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Exclusive Video: Hands-On with Pet Pavilion, Soundwalk
via Gearlog by Brian Heater on May 09, 2008
Korreannovation PR guy and semi-official spokesmodel Jeff Newelt manages to simultaneously use the Pet Pavilion and the Soundwalk, to the tune of "Who Let the Dogs Out?"It's one thing to blog about a bunch of weird Korean gadgety goodness by reading press releases. It's another thing entirely to actually get a chance to play with some of the weirdness. Ahead of next week's...
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Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident (AP)
via Yahoo! News: Space & Astronomy News by (author unknown) on May 10, 2008
AP - Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found information on a melted disk drive that fell from the sky when space shuttle Columbia disintegrated in 2003.
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Facebook Borrows $100 Million to Buy Servers
via Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog by Adam Ostrow on May 09, 2008
Facebook is about to spend big on upgrading its infrastructure. According to Business Week, the social network has closed a deal to take a $100 million loan (“venture lending”), all of which will be spent on new servers. Facebook gives up no equity as part of the deal. Business Week explains how this type of loan works:“Venture lending peaked during the dot-com bubble of the late...
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Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere.
via Official Google Reader Blog by (author unknown) on May 06, 2008
... there's all sorts of information "out there" just waiting to be streamed, shared and otherwise consumed by you and your friends. Now you can finally show all of your Reader friends that awesome talking cat video you found, your favorite grilled trout recipe, or reviews of the best brunch place in your neighborhood -- all without a subscription.Here are a few new ways you can add and share ...
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Google Translate becomes even more useful
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 08, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Web services, GoogleGoogle has udated its language translation page, adding support for Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. That brings the total number of language you can translate to and from to 24.But the most useful feature of the new Google Translate is the automatic language detection feature. You no longer have to...
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Filemail: Email files up to 2GB
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 07, 2008
Filed under: Internet, E-mail, Web services, web 2.0It seems like every day a new company comes along with a service that lets you send huge files over email. Or rather, they let you upload a file to a server and then send the download link to a friend. Filemail may be one of the newer kids on the block, but there's a lot to like about this service. Filemail lets users send files up to 2GB...
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gephyrophobiacs: look away now
via deputydog by deputydog on May 05, 2008
just when you think you’ve seen every type of bridge possible.this is the sky bridge in langkawi, malaysia, a stunning cable-stayed bridge which actually curves around the single support column from which it’s suspended, 687 metres above sea level. completed in october 2004, the structure relies on an 87 metre high support column to hold the weight of the deck, this weight distributed through...
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The Future of Space Science
via SPACE.com by (author unknown) on April 23, 2008
Space science research is having a major impact on our daily lives.
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Primitive Alien Life May Exist, Stephen Hawking Says
via SPACE.com by (author unknown) on April 24, 2008
Alien life exist in a primitive form in our galaxy, Stephen Hawking said.
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Sikorsky's X2: Developing a Faster Helicopter
via SPACE.com by (author unknown) on May 01, 2008
If Sikorsky's X2 Technology Demonstrator is successful, helicopters will soon be able to fly much faster.
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