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August 6, 2012
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars One of the most complicated missions ever attempted by NASA, the landing of the one-ton rover Curiosity inside a crater on Mars.
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5 Questions (and Answers) About Tonight's Mars Rover Landing The Curiosity rover is on a mission of many months and millions of miles to test for microbial life on Mars, and its efforts are visible to the Earthbound.
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Samsung Will Ship Galaxy Note 10.1 in August With Better Processor Than Expected Samsung Electronics will start shipping the Galaxy Note 10.1 later this month, with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor and a software feature from the Galaxy S III.
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Samsung: Apple Pushed Expert Witnesses to Change Their Minds Samsung counsel said it was "most inappropriate" for Apple to call a meeting with the experts and ask them to reconsider their opinions.
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Nokia Hints of Windows Phone 8 Lumia Devices in September Several iPhone rivals appear to be gearing up to release revamped smartphones before Apple's expected announcement this fall.
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How Outlook.com is Good for Gmail and Yahoo Mail Now that Microsoft's revamped and flashy free e-mail service is drawing the spotlight, rivals Yahoo and Google have a clear reason to update their e-mail services.
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iPhone Trade-In Flurry Begins Seeking a used iPhone, or looking to trade up soon? After-market outlets are seeing an uptick in resales in anticipation of Apple's next-generation release.
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Holiday Tech: Droolworthy Gear Coming This Fall Ultrabook laptops, games, and HDTVs are likely to be hot this holiday season. And it's not too early to prepare for Black Thursday. Here's the lowdown.
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Woz Wary of Cloud Reliance on the cloud will soon cause "horrible problems," Apple's co-founder says after a the performance of a controversial play.
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10 Questions for InnerWorkings CFO Joe Busky The chief financial officer of the print management company reflects on challenges and opportunities for the firm and the industry.
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Massive Payment Card Upgrade Has Mixed Results in Australia Upgrading the country's card payment system has been a slow process, which may signal similar issues for the U.S.
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Sony 'Actively Investigating' Jelly Bean Upgrades Xperia S and other handsets will still get Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades while Sony evaluates Android 4.1 for use on its phones.
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Samsung vs. Apple: Top 5 Revelations So Far Court documents in the patent battle between the two industry heavyweights are unveiling insider ideas the companies didn't mean to share.
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Mars Rover FAQs: Whats Next NASAs latest $2.5 billion mission to Mars started with a bang as the rover Curiosity landed safely. Here's what will happen next and how you can follow along.
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Hackers Increasingly Target Small Businesses, Symantec Warns Attacks on small businesses have doubled this year, primarily on companies in the defense industry.
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Samsung's Stylus Madness is Simply Madness Stylus input may be fine and even necessary for some tablet users, but to emphasize it as a trailblazing technology is lame.
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Apple Could Sell 40 Million iPad Minis in a Year, Analyst Predicts The 7-inch tablet is still hypothetical, and Apple still won't confirm its existence, but the buyers are ready for a smaller iPad, an analyst reports.
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eBay Now Escalates Same-Day Shipping Wars The auction site offers same-day retail delivery in a limited geographic area to rival similar and expanding services.
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A 3D-Printed Exoskeleton Made From Lego Plastic Changes Lives for Children Metal exoskeletons are too heavy for disabled kids to use, so these researchers made a lightweight one, hot from the 3D printer.
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