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1 hr ago | Ananova

China Spreads Alternative To Us GPS System

Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US sat nav system.

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Related Topix: GPS, Business News

6 hrs ago | MSNBC

Recommended: Mice and other critters land in Russia after 30 days in space; not all survive

Vladimir Sychov, deputy director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems and the lead researcher for the Bion-M project, talks to reporters Sunday while others examine the "space ark" capsule in the background.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Russia, Space

8 hrs ago | CTV

2 men arrested in killing of Las Vegas teen who refused to give up his iPad

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Ipad

11 hrs ago | WPTV Local News

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

The Yahoo board has reportedly approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Tumblr, Internet

15 hrs ago | Pasadena Star-News

L.A. hobbyists seek $1.5 million prize in NASA Mars robot challenge

Jim Rothrock of Wunderkammer Laboratory has built an autonomous robot for a NASA competition to develop technology that can retrieve rock samples on Mars, which would then be returned to Earth.

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Related Topix: Robots, NASA

19 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

Samsung Electronics Levant launches the latest smart TVs lineup for 2013 in Jordan

Samsung Electronics Levant, the world leader in consumer electronics and digital technology, and Hikmat Yassin Sons Co., announced the launch of its new Samsung 2013 Smart TV lineup in the Jordanian market in a press conference at the Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel .

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Televisions, Jordan, World News, Middle East, CPU,

Sat May 18, 2013

Digital Post Production

The Panasonic AG-HPX255 Camera and BT-LH1850 Monitor

Panasonic has a new camera, the AG-HPX255. Let's take a look at their new hand-held P2 camera offering, as well as their new monitor, the BT-LH1850. Panasonic lent a friend of mine the AG-HPX255 to test out.

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Related Topix: Space

The Miami Herald

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

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Related Topix: Fremont, CA, CPU, Robots, San Francisco, CA

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Astronaut Chris Hadfield's Most Excellent Adventure

After a half-year mission at the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield lands in central Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Space

Madison Publishing

Bernanke says computer revolution likely to provide various future gains to economic growth

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says pessimists forecasting that the economy will not reap sizable benefits from the computer revolution are likely to be proven wrong.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Bard College, Great Barrington, MA

KMIZ

Cloning stem cells: What does it mean?

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Genetics

The Financial Mirror

Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs

Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.

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Related Topix: World News, Romania, Inventions

Fri May 17, 2013

PC World

Security researchers uncover global cyberespionage effort

Security researchers from Trend Micro have uncovered an active cyberespionage operation that so far has compromised computers belonging to government ministries, technology companies, media outlets, academic research institutions and nongovernmental organizations from more than 100 countries.

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Related Topix: Mobile Armor, Microsoft Office, Microsoft

EDGE

Google's Products Dig Deeper Into People's Lives

For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest breakthroughs.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Computers, Internet, iPhone, Ipad

CBS News

Syrian hackers compromise FT blogs, Twitter feeds

A clutch of blogs and Twitter accounts maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which often attacks media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Syrian, Computer Security

Iol.co.za

Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers

Overtaking Apple as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.

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Related Topix: CPU, iPhone, Cupertino, CA

News24

LulzSec hackers jailed in UK

London - A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Riot

Patch.com

Wi-Fi on Metra Trains: Pricey, but Worth It?

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology are major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic devices during ... (more)

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Related Topix: Wireless, Emerging Technology, Wi-Fi, DePaul University

Thu May 16, 2013

The Campbell Reporter

Google receiving sensitive searches redirected from rival in Vietnam

A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's website, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

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Related Topix: Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Internet

Chemical & Engineering News

Justices Support Monsanto In Seed Patent Dispute

The Supreme Court ruled on May 13 that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto 's intellectual property rights when he planted a second generation of the agribusiness giant's patented soybean seeds without paying the company a fee.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Inventions

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