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Amazon.com Girds for Combat With Netflix
The world's top online retailer has approached Time Warner and other studios to start an online video subscription service that would vie with Netflix, Hulu and Apple
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'Futurama' Comic Cosmonauts Recall Best Bits From First 100 Episodes
As the recently resurrected sci-fi cartoon hits the century mark, executive producer David X. Cohen and voice actors Billy West, Lauren Tom and David Herman look back on their favorite moments.
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Hands-On With New $100 Apple TV
When Steve Jobs was preparing to introduce the Apple TV, he called it "one more hobby," and based on our first impressions, that's a safe choice of words. The new Apple TV is a major hardware revamp — one quarter the size of its predecessor.
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Firearms, Boots and Dirty Cars as Canvases
On this leg of his around-the-world drive, our man at the wheel discovers the Wild West is still wild.
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Apple Takes Aim at Cable With Tiny New Apple TV
The new Apple TV, which will go on sale at the end of September for $100, is a puny box just one-quarter the size of the previous model. It has an HDMI port, a built-in power supply, an optical audio port, an ethernet jack, and built-in Wi-Fi.
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Hot Water Around Giant Carbon Star Creates Interstellar Mystery
Hot water discovered around a giant carbon star requires a new theory for the chemistry around stars to be explained. The new theory could significantly alter our understanding of what materials exist in interstellar space, and where water and life could exist in the universe.
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Aston Martin's Cygnet Microcar Headed to America
Aston reportedly will offer the gussied-up Toyota iQ in the United States, presumably to help it meet tightening CAFE regs.
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Video: Mysterious Patterns Reveal Self-Organizing Muscle Fibers
The unexpected emergence of complex patterns in an apparently unremarkable dish of muscle cells may give researchers a valuable tool for studying self-organizing systems.
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Attorney: Army Disabled Manning's Weapon Prior to Leaks
The Army was so concerned about the mental health of alleged WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning that, prior to the alleged leaks, supervisors removed the bolt from his military weapon, thereby disabling it.
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Google's Hoof an Issue in Washington After Web Accord
Google and Verizon's proposed rules for Internet traffic face opposition in Washington as they weigh how hard to lobby Congress and the FCC
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Pakistan Flood-Relief Efforts Stuck at 1.0
The U.S. response to the disaster pales in comparison to Haiti, and that could be a huge problem given Pakistan's strategic importance.
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Live Blog: Apple's iPod, Music Event
Apple is likely introducing a family of new iPods (and maybe a revamped Apple TV) today at its annual music event in San Francisco. Refresh this post for live updates as the event unravels.
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Swisscom Weighing Options on Buying Out FastWeb Minorities
Swisscom AG is weighing its options on buying out minority interests in FastWeb SpA and hasn’t decided yet, Carsten Roetz, a spokesman for the Swiss company, said in comments e-mailed to Bloomberg.
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BRICs, Indonesia to Double Internet Use, Report Says
Brazil, Russia, India, China and Indonesia will double their Internet users to 1.2 billion by 2015, fueling growth at media companies and phone carriers, according to Boston Consulting Group Inc.
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Aviation Thinks Outside the Black Box
Fifteen months after Air France Flight 447 went down over the Atlantic, there's still no sign of the plane's black box recorders. That has the industry wondering if it's time to update the technology with a satellite-based system.
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Sept. 1, 1974: New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours
On a flight to the Farnborough Air Show outside London, Maj. James Sullivan and Noel Widdifield fly the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird from New York to London in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds. The 1,806-mph flight still holds the transatlantic speed record between the two cities.
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Investing in Wind Power Is Smart — But Not How We're Doing It
Wind farms are popping up in rural areas that can't use that electricity — could the promising form of alt energy be labeled another boondoggle for farm states?
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Found: The Future of Playgrounds
A bungee jungle gym! A 10-g merry-go-round! A rocket swing! It's 2024, and this is no ordinary playground (just make sure you sign the waiver on your way in).
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