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Moon hole might be suitable for colony

CNN - ‎11 hours ago‎
Scientists report finding a lunar hole that might make a good candidate for a moon colony. (CNN) -- Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a ...
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TSA Withdraws Subpoenas Against Bloggers

Wired News - Kim Zetter - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
TSA Special Agent John Enright, left, speaks to Steven Frischling outside the blogger's home in Niantic, Connecticut, after returning Frischling's laptop Wednesday.

Antacid tablet

Ars Technica - John Siracusa - ‎6 hours ago‎
As the (rumored) year of the Apple tablet dawns, John Siracusa offers his predictions. Expect the expected. By John Siracusa | Last updated January 1, 2010 4:53 PM Man, nothing saps my motivation to write like smart people I agree with writing about ...

Google Nexus Offers Little Competition to Apple iPhone

ABC News - Michael S. Malone - ‎14 hours ago‎
Whether the marketplace is ready or not, the Big Guns in consumer electronics are about to make their move at the dawn of the New Year.

Copenhagen Report: Obama Fails to "Seal the Deal"

The New American - William F. Jasper - ‎8 hours ago‎
It had been billed and hyped as the "Seal the Deal" summit, a conference that would produce a binding global agreement on greenhouse gases to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

Solar Showdown in Calif. Tortoises' Desert Home

ABC News - Michael R. Blood - ‎10 hours ago‎
AP Environmentalists want a proposed solar-energy complex in the California desert relocated because they say it will destroy prime habitat for the desert tortoise and rare plants.
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China Uses Porn To Control The Web

Katonda - ‎5 hours ago‎
The Chinese government is conducting strict and no-nonsense business regarding monitoring porn sites in their country. China is bringing in more policies to shatter the Web porn business.

Apple wins appeal in earbud hearing-loss lawsuit

CNET News - Sam Diaz - ‎Dec 30, 2009‎
Just because something can benefit from some improvement doesn't mean that it's necessarily bad for you. That's basically what a San Francisco appeals court said when it upheld a previous ruling that Apple iPod earbuds cannot be held ...

Russian Scientists Working on Plan to Deflect Asteroids

DailyTech - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎

Today is not New Year's Eve - or the end of the decade

Register - John Ozimek - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
El Reg would like to apologise to all its readers for the recent spate of ill-timed end of the decade articles, which it, along with the rest of the media have been tacking on to the close of 2009.
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Microsoft Bringing Xbox Live To Windows Mobile

InformationWeek - Antone Gonsalves - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
Job posting out of Redmond indicate Microsoft is likely planning to integrate its Xbox Live online gaming platform with Windows Mobile.

Twitter co-founder's startup: Accept credit cards with your iPhone

San Jose Mercury News - Rachel Metz - ‎2 hours ago‎
AP SAN FRANCISCO - Jack Dorsey revolutionized online socializing by co-founding Twitter in 2006. Now he wants to transform the way people exchange money.

Google explodes with Happy New Year messages as mystery countdown expires

Telegraph.co.uk - Matthew Moore - ‎11 hours ago‎
Google has revealed the secret of the unexplained countdown clock it set ticking last month - with an explosion of Happy New Year messages visible to users who press the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on its homepage.

Birders document local bird population for National Audubon Society census

Ithaca Journal - Liz Lawyer - ‎3 hours ago‎
ITHACA -- There are few people who will stop in their tracks at the sound of a kingfisher. But Jessica Orkin shushed her parents to hear the chattering call along the Larch Meadow Trail in ...

Apple competitors betting tablets will take off

San Francisco Chronicle - Ryan Kim - ‎1 hour ago‎
While the technology world waits anxiously for Apple's foray into the Internet tablet market, rival consumer electronics companies are jumping in, betting that the thin, keyboard-less electronic slate will be the next "it" device.

Once-presidential phrase casualty of word war

Washington Post - Jeff Karoub - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
AP DETROIT -- In its annual effort to protect the Queen's English, a Michigan university is insisting that "shovel ready" be buried, "tweet" be tossed and all "czars" be banished.

RU Buzzed? An iPhone App Can Tell You

ABC News - Mae Heussner, Ned Potter - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
In time for arguably the wildest night of the year, the Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a free iPhone application to help partygoers calculate their blood alcohol levels and call a ...

San Francisco's smelly sea lions end their 20-year stay

BBC News - ‎7 hours ago‎
The famous sea lions of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf have disappeared after 20 years - leaving experts baffled as to why.

CES 2010 preview: Six trends to watch for at this year's show

ZDNet (blog) - Andrew Nusca - ‎10 hours ago‎
The 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show is just days away - it unofficially begins on Tue., Jan. 5 and officially on Thurs.

AT&T: The end of the wireline telephone is in sight

BetaNews - Scott M. Fulton, III - ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
In an historic public response to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for comments regarding its forthcoming National Broadband Plan, due before Congress on February 17, ...

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