Jan
29
2009
President Obama’s pledge to seek a worldwide ban on weapons in space marks a dramatic shift in U.S. policy while posing the tricky issue of defining whether a satellite can be a weapon.


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Jan
29
2009
Google ended the year with 63.5 percent market share of all search queries performed in the U.S., estimates comScore. And that market share has inched up steadily from 58.5 percent in January, 2008. But the market share numbers mask the absolute growth in searches and how Google has ben able to Gobble up all of that growth.


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Jan
29
2009
Speechless


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Jan
29
2009
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Co. says it lost .9 billion in the fourth quarter but it has no plans to seek federal aid unless economic conditions worsen.The second-largest U.S. automaker says it burned through .5 billion in cash during the quarter. The company said Thursday it lost .46 per share, compared with a loss of .8 billion..


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Jan
29
2009
Sketch loans, financial blunders, and a string of bad bets have left America’s banks nearly insolvent. How an industry collapsed — and why only nationalization might solve it


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Jan
29
2009
Jamal Reed of ‘vocal play’ group, Naturally 7 demonstrates his amazing ability to mimic the sound of an electric guitar using only his voice.


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Jan
29
2009
The biggest surprise (perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising) was that Facebook’s 35-54 year old demographic segment not only continued to grow the fastest, but it excelerated to a 276.% growth rate over the past 6 months.


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Jan
29
2009
It’s the iconic dinosaur battle, seared into imagination from picture books and cartoons: Tyrannosaurus rex lunges, mouth agape, and Triceratops parries with its horns and bony neck frill. This scene probably did unfold in North American forests 65 mln years ago, but research suggests Triceratops used its headgear in fights against its own species.


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Jan
29
2009
The guys at holy taco have really outdone themselves this time. It’s…get ready for this…a football stadium made entirely out of delicious snack foods! Just in time for the Super Bowl!


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Jan
29
2009
Adorably-mascotted Firefox Mobile ‘Fennec’ is on its way to an early February release for the Windows Mobile-powered HTC Touch Pro, according to a post on the project’s developer wiki.


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