Sir Richard Branson shows off the rocket plane he will use to take fare-paying passengers into space.
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The first time you go surfing, it’s a pretty significant achievement to just stand up on the board and ride a wave. Most people never leave their stomachs, or when they do, they fly face first into the wave. Google Wave, it seems, is not entirely dissimilar. On its Google Wave Blog today...
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Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent : Hyperlocal Aggregator Outside.in Raises $7 Million From CNN, Others
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Christopher Breen / Macworld : Boxee shows off beta version with improved interface
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Sometimes you have to apply the smell test to what your sources are telling you, and the rumors we’re hearing about Apple’s purchase of music service LaLa are definitely smelling a little off. $80 million for LaLa ? That isn’t what we’re hearing.
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After scrapping the initial Larrabee processor, the chip giant will focus on graphics technology for laptops.
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Survey company releases study on video consumption during the third quarter of 2009. Surprisingly, 99 percent of viewers still use a TV to watch shows.
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Alicia Keys fans will have another reason to compulsively check her Facebook fan page today: Keys is releasing her new album The Element of Freedom exclusively through the world’s largest social network.
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People often attempt to have conversations with others on Twitter, but if it goes more than a few tweets deep, it’s a mess. FriendFeed was a better haven for conversations, but those were often just based on tweets moved over to a small community — a community which is quickly fading . A...
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It may not have the glitz of the battle of the unbeatens in the Fiesta, but the Orange Bowl will be a great matchup of offense vs. defense: Tech’s o’s vs. Iowa’s x’s.
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