New Astronauts Arrive On International Space Station
At 11:37 am on Friday, the International Space Station gainedthree new crewmembers, bringing Expedition 34 to its full crew complement. The new crewmembers are all...
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Google working on “X Phone”, “X” tablet to take on rivals – WSJ
(Reuters) – Google Inc is working with recently acquired Motorola on a handset codenamed “X-phone”, aimed at grabbing market share from Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co...
Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse
A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the...
NASA posts YouTube video debunking Maya ‘Armageddon’
(Reuters) – NASA is so sure there will be a December 22, 2012, it has already posted a YouTube video titled “Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday.”...
Germany orders changes to Facebook real name policy
A German data protection body has ordered Facebook to end its policy of making members use their real names. The policy violates German laws that...
Tau Ceti’s planets nearest around single, Sun-like star
The nearest single Sun-like star to the Earth hosts five planets – one of which is in the “habitable zone” where liquid water can exist,...
Google, Facebook drive mobile ad market growth: report
Google Inc’s mobile ad revenue in the United States will be roughly $4 billion next year, while Facebook Inc’s nascent mobile advertising business will more...
Apple’s iPhone 5 starts strong in China but shares pressured
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it sold more than 2 million of its new iPhone 5 in China during the three days after its launch there on...
Microsoft ups Surface production, to sell in more stores
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has stepped up manufacturing of the Surface tablet, its new device designed to counter Apple Inc’s iPad, and will introduce it to...
China’s mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie
(Reuters) – China’s Xiaomi Technology is a fairy tale for nerdy entrepreneurs. Less than three years after its founding, the smartphone maker is valued at...