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Microsoft

Submission + - Can Microsoft bruise the Blackberry? (skunkpost.com) 1

crimeandpunishment writes: Microsoft is taking aim at iPhones and Blackberrys. Monday Microsoft took the wraps off two new touch-screen phones, designed for teens and twenty-somethings, in an effort to give its mobile business a boost. The phones, called Kin 1 and Kin 2, are made by Sharp and will be sold by Verizon Wireless. They'll be sold online beginning early next month, and will hit stores soon after that.
Mars

How Do You Land a Nuke-Powered Mini-Cooper On Mars? 218

tcd004 writes "Miles O'Brien narrates this video simulation of NASA's next Mars shot, which promises to out-gun all previous efforts. The Mini Cooper-sized Mars Science Laboratory, which is now named Curiosity, will crawl the Martian surface under steam from a nuclear powerplant — but it's a gentle giant compared to its predecessors. Recent theories have emerged that previous attempts at identifying organic compounds in Martian soil may have actually cooked away any signs of life-giving elements. Curiosity will go to great pains to avoid scorching the Earth ... erm ... Mars."

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