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Chill out and take a trip to Ice Island with this cool little mod. It will be ICE to see you...[insert further ice pun here]
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LiveScience.com - The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis...(more)
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After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have confirmed that they reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years.
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It doesn't matter if an internet company goes public, like Facebook's big IPO announcement. Users are exploited to advertisers. This is the way of the business world. Ad dollars makes the world go around. Using or selling user information to businesses isn't...(more)
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Researchers at MIT have successfully implanted a 'neural probe' into a fist-sized moth, and can 'steer' the moth using electrical signals just like a remote control car.
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Guerrilla Games says digital release of 2004 PlayStation 2 shooter on PlayStation Network pushed into future with no new release date.
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | This is shaping up to the be the year streaming video becomes ultra-competitive. Netflix is starting to recover after a near disastrous price hike announcement in 2011, as reported by Forbes, and a recent announcement says Verizon and Redbox will form a...(more)
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Scientists say they have drilled down through ice and reached Lake Vostok, the largest of more than 280 lakes under the thick ice that covers most of the Antarctic continent. It has been sealed from light and air for millions of years. If evidence of life...(more)
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(Reuters) - Ericsson, the world's largest telecommunications network equipment maker, has been sued for more than $330 million by Airvana Network Solutions Inc, which accused it of stealing trade secrets and trying to drive it out of business.
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Europe's Rosetta mission ultimate goal is to shadow Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for 2 years and deploy its lander on to the icy nucleus. The science it will send back is set to deliver the most comprehensive look at these ancient space rocks.
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(Reuters) - Shares of Avid Technology Inc jumped 25 percent to a six-month high after the maker of digital audio and video editing products reported a quarterly profit for the first time in four years.
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NASA hopes to have commercial operated flights to the International Space Station beginning around 2017.
