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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Facebook ‘like’ spam not spam, startup company says

August 31, 2010 – 11:46 pm

Yesterday, we wrote about a wave of new sites clogging up Facebook news feeds, called ‘like pages’ or ‘like farms.’

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Google set to unveil ‘priority inbox’ for Gmail

August 31, 2010 – 11:15 pm

Google is set to unveil a new feature to its Gmail service that aims to separate a user’s important e-mails from the ones that do not get read often.

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Are volcanic eruptions increasing?

August 31, 2010 – 11:01 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, April 17, 2010 file photo, an aerial view showing the crater spewing ash and plumes of grit at the summit of the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier.Eruptions in Iceland and Indonesia captured the world’s attention, leading some to wonder whether volcanic eruptions are on the rise. Experts say the reports are indeed increasing, but that’s not because volcanoes are more active.

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Music still dominates iTunes Store purchases

August 31, 2010 – 10:53 pm

A survey finds that music still rules the iTunes Store experience, with more than half of buyers purchasing music exclusively, despite the encroachment of software apps, games and movie rentals.

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Magna Carta getting a new gas to lie in

August 31, 2010 – 10:36 pm

The Magna Carta helped form the foundation for modern English and U.S. law. Now one of two copies known to exist outside England is headed for a special new case to preserve it.

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NASA test-fires Ares I rocket motor in Utah

August 31, 2010 – 10:27 pm

A bright plume of exhaust roars from the end of a five-segment solid rocket booster during an Aug. 31, 2010 test of the first stage for NASA's Ares I rocket in Promontory, Utah. NASA test-fired a new first-stage rocket motor in the Utah desert Tuesday for a rocket that is facing a shaky future.

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Microsoft hiking Xbox Live subscription prices

August 31, 2010 – 10:02 pm

Microsoft is raising subscription prices for its popular Xbox Live Gold online gaming service in the U.S. and three other countries.

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George Lucas’ Jedi powers work

August 31, 2010 – 9:53 pm

Threatened with a $5 million lawsuit by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, Jedi Mind Inc. has changed its name to Mind Technologies and its “Jedi Mouse” to “Mind Mouse.”

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Historic Mercury launch pad reimagined as classroom

August 31, 2010 – 9:19 pm

This aerial view of Launch Complex 14 (LC-14) at Cape Canaveral was taken in 1963. Project Mercury Rising proposes to restore and revive LC-14 as a classroom.The launch pad used by the first United States astronauts to enter orbit around Earth may soon be revived as an engineering classroom for a new generation of rocket builders, where laid off space shuttle technicians are the teachers.

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The most fragile eggs came from huge flightless birds

August 31, 2010 – 8:54 pm

Giant flightless birds called moas may have had some of the most fragile eggs. As for how they sat on the eggs without cracking them is still an open question.Giant extinct flightless birds apparently had the most fragile bird eggs discovered yet.

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