Oct 25, 2011 2 Comments ›› Angelia
Excerpt From Business Insider: The Marines first fleet of unmanned helicopters have been sent to Afghanistan where they will deliver supplies and keep vulnerable vehicles from traveling unprotected roads.
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"I know your deepest secret fear." - Jim Morrison The Hill: ...Obama hasn’t always seen eye to eye with the leaders of the tech world. Steve Jobs, in particular, delivered some harsh criticism to the president, according to a new biography. During a 2010 meeting, Jobs reportedly told Obama bluntly that he would be headed for a ...
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Hillicon Valley: Silicon Valley is lining up behind President Obama's reelection bid, donating more money to his campaign than to any of his Republican rivals. Computer and Internet companies have donated more than $1.2 million to Obama's 2012 campaign so far, among the highest totals for any industry, according to an analysis of campaign finance data compiled ...
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AFP: British billionaire Richard Branson opened the world's first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. The eccentric businessman, with usual flair, sported a black jacket and waves of hair flying as he inaugurated the building by breaking a champagne bottle against a hanger building, while rappelling ...
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Fox News: A three-day disruption to BlackBerry services spread to North America on Wednesday, frustrating millions of users of the Research In Motion devices just two days before rival Apple's new iPhone 4S goes on sale. RIM advised clients of an outage in the Americas and said it was working to restore services as customers in Europe, ...
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NY Times: Hours after it was supposed to have made a fiery plunge back to Earth, a wayward NASA satellite was still in orbit, and space experts were still uncertain when exactly it would fall. At 7:30 p.m. Friday, NASA posted an update that said the satellite, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, was expected to re-enter between ...
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Mother, Son Reunite After 12 Years Apart: MyFoxPHILLY.com
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BBC: Tanks could soon get night time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their infra-red signature. Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology allows vehicles to mimic the temperature of their surroundings. It can also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen through heat-sensitive 'scopes. Researchers are looking ...
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Time: There are almost as many laptops as there are rifles scattered around the 2nd Squad's sleeping quarters in the old school at Combat Outpost (COP) Kowall. Mixed in with dust, sand, helmets and 40-mm grenades are Dells and MacBooks. The men who started out in 2001 as Generation Kill have transformed into Generation ...
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(Reuters) - Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage. Apple shares dived as much as 7 percent in after-hours trade after the pancreatic cancer survivor and industry icon, who has ...
Continue ReadingAug 19, 2011 3 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Los Angeles Times: An 18-foot, bright-yellow submarine drone is being tested off the coast of Santa Catalina Island for possible use by the U.S. military to stalk enemy waters, patrol local harbors for national security threats and scour ocean floors to detect environmental hazards. Although robotic aircraft already play a critical role in modern warfare, taking ...
Continue ReadingAug 16, 2011 2 Comments ›› Angelia
PC Mag: If President Obama ousts someone as the mayor of a venue on Foursquare, is he still called the mayor? Just as the president kicks off his tour of the rural Midwest, the White House has checked into Foursquare, creating a profile on the site, the administration announced in a Monday blog post. By Tuesday afternoon, ...
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(Reuters) - Google Inc will buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion to bolster adoption of its Android mobile software and compete with smartphone rival Apple Inc. In its biggest deal to date, Google said it would pay $40 per share in cash, a 63 percent premium to Motorola Mobility's Friday closing ...
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Financial Times: Pakistan allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples from the top-secret stealth helicopter that US special forces left behind when they killed Osama bin Laden, the Financial Times has learnt. The action is the latest incident to underscore the increasingly complicated relationship and lack of trust between Islamabad and Washington following the raid. "The ...
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(AFP) - A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations, according to a US study published Thursday. The micro-electronics technology, called an epidermal electronic system (EES), was developed by an international team of researchers from the United States, China and Singapore, ...
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