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A Streetwear Clothing Store Will Sell You a Camouflage Hoodie for About 0.10862 Bitcoin
Feb 27, 2014A streetwear clothing store in Bergenfield, N.J., will sell you a camouflage hoodie for about 0.10862 bitcoin. It's received bitcoins for online orders, but so far no one has walked into the Jeffersons storefront and asked to pay with it. ...
Tags: transactions, market niche, form of payment
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Several Ways to Win The Predictions Game
Jan 13, 2014One way to win the predictions game is to make a lot of guesses and remember just the winners. Here at IEEE Spectrum, we play a harder game. We told you what to expect in 2013, and now we are 'fessing up to our misses, as well as bragging ...
Tags: Postmortem, IEEE Spectrum
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Bitcoin Scored Several Big Wins This Week
Nov 25, 2013Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling its progress toward wider acceptance. Bitcoin has battled concerns about volatility, ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Bit-Part, Gaining Momentum
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PayPal Is Now Looking at Outer Space
Jul 1, 2013PayPal, which claims more than 128 million active accounts in 193 markets and 25 currencies around the globe, is now looking at outer space. As space tourism is expected to take off, PayPal is exploring what payment systems will be like ...
Tags: PayPal, Computer Products, payment systems
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A Intergalactic Space-Travel Version of Popular Kids' Suitcase Trunki Has Been Created
May 20, 2013A special intergalactic space-travel version of popular kids' suitcase Trunki has been created. The bespoke one-off Virgin Galactic Trunki was presented to Richard Branson by Trunki founder Rob Law. It's a gift to celebrate the first ...
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Virgin Galactic Launched Its First Rocket-Powered Flight of a Space Vehicle Earlier Monday
May 2, 2013Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to space tourism, launching its first rocket-powered flight of a space vehicle earlier Monday. The company, which is looking to be the world's first commercial spaceline, now is in the final phase of ...
Tags: Virgin Galactic, Space Tourism
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Space Tourism Is a Hot Topic This Year
Dec 10, 2012After Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic voyages,another company announced commercial flights to space.A Colorado-based called Golden Spike plans to send tourists?to the moon by 2020.By the end of the decade,Golden Spike intends to send ...
Tags: space tourism, moon, commercial flights to space, Golden Spike
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Space:DARPA Has Selected Three to Build Smallsat Launchers
Jul 4, 2012The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the advanced applied science arm of the US Department of Defense (DoD), has selected Lockheed Martin, Virgin Galactic and Boeing to develop small launch vehicles under the airborne ...