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Amazon Reports Selling Millions of Kindle Fire, Other Kindle Versions for the Holidays

Kindle Fire: Five Ways it's Better Compared to Nook Tablet

Amazon's Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet have found a nice little home in the under $300 tablet world, and that's in part due to the fact they more like muscle-bound e-readers than full featured tablet computers. While both devices run the Android operating system, they run customized versions that do not allow either device to gain access to the over 500,000 apps in the Android Market.

Samsung Focus S vs HTC Titan: AT&T Windows Phone Shootout

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Early adopters, this is the battle you've been waiting for. Samsung Focus S and HTC Titan are two of the best smartphones out there with the Microsoft system running their insides. Windows Phone 7 replaced Windows Mobile as Microsoft's mobile operating system in 2010. Now, with an updated 7.5 version, called Mango, the Windows Phone system is ready to duke it out with the likes of Android and Apple.
Geminid meteor shower

Geminid Meteor Shower at its Best Tonight: When and Where to Watch

Every December, the asteroid 3200 Phaethon showers the Earth with a grand meteor shower, and stargazers have determined the night of Dec 13 is the peak of the event. The best time is after midnight, but there is a waning three-quarters moon in the sky that will obstruct some of the dimmer meteors.
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A graphic showing a collision at full power is pictured at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experience control room of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin, near Geneva March 30, 2010. Scientist

Scientists Find Signs of Missing 'God Particle'

International scientists said on Tuesday they had found signs of the Higgs boson, an elementary particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe after the Big Bang.
Droid Razr

Droid Razr: Top 10 Reasons it's a Perfect Holiday Gift

Motorola's Droid Razr is a perfect holiday gift because it is a premium device that has gotten high marks for display quality, battery life and design. It does cost $300 on contract, however, so whomever you are gifting with the Droid Razr will be getting the most expensive device out there (64 gigabyte iPhone 4S notwithstanding).
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: Buy it or Wait for iPad 3?

This may be the eternal prospective-tablet-buyer's lament. Should you buy (insert name here) tablet or the iPad. The comparisons are inevitable, but the buzz around the Eee Pad Transformer Prime is very positive if not as hyperbolic as the Kindle Fire's pre-launch publicity.
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Mac App Store Hits 100 Million Downloads: Top 10 Mac Apps

In just one year, Apple's Mac App Store has logged 100 million apps downloaded. It's a huge number, though it pales in comparison to the 18 billion downloads from the App Store since 2008. But, will it really change the software landscape? Some programs are way too big to download, but the popularity of apps in general has the entire technology industry looking to identify or create the next must have app.
Moon Rocks

Moon Rocks Missing: NASA Report Overlooked in Lunar Eclipse Excitement

Moon rocks NASA collected during its six moon landings in the early 1970's have gone missing from the space agency, and a recent internal audit shows more than 500 samples are now unaccounted for. Apollo astronauts brought back 812 lbs of lunar rock and dust staring with the 1969 Apollo 11 landing of the first men on the moon's surface, and NASA has loaned out thousands of samples over the years for study.
Apple's next iPad, presumably called "iPad 3," will double the display density of the iPad 2 and feature a better, longer-lasting battery.

iPad 3 to Launch in March or April 2012?

The rumors about the next generation iPad, dubbed iPad 3, are endless. And the latest rumor is that the highly anticipated iPad 3 will launch in March or April 2012.
Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Gregory Jaczko attends a news conference during the Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety in Vienna in Vienna June 21, 2011.

Provocative U.S. Nuclear Chief Faces Political Test

The embattled chief of the U.S. nuclear safety regulator found some powerful political support on Saturday ahead of Capitol Hill hearings next week that will scrutinize his bid to enact sweeping safety reforms.
United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres speaks with Brazil's Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira (L) and chief climate envoy Luiz alberto Figueiredo during a plenary session at the Unit

New U.N. Climate Deal Struck, Critics Say Gains Modest

Countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but critics said the plan was too timid to slow global warming.
Higgs Boson

CERN Set to Report Probable Higgs Sighting This Week

Scientists predicted this weekend that sighting of the first strong signs of a particle vital to support Einstein's ideas on the working of the universe will be reported Tuesday by the CERN physics research center.
Cambodian fishermen cast their net into the Mekong River outside Phnom Penh April 19, 2011.

Psychedelic Gecko, 'Elvis' Monkey in New Mekong Finds

A wildly-colored gecko, a fish that looks like a gherkin, and a monkey with an Elvis-like hairstyle are among the more than 200 new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region last year, environmental group WWF said on Monday.
OnLive Brings Hottest Gaming Revolution on Smartphones and Tablets via Cloud

OnLive Brings Hottest Gaming Revolution on Smartphones and Tablets via Cloud

Good news to smartphones and tablet users who crave for gaming without compromising on splendid graphics - OnLive, a Silicon Valley-based gaming service, has announced the launch of an application (app) which enables users of mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad and Android-based smartphones and tablets, including Amazon's Kindle Fire, to enjoy console-class gaming.
Google’s infographic

Top 10 Most Android ‘App-Crazed’ Countries

Following Google’s recent announcement that Android Market has reached an important milestone - 10 billion downloads per month – the Internet search engine giant also released a detailed infographic that showed how the world is being driven forward by Google power.
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Stem Cells Used to Produce Blood Platelets

Scientists have for the first time created blood platelet cells by reprogramming stem cells derived from adult cells, offering the potential for a renewable supply of the fragile blood component.
Delegates continue debating into the night during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban December 9, 2011.

Ministers Battle to Save U.N. Climate Talks

Ministers fought to save U.N. climate talks from collapse on Saturday, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over how quickly to fight global warming.
Test flight of Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket.

NASA Clears SpaceX for Trial Run to Space Station

A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a key step in a new U.S. program to buy spaceflight services on a commercial basis, NASA said on Friday.

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