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Kraken

Giant Ichthyosaur-Killing Kraken Theory Draws Doubts From Scientific Community

It's a good story - so good, in fact, that it's survived hundreds of years, passed down from the lips of ancient mariners to be incorporated into impressive CGI jet propane-fuelled blockbusters. The legend of the kraken - the terrifyingly huge, violently belligerent giant squid capable of snapping ships in twain with a snap of its tentacles - has endured and tickles our imagination even today. But what evidence is there for the murderous cephalopod?

YouTube Space Lab Helps Science Students Reach For the Stars

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Google, NASA, and countless international space agencies just launched what they are calling the YouTube Space Lab. The idea is to hold a video contest allowing students to submit experiment ideas they will consider performing on the International Space Station (ISS).
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A screen shot of a web browser displaying the WikiLeaks website with a picture of its founder Julian Assange in Bern

Google Asked to Hand Over WikiLeaks Data

The U.S. government has asked Google and Sonic to give up any WikiLeaks-related information and data, following with an order for them to turn over Appelbaum's e-mail contact list -- without a warrant.
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iPhone 4S Pre-orders Set New Record Sell-out

There is a bad news to those who have not preordered iPhone 4S: pre-orders for iPhone 4S have been sold out. The iPhone 4S is so popular that it was sold out in a single day at the online Apple store. The company started accepting online pre-orders on Oct. 7. Like the previous iPhone 4, the iPhone 4S also has black and white two color versions, each with 16 GB storage capacity for $199, 32 GB for $299?and 64 GB for $399.
3.	Blackberry down twice in 48 hours

Blackberry Users Lose BBM, Internet and Email Across Europe, Middle East, and Africa

A second day of outages plagues RIM. The initial server crash Monday morning at a data center just outside of London left millions of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa without BBM, Internet and email access. The outage occurred approximately 11:00 a.m. BST and still remaines unresolved nearly seven hours later.
T-Mobile's Leaked Devices Launch Roadmap

T-Mobile Leak: First Wave of New Holiday Season Phones To Be Released

Ever since T-Mobile submitted an amicus brief in the Samsung-Apple patent lawsuit saying that it had a boatload of new products to unveil for the holiday season, customers have been trying to get a peek into the trunk of Santa's sleigh. Last week, blog TMo News announced that it had obtained a leaked roadmap of the devices mobile phone carrier T-Mobile is planning to roll out over the next month.
iPhone 4S and Siri Screen

AT&T Wants Apple to Rebrand iPhone 4S as a 4G Phone

This will happen with an iOS release from Apple. Since iPhone 4S is an HSDPA device, our customers will get 4G speeds from day one. Only AT&T has this unique network advantage, the memo in the Verge emphasizes.
iPhone 4S

iPhone 4S Sold Out: Pre-order Record in Memory of Steve Jobs? (OPINION)

iPhone 4S, the latest iPhone that was launched on Oct. 4, a day before Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs passed away, was sold out on its very first day of pre-order (Oct. 7). Within first 24 hours, one million units were sold out, surpassing the previous single day pre-order record of 600,000 held by iPhone 4 in 2010.
Google Ice Cream Sandwich vs Apple iOS 5: Will Samsung’s Nexus Prime or Galaxy S3 take-on Apple’s iPhone 4S October 2011?

Samsung Nexus Prime Launch Delayed in Memory of Steve Jobs?

The launch of Samsung Nexus Prime, the latest smartphone based on Google's new version of the Android operating system Ice Cream Sandwich, will be delayed reportedly to pay respect to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away last week on Oct. 5.
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New Video and Photo Suggest Steve Jobs' Death Was Near and Inevitable (PHOTO)

Tech visionary, innovator and creative genius Steve Jobs passed away on Oct. 5, a day after Apple's Let's talk iPhone media event. Even as the world tries to come to terms that the founder of Apple is no more, a video and photo show that Jobs' health was failing fast and it was only a matter of time that he would succumb to the cancer he was battling for eight long years.
The Fin of a Whale

Blue Whales Nearing Our Shores

Last Thursday, blue whales were spotted in Southern California's Del Mar and La Jolla. Experts report that this is the closest these large mammals have ever come to our shores.
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Samsung delays new Android model release

Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of Android operating system while the world paid tribute following the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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When and Where Exactly Did Steve Jobs Pass Away? (PHOTO+VIDEO)

Apple on Wednesday announced the death of the company's iconic leader Steve Jobs. Even as the world grieved the death of one of the world's best known visionary and creative genius, a video began circulating on the Internet that suggested Jobs probably die on Oct. 5, a day after the release of iPhone 4S.
Israeli scientist wins 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry.

Scorned Israeli Scientist Dan Shechtman Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology received the Nobel Prize for discovering quasicrystals. He will be receiving 10 million-kronor, or $1.4 million, in monetary rewards. All of Israel celebrates in his accomplishments as this scientific breakthrough brings the small country great pride in their technological innovation.
VENUS

Venus Ozone Layer Spotted - Can the Planet Support Life?

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft has identified a thin layer of ozone surrounding the planet Venus, raising questions once again as to whether the Morning Star could possibly be harboring life on its rocky surface.

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