via geeksays.com
  
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  HTC One M9 appears in first leaked shots!
  GeekSays
  We already know that the HTC One M9, codenamed Hima, will be officially unveiled on March 1, and this seems to be the only detail available for the moment. Or..it was the only detail, as the first images with the handset were leaked today.
  HTC One M9 First Unofficial Photos, Specs and FeaturesThe Fuse Joplin
  HTC Desire 826 Vs HTC One M8: Specs, Features, Display, Hardware, Camera ...KpopStarz
  
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• More Progress Made Toward Learning Contents of Herculaneum Scrolls - New York Times

  20-01-2015 18:13 via nytimes.com
  CNET
  More Progress Made Toward Learning Contents of Herculaneum Scrolls
  New York Times
  Researchers have found a key that may unlock the only library of classical antiquity to survive along with its documents, raising at least a possibility of recovering vanished works of ancient Greek and Roman authors such as the lost books of Livy's history of ...
  X-ray reveals the secrets of burned Vesuvius scrollsCNET
  New Tech Could Reveal Secrets in 2000-Year-Old ScrollsLive Science
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• 7 'tech superheroes' to watch in 2015

  20-01-2015 18:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Who are the tech masterminds to watch in 2015? Industry insider, Shivvy Jervis, gives her predictions.
  
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• Cone Snails Attack Their Prey with Insulin Venom - The Utah People's Post

  20-01-2015 18:02 via utahpeoplespost.com
  
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  Cone Snails Attack Their Prey with Insulin Venom
  The Utah People's Post
  Cone Snails Attack Their Prey With Insulin A new study revealed that cone snails attack their prey with a insulin venom, a venom that has very high doses of insulin in it. Cone snails are very slow-moving creatures and this is the main reason why they've ...
  
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• What to Expect From Microsoft's Big Event

  20-01-2015 17:49
  
  Microsoft is gearing up for a Windows 10 event on Wednesday that should provide new insights into the operating system makeover.
  
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• New JPL Video: Approaching Titan a Billion Times Closer

  20-01-2015 17:12 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new three minute video uses data collected by Cassini’s imaging cameras and the Huygens Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer to better detail Saturn’s moon Titan. Approaching Titan a Billion Times Closer Remember the Titan (Landing): Ten years ago today, January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe touched down on Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. This new, narrated movie […]
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• NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Closes in on Ceres, Delivers New Images

  20-01-2015 16:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has captured new images of dwarf planet Ceres. As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images taken in early December. These are the first in a series of images that will be taken for […]
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• Many Passwords Are So Bad They Don't Need to Be Hacked

  20-01-2015 16:44 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  While a lot of attention is given to high profile account breaches, the truth is many passwords are next to useless because of their simplicity.
  
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• Photos: Orphaned Baby Otter Recuperates

  20-01-2015 16:31
  
  Absolutely adorable baby animals!
  
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• Microsoft Outlook 'Hacked' by Chinese: Watchdog

  20-01-2015 16:22 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Microsoft's Outlook email service in China was hacked by the country's censorship authority, an internet watchdog has claimed.
  
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• Cybersecurity to Take Spotlight at State of the Union

  20-01-2015 15:37 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The White House has spent the past two weeks previewing policy initiatives, as well as legislative proposals in three areas.
  
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• Fish tank washing machine makes big splash

  20-01-2015 15:30 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Appliance guys turn washing machine into a fish tank. WHAM has the story.
  
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• The next phase in virtual reality

  20-01-2015 15:28 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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• Driverless pods whisk you across town

  20-01-2015 15:28 via rss.cnn.com
  
  CNN's Richard Quest explores SkyTran -- a rapid transit system which could revolutionize public transportation.
  
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• NASA takes new images of dwarf planet Ceres

  20-01-2015 15:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  NASA released new images Monday of the dwarf planet Ceres that hint at crater-like structures on the surface.
  
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• Flight to make stops in India and U.S.

  20-01-2015 15:22 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Soon, the plane's unique silhouette may be visible across the horizons of Southern Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
  
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• Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) holding near 1-month support, decreasing short ... - Markets Wired

  20-01-2015 15:17 via marketswired.com
  
  Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) holding near 1-month support, decreasing short ...
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  Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) (TREND ANALYSIS) is expected to report earnings per share of $7.81 for the current fiscal year, as per consensus of analysts, on January 27th. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported last earnings figures on October 20th.
  
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• Google Glass: What went wrong

  20-01-2015 15:17 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Opinion: Martha Pease says the giant tech company needed to do its homework before releasing Google Glass.
  
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• OK Glass? Wearables march on despite Google's setback - New Scientist

  20-01-2015 14:34 via newscientist.com
  
  Network World
  OK Glass? Wearables march on despite Google's setback
  New Scientist
  Google Glass is gone… at least for now. The US tech giant's controversial computing eyewear shut up shop last week. Google put out a positive statement, saying the Glass project was "graduating" from the company's secretive X lab in Mountain View, ...
  The Onion drives the last nail into the first-gen Google Glass's coffinBGR
  
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