“Space Tourism” Company Partners With Airline
A new competitor in private industry’s “space race” has drawn the attention — and financial support — of a major airline. Space Expedition...
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Steve Jobs’ Legacy of Innovation
Steve Jobs, a man who played a pivotal role in defining the future of home and business computing, died Wednesday at the age...
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Facebook Attends to Further Privacy Issues
Facebook continues to be the subject of controversy over issues of privacy, this time because Facebook cookies were found to be accidentally tracking...
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Fed Plotting to Monitor Critics, Tailor Propaganda
The Federal Reserve is seeking contractors to build a tool that will monitor and analyze blogs, news reports, and social-media chatter about the...
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NASA’s Fallen Satellite Highlights Human Fears
After days of media hype, NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) fell into the Pacific Ocean without — it would seem — having...
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“Government Motors” To Track Drivers With OnStar, Sell Data to Police
The navigation company OnStar is attracting strong criticism after announcing this past week that it would continue to monitor drivers’ speeds and GPS...
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Obama Administration Still Sold on Solar Power
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in an AP interview on September 21 that the Obama administration will continue to support solar power. He...
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Facebook Announces Increased Privacy Protection
In the wake of criticism over privacy issues on Facebook, the social network has responded by indicating it will make significant changes to...
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Technology Keeping Internet Freedom Ahead of Censorship
Efforts by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet may become irrelevant if the new technology being developed succeeds as...
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Obama’s Commerce Secretary Nominee Calls for Carbon Tax
Should energy consumers pay extra taxes to fund government-mandated and subsidized renewable energy technologies? "Absolutely yes," says John Bryson, President Obama's nominee for...
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Democrats Work to Expand Natural-gas Drilling Regulations
Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to redefine "diesel fuel" so it can expand regulations in natural-gas...
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Nixing Nuclear Threatens Bayer’s Future in Germany
Rising energy prices in Germany are forcing the pharmaceutical and chemical conglomerate Bayer to threaten a move to China. The culprit is Germany's...
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Is NASA Still Needed?
In 1958, Congress created NASA, the National Aeronautical and Space Administration. The rationale for America's first venture into outer space was national security:...
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After Bilderberg Meeting, Facebook Official Says End Internet Anonymity
After attending the Bilderberg conference in Switzerland in June, Facebook’s marketing director, Randi Zuckerberg, announced that she had solved the cyberbullying issue: Prohibit...
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Private Industry’s “Moon Race” Now Underway
With the landing last week of America’s last space shuttle, the nation stands at a critical point in the history of space exploration....
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