(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether in the present so-called 'age of austerity' or more generous times, arguing for funds for space exploration can sometimes be hard and constrained budgets mean that some excellent scientific proposals ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2011
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(AP) -- The new iPad model hitting stores Friday comes with several improvements over the original version but the same price tag, hobbling efforts by rivals at breaking Apple Inc.'s hold on the emerging market for tablet ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 10, 2011
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NASA's next-generation rover mission to the surface of Mars needs more money - again.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2011
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(AP) -- Bureaucrats are struggling with an age-old question: What is the value of our lives?
Other
Jan 21, 2011
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Online retailer Amazon on Monday said its latest Kindle had become the company's best-selling product ever.
Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 27, 2010
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(AP) -- Jeff Bezos isn't just confident you'll want a Kindle e-book reader. The CEO of Amazon.com is bracing for a future in which you'll also want ones for your kid heading to college, your spouse in a book club and perhaps ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 29, 2010
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US computer giant Apple agreed on Tuesday to deliver computers to customers at massive discounts after mistakenly offering them at bargain prices, according to a Taipei consumer watchdog.
Business
Jul 27, 2010
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Foreclosed homes dot the American landscape — they make up about one in 12 houses with under $1 million left on the mortgage. These foreclosures drive down home prices, both because they add to the housing supply and because ...
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2010
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Technology-mad Chinese shoppers are paying a huge mark-up for Apple's new iPad on the grey market, only days after the device went on sale in the United States.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 9, 2010
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Environmentally friendly products are everywhere one looks. Energy efficient dishwashers, bamboo towels, the paperless Kindle and, of course, the ubiquitous Prius are all around. But why do people buy these "green" products? ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2010
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