The Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the newest addition to NASA's 40-year mission monitoring Earth from space, blasted into orbit atop this Atlas V rocket yesterday. The successful launch ensures observations will continue uninterrupted ...
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Have you ever seen a piece of old furniture and thought that it would look perfect in your house — if only it were a different color? Or if you could possibly make all that old varnish disappear? Maybe you stumbled upon a gorgeous ...
In 2013, a high-end smartphone should have a full-HD 5-inch screen and a 13-megapixel camera to remain competitive, if products launched at International CES in Las Vegas this week are an indication of the state of the art for mobile ...
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Computerworld-Now that NASA's rover Curiosity has safely landed on Mars,it's time for the robot to get to work. And that's exactly what NASA engineers say is happening today. "The surface mission of Curiosity has now begun,"Michael ...
HTC has launched the Desire X smartphone, which has integrated cloud storage and a camera that can shoot video and take pictures at the same time, the company said on Thursday. Based on Android 4.0, the Desire X is powered by a 1GHz ...
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IDG News Service - A photo kiosk that can track user behavior using a Microsoft Kinect-like sensor and mine social data could help marketers gain valuable information about audiences at sporting events. Mobile services company Mobiquity, ...
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Appture's new update includes a sleek, new design, the ability to take multiple photos at one time, support for iPhone 5 and iOS 6, and much more! When users update, they are welcome to a black and light gray theme. The intuitive user ...
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Computerworld - The PC isn't experiencing as dramatic of a decline as many have predicted. It's just becoming part of a new spectrum of computing, according to an Intel executive. PC sales have been sluggish over the past year because of ...
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After a month on the surface of Mars, NASA rover Curiosity has driven more than the length of a football field and has started gearing for some real scientific work. "We've been on the surface of Mars for about a month and Curiosity ...
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Petty theft from your car is a double pain—in addition to losing the stolen items,you usually need to replace a smashed side window.Repairing the damage yourself is one way to ease the loss. You get a pretty nasty knot in your ...
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More American adults use their smartphones and other cell phones to take pictures and to send texts than to download apps or do online banking, according to a Pew Research survey. The study, released Sunday, found that 82% of Americans ...
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To revive the features of old medium format cameras and for a ton of stylized images, Lomography issued the Belair X 6-12, the first 6×12 camera with an automatic shutter speed feature, for speeds up to 1/125s. The jet-setting ...
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In ancient China, elaborate rituals and customs surrounded a marriage. In the pragmatism-oriented modern world, many of these customs are no longer performed (at least, not to the full extent as before). However, the marriage feast still ...
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More American adults use their smartphones and other cell phones to take pictures and to send texts than to download apps or do online banking,according to a Pew Research survey. The study,released Sunday,found that 82%of Americans use ...
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Hewlett-Packard's Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid will cost from $849.99 when it starts shipping in the U.S on Nov. 14, the company revealed on Wednesday. The Envy X2 is one of several products that use Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system ...
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