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• Hungary's Government Website Temporarily Shut by Cyberattack

  02-04-2016 21:49 via abcnews.go.com
  Hungary's government says its computer network came under attack from outside the country, temporarily blocking access to official websites
  
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• Blue Origin Successfully Tests Same Rocket for Third Time

  02-04-2016 19:19 via abcnews.go.com
  A private space company completed its third successful unmanned rocket launch and safe landing in West Texas with the same vehicle it used during previous tests
  
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• Awesome photo of Comet 67P: Lessons from the Rosetta mission - Christian Science Monitor

  02-04-2016 19:12 via
  Christian Science Monitor
  Awesome photo of Comet 67P: Lessons from the Rosetta mission
  Christian Science Monitor
  The spacecraft captured the moment when the Sun, the comet and the spacecraft are perfectly aligned, resulting in a gorgeous backlit image of Comet 67P. By Bamzi Banchiri, Staff April 2, 2016. Save for later Saved. close. This image, provided by the ...
  Most recent image of Comet 67P provided by Rosetta mission is awesomeMaine News Online
  ESA's Rosetta clicks Striking Picture of
  

• Parrot Species in US Cities May Rival That in Native Mexico

  02-04-2016 17:19 via abcnews.go.com
  U.S. researchers are launching studies on Mexico's red crowned parrot _ a species that has been adapting so well to living in cities in California and Texas after escaping from the pet trade that the population may now rival that in its native country
  
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• New App Cancels or Fixes Your Forgotten Subscriptions

  02-04-2016 11:46 via feeds.nbcnews.com
  A new service will track down your unwanted subscriptions and work with you to figure out what's worth keeping or ditching.
  
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• Hospital chain says system 90 percent back after cyberattack

  02-04-2016 10:02
  
  MedStar Health says computer systems at its 10 hospitals are 90 percent back after a cyberattack.
  
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• Alaska cancels standardized testing after Internet problems

  02-04-2016 10:02
  
  The Alaska education department said Friday that it was canceling its computer-based statewide student assessments amid Internet problems at the University of Kansas where the test developer is based.
  
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• Watch: Scott Kelly Retires From NASA After 20 Years

  02-04-2016 09:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Astronaut Scott Kelly completed four separate missions in 1999, 2007, 2010 and 2015, accruing 520 intergalactic days.
  
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• An ancient site spotted from space could rewrite the history of Vikings in North America - Alaska Dispatch News

  02-04-2016 06:43 via
  Alaska Dispatch News
  An ancient site spotted from space could rewrite the history of Vikings in North America
  Alaska Dispatch News
  The ancient chronicles told of a larger-than-life Viking warrior with a shock of red hair, banished from his home for killing another man, who sailed with hundreds of followers to an icy island in the sea. And they told of his son, who set out only a ...
  Another site in Newfoundland associated with VikingsMaine News Online
  Satellite images lead to possible discovery
  

• Acer Chromebase is an all-in-one video conference system - Engadget

  02-04-2016 05:57 via
  Engadget
  Acer Chromebase is an all-in-one video conference system
  Engadget
  We first met Acer's Chromebase at CES 2016, but that one wasn't loaded with Google's enterprise software like this version is. The company's new Chromebase for meetings is a dedicated video conference system that tracks schedules and supports ...
  Google and Acer built a 24-inch desktop computer for video conferencesThe Verge
  Acer Launches Chromebase For Meetings AIO PC For Business: All-In-One Video Conferencing Too
  

• Roundup: Google's April Fool's prank boomerangs; Automakers report best U.S. March sales in 16 years; more - Tribune-Review

  02-04-2016 05:01 via
  IBNLive
  Roundup: Google's April Fool's prank boomerangs; Automakers report best U.S. March sales in 16 years; more
  Tribune-Review
  Google is acknowledging that it pranked itself after an April Fool's Day Gmail tweak angered some people who use Google's email for work. The company added a button to its email service that allowed users to fire out a Minion GIF, a character from the ...
  Grapevine: Puff Daddy reunites rappersThe Detroit News
  Fool me once, shame on you InternetThe Hindu
  Google p
  

• 40 People, Products and Moments That Shaped Apple

  02-04-2016 04:16 via abcnews.go.com
  
  On April 1, 1976 -- 40 years ago today -- Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak formed Apple Computer.
  
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• Tesla faces stiff challenges with Model 3 - Los Angeles Times

  02-04-2016 03:28 via
  Los Angeles Times
  Tesla faces stiff challenges with Model 3
  Los Angeles Times
  Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has come one step closer to realizing his long-held dream of bringing affordable, zero-pollution vehicles to the world's highways. After months of secrecy, he unveiled the prototype for his planned $35,000 Model 3 ...
  Tesla plays by its own rulesThe Detroit News
  Tesla Pre-Orders Near 200000Valley News
  Model 3 To Boost Tesla's Drive To Be Mainstream In 'Beacon City Of Electric Vehicles'F
  

• Sprint working on a fix for iPhone-using subscribers unable to connect to LTE network in SoCal - PhoneDog

  02-04-2016 03:11 via
  Fortune
  Sprint working on a fix for iPhone-using subscribers unable to connect to LTE network in SoCal
  PhoneDog
  Apple's deployment of iOS 9.3 can't seem to run out of hitches. A few days ago, there were reports that the latest update to the iPhone maker's iOS mobile operating system was causing apps to crash especially, when users tried to tap on web links ...
  Apple iOS 9.3.1: Should You Upgrade?Forbes
  Some Sprint users are suffering LTE connectivity issues with iOS 9.3AppAdvice
  Sprint says it
  

• At 40, Is Apple Inc. Still Going Strong? - CBS Local

  02-04-2016 02:31 via
  CBS Local
  At 40, Is Apple Inc. Still Going Strong?
  CBS Local
  CUPERTINO (AP) — Apple turned 40 on Friday, and it's a very different company from the audacious startup that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched in a Silicon Valley garage in 1976. Today, the maker of iPhones and Mac computers is the world's most ...
  These unknowns created the world's most important technologiesNew York Post
  Steve Jobs sold most of his Apple stock when he was ousted from the company in 1985 — today
  

• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to Launch Reusable Rocket Again Saturday - Space.com

  02-04-2016 02:15 via
  Space.com
  Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to Launch Reusable Rocket Again Saturday
  Space.com
  Blue Origin aims to launch and land this New Shepard rocket for the third time on April 2, 2016. Credit: Blue Origin/Jeff Bezos Twitter. Blue Origin is taking this whole "reusable rocket" thing pretty seriously. The private spaceflight company, which ...
  Jeff Bezos lets the world know about Blue Origin's craziest spaceship test flight yetGeekWire
  Next Blue Origin rocket carries two microgravity experimentsEngad
  

• The new era of PlayStation starts today - Engadget

  02-04-2016 02:11 via
  Engadget
  The new era of PlayStation starts today
  Engadget
  Today marks the first day of Sony's new PlayStation-centric division, Sony Interactive Entertainment. Over on the PlayStation Blog, SIE president Shawn Layden says that it's going to be a bit before we see exactly what this shuffling of papers means ...
  Sony Computer Entertainment is now Sony Interactive EntertainmentGamespresso (press release)
  Sony Computer Entertainment Has Now Officially Become Sony Interactive EntertainmentPlayStatio
  

• Orders for Lower-Priced Tesla Hit 198,000

  02-04-2016 01:19 via abcnews.go.com
  Demand for Tesla Motors' new lower-priced electric car is growing faster than expected with 198,000 people plunking down $1,000 deposits by Friday afternoon
  
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