Donations Save SETI (For Now)

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With budget cuts looming, it looked like the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence project was going to have to shut down. But thanks the generosity of fans across the world, the project has raised $200,000 to keep scanning the universe for signs of intelligent life.

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Wal-Mart Closing Digital Media Store

After seven years in the digital music business, Wal-Mart is closing up its digital music shop at the end of the month.

The company announced Tuesday that it will close its .mp3 music store.

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Opportunity Approaches Crater

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Opportunity, the last surviving Mars rover, is approaching the rim of a vast crater to begin a fresh round of exploration. Driving commands sent up to Opportunity directed the six-wheel rover to make the final push toward Endeavour crater, a 14-mile (22-kilometer)-wide depression near the Martian equator that likely could be its final destination. At [...]

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FBI Launches App To Help Find Missing Children

It's every parent's worst nightmare--a missing child.

But a new app from the FBI could help you be prepared for such an emergency, though hopefully you'll never need to use it.

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Solar Flares Could Disrupt Your GPS

An 11-year peak in the solar cycle could lead to a bit of disruption in your GPS system this week.

A massive solar flare last week could disrupt radio communications, including devices that use Global Positioning System technology, such as cell phones, airplanes and car navigation systems.

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Amazon Launches Local Deals Site

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Amazon is looking for a way to connect customers to local products and services. The Internet retailer has set up a website that offers large discounts on local goods and services.

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BBC Launches International iPlayer

If you live in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Ireland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or Switzerland, you can download a new app that will allow you to stream content from the BBC. You'll be required to pay for the privilege, but the new the version of the app for Apple products will allow you to view British television content.

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3-D Coming to Cars

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3-D technology is headed to the dashboard.

Based on the growth in non-glasses requiring 3-D technology like Nintendo's 3DS and Sprint's HTC Evo 3D, Mercedes Benz is planning to bring 3-D to the dashboard.

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"Futurama" App Allows You To Create Head-in-a-Jar

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Good news everyone!

A new app will allow you to put your head in jar, just like those seen on Futurama.

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Scientist Proves Time Travel Won't Work

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Our news director's dream of one day traveling back in time and recovering the missing episodes of classic Doctor Who has hit a major speedbump.

Physicists at the Hong Kong University of Technology and Science have just proved that no machine will ever allow a person to travel through time because time travel is flat-out impossible.

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NASA Discovers New Moon Around Pluto

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The Hubble space telescope has found a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet of Pluto, NASA announced last week. The space telescope was searching for rings around the planetary oddball at the edge of our solar system when it came across P4, the temporary name for the newly discovered moon. With an estimated diameter [...]

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NASA Picks Landing Spot for Next Mars Rover

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The next Mars rover, named Curiosity, will explore the Gale Crater when it touches down on the red planet next year.

The Gale Crater is thought by scientists to be the best possible place on Mars to have evidence of life.

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Could Apple Buy Hulu?

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Apple is interested in purchasing streaming content provider, Hulu.

The company is said to be in early talks to buy the site, which is owned by Walt Disney, News Corp., Comcast's NBCUniversal and private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.

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Atlantis Returns Home

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The end of an era was reached this morning as the space shuttle Atlantis touched down on planet Earth again.  Its return brought an end not only to its mission but also the end of use of the space shuttle. "Atlantis is home," said NASA control moments after its arrival at 5:56 a.m. ET. "Its [...]

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QR Codes Invade Cemetaries

You've seen them on ads, you've seen them on packaging. You may have even scanned one using your smart phone to find out more about a product or service.

But how about scanning a quick response code to find out more about someone who's passed on

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