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Satellites spot 14000 ancient human settlements – The State Column

Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:11:10 +0000

Satellites spot 14000 ancient human settlements
The State Column
Satellites are typically thought of as spying and communication devices, but two scientists are determined to change this worldview. Bjoern Menze, a researcher in MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, as well as Jason Ur, …
Satellites identify thousands of small hills as ancient human settlementsChristian Science Monitor
Ancient sites spotted from spaceBBC News
Satellites spy thousands of ancient human settlementsFox News
msnbc.com -Discovery News -The Mark
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:00:43 +0000

Apple downplays reports of overheating iPads
Fox News
The new iPad features a sharper screen and a faster processor. Apple says the new display will be even sharper than the high-definition television set in the living room.Apple March 7, 2012: Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the new iPad during an event in …
Apple sells record 3 million new iPadsWashington Post
Why Is Android A Complete And Utter Failure In The Tablet Market? (GOOG, AAPL)San Francisco Chronicle
Apple iPad investigated for reports of excess heatReuters
Apple Insider -TG Daily -SlashGear
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:40:15 +0000

Windows 8 Launch to Include Very Few ARM-Based Tablets, Report Says
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Mar 20, 2012 8:17 AM Microsoft reportedly has a plan to avoid consumer confusion about the differences between Windows 8 tablets based on ARM and x86/x64 chips: Allow very few ARM-based tablets onto store shelves.
Windows 8 readying for October debutLos Angeles Times
Windows 8 To Ship In October, Report SaysInformationWeek
Microsoft will launch Windows 8 this AutumnInquirer
Bloomberg -Computerworld -IntoMobile
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:38:46 +0000

Einstein online: Internet archive offers window into physicist's life and work
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
By Linda Gradstein · March 20, 2012 Now you can get a firsthand glimpse by searching the newly improved Einstein Archives website, which relaunched Monday with expanded offerings. The online archive now makes available digitally 2000 documents from …
Einstein the scientist, dreamer, lover: onlineWHTC
Original Einstein manuscripts show first details of E=MC2Fox News
Albert Einstein ArchivesAZFamily
The Verge -The Guardian -Washington Post
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:01:33 +0000

How to Play It: A dividend strategy with Apple in mind
Reuters
By David K. Randall | NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple isn't the only prominent company that analysts have tagged as a potential source of dividend payouts. Investors can target the sweet spot of reliable income and share price gains by buying companies that …
Apple Goes on a $45 Billion Spending SpreeForbes
Apple dividend is acknowledgement of investors' concerns about cash hoardWashington Post
Apple Makes the Right Choice with its Cash Reservesmsnbc.com
TheStreet.com -BusinessWeek
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:28:26 +0000

NASA repairs Saturn-surfing spacecraft
Fox News
A recent photo of Saturn's moon Rhea snapped by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI A rare closeup of Saturn's moon Rhea.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI Next Slide Previous Slide An instrument aboard the international Cassini spacecraft is making …
Cassini Plasma Spectrometer Resumes OperationsJet Propulsion Laboratory
Titan's haze is droppingScience News
Icy Saturn moon 'may be active'BBC News
Washington Post -PhysOrg.com
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:59:23 +0000

Report: New iPad Burns 10 Degrees Hotter Than iPad 2
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn The new iPad is not just a hot commodity, it is literally burning hotter than its predecessor, a report has found. According to thermal images from Dutch site Tweakers.net (via Google Translate) first discovered by Engadget, …
Today's Top Stories: iPad Heat Issues, Windows 8 Coming in October?Mashable
Heat Test: New iPad Is Hotter to Handle by 10 DegreesTIME
New iPad Runs 10 Degrees Hotter Than iPad 2PCWorld
Macgasm -SlashGear -Engadget
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:59:08 +0000

Has Apple lost its design edge? Not quite
CNET
If Apple is the king of design, why do the latest iPhone and iPad look the same as the previous generations? Ask Maggie tries to explain. Plus: the price of 4G. by Marguerite Reardon March 20, 2012 6:19 AM PDT Follow @maggie_reardon We heard the same …
How Long Will the Cult of Apple Endure?New Yorker (blog)
Alt Text: Apple App Apparently ApocalypticWired News
iPhone 5 Rumors Roundup: From Release Date to Features (What We Think We Know …International Business Times
MarketWatch (press release) -Entrepreneur
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:21:28 +0000

Google Nabs Digg Founder To Boost Google+
WAPT Jackson
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — One of Silicon Valley's iconic entrepreneurs is going corporate. Google has scooped up Digg founder Kevin Rose and a number of his employees at Milk, the venture he created last year as a lab for experimenting with mobile app …
Milk co-founders Kevin Rose and Daniel Burka join GoogleFiercemobilecontent
Google Making Major Moves in the Content SpaceTechnorati
What, Exactly, Will Kevin Rose Do at Google?Gizmodo
Motley Fool
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Sci/Tech - Google News — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:08:38 +0000

Apple Sells 3 Million iPads: What It Means
InformationWeek
Apple sold more iPads in four days than RIM has sold PlayBooks and Motorola has sold Xooms–combined–in the last year. Apple revealed late Monday that it sold more than three million iPads worldwide between Friday, March 16 and Monday, March 19.
The New iPad Display, Tested and PraisedTIME
Apple New iPad Sells like Hot CakesZacks.com
The Post-Release Take on the New iPadCFOworld
Technorati -SlashGear -Register
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