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NASA Contracts With Virgin Galactic For Flights on SpaceShip Two

Space fans saddened by the retiring of the space shuttle Endeavor will be excited to learn that NASA has contracted a private spacecraft for at least one chartered flight into near space. The U.S. space agency has confirmed a deal with Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson's private-sector space initiative, for one suborbital flight on the company's spacecraft SpaceShip Two, with the option of two additional flights.
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Bill Shock

Surprise! Cellphone Overcharges No More

Ever get your cellphone bill in the mail only to find tons of surcharges? Well, on Monday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) managed to make wireless carriers to agree to give customers an alert when they are approaching their plan limits.
Steve Jobs

Sunday Oct. 16 Officially Declared “Steve Jobs Day”

Sunday, Oct. 16, was officially declared to be Steve Jobs Day by California Governor Jerry Brown. The governor tweeted an update on Saturday commending the Apple genius's brilliance in shaping powerful technologies today.
Albert Einstein

Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Puzzle: Was Einstein Right or Wrong?

Last month's announcement by a team of scientists that it had observed sub-atomic particles called neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light has been challenged in a new paper by independent researcher Ronald A.J. van Elburg at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Dr. van Elburg's paper contends that the position of the GPS satellites helping synchronize recorded neutrino flight times relative to the Earth caused an error in the team's calculations.
Apple iPhone 4S Lines Stretch Toward 4 Million Sales

Apple iPhone 4S Goes on Sale: Top 5 Reasons Why it Will Smash Previous Debut Weekend Sales Records

If you haven't tripped over an eager Apple fan stationed on the sidewalk outside of a store yet on Friday, you'll still have noticed a certain percentage of pedestrian traffic staring at their iPhones with more avidity than usual. That's because these individuals - whom you will have to swerve to avoid walking into- were probably among the nearly 4 million people worldwide that are expected to purchase an iPhone 4S this weekend.
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iPhone 4S Unleashed: Should Rivals be Afraid?

The day has finally come. The next generation iPhone became officially available in stores on Friday, and we're probably all wondering the same thing. How does this change the playing field of smartphones?
iPhone 4S Hits Stores Today

Waiting in Line for an iPhone 4S? Forget It, Just Buy a Spot

Here in San Francisco's downtown Stockton location, eager buyers came out as early as 4PM on Thursday. What may sound even more preposterous is that you can instead buy your spot in line if you don't want to wait. That is, if you make a high enough offer, anyway.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

NASA Books First Private Space Flight With Virgin Galactic

Virgin Galactic has confirmed an order from NASA for up to three charter flights on its privately-built spacecraft to provide opportunities for engineers, technologists, and scientific researchers to conduct cutting-edge experiments in suborbital space. One flight is scheduled and two more are optional.
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Fans queue for iPhone, despite criticism

Apple Inc's new iPhone went on sale in stores across the globe on Friday, prompting thousands to queue around city blocks to snap up the final gadget unveiled during Steve Jobs' life.
South African Cave

Early Human Paint Studio Discovered in South Africa

Off the South African coast, a tiny cave has been discovered with evidence of paint being mixed. This is believed to be the earliest trace of prehistoric humans producing their own paint with self-made tools.

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