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NASA Wants to Send a Robot Laser Drill to Jupiter’s Europa Moon

Getting to Europa is the easy part. Drilling through the moon’s icy shell? Not so much. NASA has plenty of exploration work on ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 28, 2014

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Oculus VR is Shipping Development Kit 2 Hardware to Customers

9,000 DK2 kits started shipping yesterday to all points except for Oceania. Oculus VR has started shipping out Development Kit 2 (DK2) hardware ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2014

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Comet “Siding Spring” Will Get Uncomfortably Close to Mars in October

Comet C/2013 A1, also known as “Siding Spring,” will come within 100,000 miles of Mars this October, but no planetary impact is expected. ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2014

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Cities Want to Bypass Local Municipal Broadband Laws, Ask FCC for Help

Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina are asking the FCC for help in sidestepping muni broadband laws in their respective states. Last week, ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 25, 2014

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Report: Apple OS X Yosemite Due in October with New MacBook, 4K Desktop

The previewed desktop OS will launch alongside a new 12-inch MacBook Air, and a 4K desktop machine. The next major iteration of Apple’s ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2014

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Microsoft Will Unify Windows, Still Have Multiple Versions

The future of Windows is unified, but not in the way that you think… Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made some waves during his ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 24, 2014

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Gamasutra: Women Game Developers Earn 14% Less Than Male Colleagues

Men in game development earn an average salary of $85,074, while women pull in $72,882. Gamasutra has released its annual Game Developer Salary ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 22, 2014

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Apple’s “iTime” Smartwatch Patent Covers Gesture Control, Smart Wristbands

Apple’s forthcoming wearable has sensors in the wristband, is part of a “personal wireless environment.” There’s been no shortage of Android Wear news ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 22, 2014

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Snowden says Dropbox, Condoleezza Rice are Hostile to Privacy

Snowden calls Rice “…the most anti-privacy official you can imagine.” Edward Snowden is not a fan of Dropbox, calling the cloud storage company ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 18, 2014

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Malaysia Airlines Jet Crashes in Ukraine, Reportedly Shot Down by Missile

Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 had 280 passengers and 15 crew members on board. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, en route to Kuala Lumpur from ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 17, 2014

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Tenn. Congresswoman Valiantly Protects ISPs from Evil Municipal Broadband

Rep. Marsha Blackburn says FCC will “preempt states’ rights” if they intervene. Cable companies rule the broadband access landscape, each with its own ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 17, 2014

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Amazon’s “Kindle Unlimited” is All You Can Read eBooks for $9.99 per Month – Update

The Netflix-like $9.99 per month service is in the testing phase. Update: The Kindle Unlimited program is now live, and officially official. You ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorJuly 16, 2014

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