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• Google said to prep billing payment service for Gmail - PCWorld

  24-03-2015 23:39 via pcworld.com
  
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  Google said to prep billing payment service for Gmail
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  Google reportedly is creating a service to let people pay their bills from their Gmail accounts. The service, currently dubbed Pony Express, would ask users to provide personal information, including credit card and Social Security numbers, to a third-party ...
  Report: Pay Bills in Gmail With Google 'Pony Express'PC Magazine
  You could receive and pay bills in your Gmail by year's endEngadget
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• The Opportunity rover just “ran” an 11 year marathon on Mars - Washington Post

  24-03-2015 23:15 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  The Opportunity rover just “ran” an 11 year marathon on Mars
  Washington Post
  On Tuesday, NASA's Opportunity Rover clocked in an 11 year and two month marathon. It's now been operating nearly 45 times longer than initially planned, and it's "run" a significant 26.219 miles during that residency on the red planet. "This is the first time ...
  Martian Marathon: Opportunity Rover Rolls Past 26-Mile MarkNBCNews.com
  NASA rover Opportunity completes ma
  
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• Shocking! Gemini Astronaut Smuggled Corned Beef Sandwich Into Space 50 ... - Tech Times

  24-03-2015 22:57 via techtimes.com
  
  Tech Times
  Shocking! Gemini Astronaut Smuggled Corned Beef Sandwich Into Space 50 ...
  Tech Times
  John Young was a pioneering astronaut who had many firsts in his career, including the first sandwich smuggled into space, 50 years ago this week. (Photo : NASA). John Young was the pilot aboard the pioneering spaceflight Gemini 3 and was also, likely, ...
  50th anniversary of Gemini 3's smuggled space sandwich "celebrated"American Register
  50 years ago today, space welcomed its fi
  
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• Facebook kicks off annual developer conference Wednesday - San Jose Mercury News

  24-03-2015 22:51 via mercurynews.com
  
  USA TODAY
  Facebook kicks off annual developer conference Wednesday
  San Jose Mercury News
  SAN FRANCISCO -- It's been a year since more than 1,000 developers gathered here for an annual conference hosted by Facebook, but during that time the social network has ventured into new territory such as virtual reality and messaging. On Wednesday ...
  Facebook F8 Preview: Mobility, Messenger & MoreInformationWeek
  Facebook's F8 conference: What to expectMashable
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• Electric fault delays relaunch of CERN collider after two-year refit - Reuters

  24-03-2015 22:34 via in.reuters.com
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  Electric fault delays relaunch of CERN collider after two-year refit
  Reuters
  GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists at Europe's CERN research center have had to postpone the imminent relaunch of their refitted 'Big Bang' machine, the Large Hadron Collider, because of a short-circuit in the wiring of one of the vital magnets. "Current ...
  LHC restart: Short circuit slows preparationsBBC News
  Earth's Most Powerful Physics Machine Gets Back in ActionWired
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• Amazon Blasts FAA for Slowness on Drone Regulations

  24-03-2015 21:15 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The online retailer says the U.S. is falling behind other countries when it comes to realizing the economic potential of drone technology.
  
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• Facebook Rips Off Timehop With 'On This Day' Feature - PC Magazine

  24-03-2015 20:59 via pcmag.com
  
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  Facebook Rips Off Timehop With 'On This Day' Feature
  PC Magazine
  If you want to reminisce about what you were doing a year ago on this very day, you could always download Timehop to check out your photos and updates from the past. But now there's another option. Facebook on Tuesday introduced a new feature called ...
  Facebook's Newest Feature Will Give You Nostalgia OverloadTIME
  Facebook officially launches nostalgia-inducing 'On This Day' featureThe Verge
  
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• Google's Pony Express to Allow Bill Pay Via Email: Re/Code

  24-03-2015 20:59 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Google's mission to organize the world's information is now targeting your physical mailbox.
  
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• This ancient salamander-like species was as big as a car - The Week Magazine

  24-03-2015 20:54 via theweek.com
  
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  This ancient salamander-like species was as big as a car
  The Week Magazine
  Paleontologists from the University of Edinburgh found flossils of a so-called "super salamander" in southern Portugal, at a site where there had once been a lake. The predator species, Metoposaurus algarvensis, could reach up to six feet in length and lived ...
  Researchers Find Fossil of 'Super Salamander' SpeciesABC News
  Researchers in Portugal find fossil of previously undiscov
  
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• Americans Can't Seem to Agree on Self-Driving Cars

  24-03-2015 20:07 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  Self-driving cars may be cool and the wave of the future, but a third of Americans say they would never buy one.
  
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• Arctic Ice Reaches a Low Winter Maximum - New York Times

  24-03-2015 20:03 via nytimes.com
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  Arctic Ice Reaches a Low Winter Maximum
  New York Times
  The winter ice covering the Arctic Ocean has reached its annual peak, but the extent of sea ice cover this winter is smaller than it has been at the end of any winter since 1978, when scientists began keeping consistent satellite records. The vast amount of sea ...
  Surprise! Arctic sea ice record winter lowEarthSky
  Climate change concerns: Arctic sea ice at record low levelsKSHB
  
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• Facebook 'On This Day' Will Take You on a Nostalgia Trip

  24-03-2015 20:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Do you remember what you were doing on this day four years ago? Facebook does.
  
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• New Logitech Wireless Mouse Works With Windows, Mac - PC Magazine

  24-03-2015 18:53 via pcmag.com
  
  Wired
  New Logitech Wireless Mouse Works With Windows, Mac
  PC Magazine
  Logitech today announced its latest high-tech computer accessory: The MX Master wireless mouse, which works on Windows and Mac PCs. The $99 MX Master uses Bluetooth to pair with up to three devices at once, be it a desktop, laptop, or tablet. Just tap ...
  The Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse is their most advanced yetTechnologyTell
  Logitech Reveals A Customizable Wireless MouseTech News Today
  Logitech's Awesome MX M
  
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• New “Tandem” Solar Cell to Harnesses More Sunlight

  24-03-2015 18:53 via scitechdaily.com
  
  By combining two types of photovoltaic material, researchers from MIT and Stanford have developed a new “tandem” solar cell that harnesses more sunlight. Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a new kind of solar cell that combines two different layers of sunlight-absorbing material in order to harvest a broader range of the sun’s […]
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• Join Meerkat for a chat about #CNNInstantStartups

  24-03-2015 18:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  If you haven't yet been asked by friends or co-workers to Meerkat, chances are you will soon.
  
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• Why Wall Streeters’ Defections to Silicon Valley Are Good News for the Economy

  24-03-2015 18:38 via nytimes.com
  If you think of finance as a back office function, it’s easier to see why some of the best and brightest young people are making moves.
  
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• Future Supply Risks of Metals and Metalloids

  24-03-2015 18:34 via scitechdaily.com
  
  New research from Yale University details the “criticality” of all 62 metals on the Periodic Table of Elements, providing key insights into which materials might become more difficult to find in the coming decades, which ones will exact the highest environmental costs — and which ones simply cannot be replaced as components of vital technologies. […]
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• Bill Gates says he was never in Steve Jobs' league - CNET

  24-03-2015 18:34 via cnet.com
  
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  Bill Gates says he was never in Steve Jobs' league
  CNET
  Technically Incorrect: In the new book "Becoming Steve Jobs," the Microsoft co-founder marvels at Jobs' ability to excite a crowd about technology. by Chris Matyszczyk · @ChrisMatyszczyk; 25 March 2015, 4:26 am AEDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter.
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• 'Threat-Sharing' Cyber Bill Introduced in US House

  24-03-2015 18:20 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The U.S. House Intelligence Committee introduced on Tuesday its version of long-awaited legislation intended to enhance information sharing.
  
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• Astronomers View an Outbursting Class 0 Protostar

  24-03-2015 18:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Satellite and ground-based data has revealed an outburst from HOPS 383. This is the first outburst astronomers have ever seen from a Class 0 object, and it appears to be the youngest protostellar eruption ever recorded. Using data from orbiting observatories, including NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, and ground-based facilities, an international team of astronomers has […]
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• Curiosity Finds Evidence of Nitrates on Mars

  24-03-2015 17:55 via scitechdaily.com
  
  NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered evidence of nitrates in scooped samples of windblown sand and dust at the “Rocknest” site, providing further evidence that the ingredients needed for life were present on Mars billions of years ago. Nitrogen is essential for all known forms of life, since it is used in the building blocks of […]
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• Why Wall Streeters’ Defections to Silicon Valley Is Good News for the Economy

  24-03-2015 17:34 via nytimes.com
  If you think of finance as a back office function, it’s easier to see why some of the best and brightest young people are making moves.
  
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• Force Field Could Save Soldiers From Brain Injuries

  24-03-2015 17:34 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  It's not quite "Star Trek," but Boeing has patented a force field that's meant to keep soldiers safe on the battlefield.
  
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• Why Wall Streeters Defecting to Silicon Valley Is Good News for the Economy

  24-03-2015 16:59 via nytimes.com
  If you think of finance as a back office function, it’s easier to see why some of the best and brightest young people are making moves.
  
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• Fin24.com | Post Office crisis needs ministerial intervention - customer

  24-03-2015 16:38
  
  Something has gone drastically awry at the SA Post Office and is a crisis that warrants urgent ministerial intervention, says Fin24 user Mark Ingle.
  
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• Fin24.com | Snakes in the mail freaks out SA Post Office

  24-03-2015 16:30
  
  Endangered animals are a big concern for the Post Office, which often comes across live goods in the mail, but staff have now been trained to be one step ahead.
  
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• 'It's a fight for the wrist'

  24-03-2015 15:58 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Browsing the 141,000 sq meters of stalls in Baselworld this year its hard to make out whether the industry is one step ahead or behind.
  
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• Fin24.com | Zim sex workers turn to mobile money

  24-03-2015 15:46
  
  The country's sex workers are increasingly using mobile money when it comes to receiving payments.
  
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• Fin24.com | MPs shortlist candidates for SABC board vacancy

  24-03-2015 15:44
  
  Parliament's portfolio committee has identified five candidates to fill the position on the board vacated by Ellen Tshabalala.
  
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• More Than 1/3 of Americans Leave Phones Unlocked

  24-03-2015 15:31 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  It turns out that Americans are not great at protecting their privacy.
  
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• Taylor Swift Among Those Buying Up .Porn Suffixes

  24-03-2015 15:02 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  The singer Taylor Swift, Microsoft Corp. and Harvard University are among those buying up .porn and .adult Web suffixes as a pre-emptive move.
  
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• Amazon's Twitch Suffers Security Breach

  24-03-2015 14:35 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Amazon's billion dollar baby, gaming website Twitch, has suffered a security breach.
  
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• Fin24.com | SA Post Office says there's no chaos

  24-03-2015 14:32
  
  The South African Post Office says the suggestion of chaos at the Post Office’s Johannesburg International Mail Centre is “incorrect and misleading”.
  
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• Fin24.com | Santam launches safety tracker app

  24-03-2015 12:51
  
  The short-term insurer has unveiled a mobile application that allows users to choose who will be informed of their movements.
  
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• Drones Are Helping Save Rhinos From Extinction

  24-03-2015 11:54 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  
  University students in Spain are developing drone technology that helps identify poachers in an effort to save rhinos from extinction.
  
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• Fin24.com | Microsoft pushes deep into Android territory

  24-03-2015 11:14
  
  Microsoft has unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services on devices powered by the rival Google Android system.
  
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• Fin24.com | Data security yet to grab hold in SA

  24-03-2015 10:16
  
  Businesses in South Africa won’t take a new local privacy law seriously until there’s a high-profile hacking breach in the country, says a security expert.
  
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• Fin24.com | Caxton loses bid to block Novus listing

  24-03-2015 09:18
  
  The Competition Tribunal has dismissed Caxton CTP Publishers and Printers’ urgent application to stop the listing of Novus Holdings (formerly Paarl Media Group) on the JSE.
  
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• Fin24.com | Tshwane safety app overcomes language barriers

  24-03-2015 08:15
  
  The crime fighting application developed to increase safety is uniquely positioned to overcome language barriers that exist in South Africa.
  
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• Fin24.com | NSA looks to US Congress to extend spying law

  24-03-2015 06:59
  
  US intelligence agencies will stop bulk collection of data on calls by US telephone subscribers, unless Congress extends a law authorising the spying.
  
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