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SpaceX readies ambitious ISS launch

California-based company SpaceX was poised to launch its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station Saturday in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch

SpaceX on Saturday aims to become the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International Space Station, a feat that only a handful of world governments have pulled off.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

'Game-powered machine learning' opens door to Google for music

Can a computer be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans? University of California, San Diego engineers have found that the answer is ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Louis C.K., Bjork among Webby Awards winners

(AP) -- When Louis C.K. released his comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater" by himself on his website for $5, it was little more than a cautiously optimistic experiment.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple fans buy iPad on 1st day, some wait hours

Apple's latest iPad drew die-hard fans to stores in the U.S. and nine other countries Friday, many of whom lined up for hours to be among the first to buy one.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (5) | comments 0

AOL says to sell 800 patents to Microsoft for $1.0 bn

AOL announced plans to sell more than 800 patents to Microsoft in a $1.056 billion deal giving the struggling Internet pioneer a needed cash injection as it seeks to fend off pressure from shareholders.

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Review: Nokia Lumia 900 hindered by software

Once the dominant maker of smartphones, Nokia Corp. is hoping to reassert itself by challenging the new top players, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Researchers revolutionize closed captioning

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since closed video captioning was developed in the 1970s, it hasn't changed much. The words spoken by the characters or narrators scroll along at the bottom of the screen, enabling hearing ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

ChronoZoom: A deep dive into the history of everything

Imagine a timeline of the universe, complete with high-resolution videos and images, in which you could zoom from a chronology of Egypt’s dynasties and pyramids to the tale of a Japanese-American couple ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Software automatically transforms movie clips into comic strips

(PhysOrg.com) -- While some comics today are still drawn by hand, many modern cartoonists use a variety of digital tools to create comics. But even with the help of these tools, creating comics is a time-consuming ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast feature

Review: A stellar finish to 'Mass Effect' trilogy

(AP) -- Science fiction fans love their galactic empires. From the novels of Isaac Asimov and Frank Herbert to the multimedia epics created by George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry, the planet-hopping space opera ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With Breitbart gone, what becomes of his empire?

(AP) -- Can you have Breitbart.com without Andrew Breitbart?

Technology / Internet

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Multimedia stories show how engineers shape the future

The National Science Foundation (NSF) today released a special report featuring the work of a creative group of researchers--engineers who are investigating new phenomena, devising new capabilities, and designing ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cell brings multimedia to life

On May 27TH the top cell biology journal, Cell, will publish its latest issue with multimedia components directly attached to the print version. The issue uses QR code technology to connect readers to the journal's multim ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Integrating instructional multimedia in nursery management, production courses

Students at land-grant universities are a major source of educated, highly qualified employees for the U.S. nursery industry. To prepare future employees for work in "green" occupations, land-grant institutions ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0