NASA has reported that they’ve taken multitasking to new heights and have launched the five THEMIS satellites aboard a single Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 6:01 p.m. EST. The Delta II rocket raced into space on the flaming power of three rocket stages and nine solid rocket motors, [...]
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By Elliott Minor
Associated Press
MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP) — The military calls its new weapon an “active denial system,” but that’s an understatement. It’s a ray gun that shoots a beam that makes people feel as if they are about to catch fire. Apart from causing that terrifying sensation, [...]
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By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer space.com
For years astronomers have known that the upper atmospheres of
Saturn and other giant planets are hotter than can be explained by absorbed sunlight. Today the mystery deepened.
The phenomenon has long been blamed on a mechanism similar to what creates the aurora, or Northern Lights on Earth. On Earth, [...]
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BUFFALO, New York (AP) — He was an 18-year-old Marine headed to war.
She was an attractive young woman sending him off with pictures and lingerie.
Or so each one thought.
In reality, they were two middle-aged people carrying on an Internet fantasy based on seemingly harmless lies.
When a truthful 22-year-old was drawn in, authorities say, their cyber [...]
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ACFI is a group of people working for the peoples right to it’s Internets. We have made progress in Ladonia and are now working on the Micronation of Sealand.
Recently it was made clear that this country is for sale. To make sure the owners will be kopimistic and that the country won’t be governed by [...]
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The grizzly man is back, and this time he’s ready to take on bullets and bombs.
Troy Hurtubise, the Hamilton-born inventor who became famous for his bulky bear-protection suit by standing in front of a moving vehicle to prove it worked, has now created a much slimmer suit that he hopes will soon be protecting Canadian [...]
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When Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the much-hyped iPhone this week, he left one detail hanging: the rights to the iPhone name.
Network equipment giant Cisco Systems owns the trademark. Wednesday, Cisco sued Apple in U.S. District Court, asking for an injunction against its Silicon Valley neighbor.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling calls the lawsuit “silly.” He says [...]
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Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2007) — Warner Bros will soon launch a DVD that can play movies and TV shows on both Blu-ray and HD-DVD machines.
The disc, which comes on the heels of an announcement from LG Electronics that it will soon launch a dual HDTV DVD player, is intended to alleviate consumer concerns about [...]
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Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2007) — LG Electronics says it will launch a dual HDTV DVD device that can play both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs.
The electronics company made the announcement on Wednesday and said it would release further details at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show, such as pricing and launch dates.
The dual player is aimed [...]
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LAYTON — Christmas became XXX-mas for a 14-year-old Layton boy who discovered hard-core pornography on a video game he received as a gift.Kolton Mahoney was shocked when he put the Madden NFL 07 game in his new Xbox 360 console Christmas day and an explicit image popped up on his television screen.
“This is definitely not [...]
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