Monday, May 27, 2013

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 28/05/2013





Buzz Aldrin has a plan to get us to Mars by 2035
The 83-year-old astronaut wants to pursue a plan to put homesteads on the red planet. [Read more]
    




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Math wiz who said he had 1 in 285,000 chance of love -- now engaged
Peter Backus, who once published a research paper called "Why I Don't Have A Girlfriend," finds his one true love. How? With an algorithm? [Read more]
    




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Yahoo going after Hulu's subscription revenue
With its 4 million subscribers paying $7.99 per month and $695 million in revenue in 2012, Hulu would be a quick financial booster for Yahoo compared to Tumblr. [Read more]
    




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Dress to kill in this synthetic spider silk outfit
Qmonos is a tough, lightweight artificial spider silk with mass production applications, including everything from car parts to artificial blood vessels. [Read more]
    




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Local hero? Man tweets DUI checkpoint locations
Mr. Checkpoint is a man who alerts thousands of people where police are setting up DUI checkpoints in San Diego and the L.A. county areas. Not everyone approves of his motivations. [Read more]
    




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Sky's Android apps, Twitter account hacked
The British broadcaster removes several of its apps -- including Sky Go, Sky News, and Sky Sports News -- from the Google Play Store after being hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. [Read more]
    




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Sony MDR-R10: The world's best headphone?
In the late 1980s, Sony engineers went all-out to make a statement headphone, the MDR-R10. Too bad you'll probably never get to hear it. [Read more]
    




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Electric car startup Better Place liquidating after $850 million investment
In 2008, Better Place partnered with Renault to build an electric car and create a system of battery swapping stations, but the concept never gained momentum. [Read more]
    




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Aston Martin reveals Batmobile-like anniversary speedster
To celebrate 100 years of Aston Martin, the car company has unveiled the CC100 concept car, which looks like something Adam West's Batman might drive in 2013. [Read more]
    




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Grant Morrison: Google Glass is 'half-fish, half-man' (Q&A)
The influential author, who has created cult classic comics and written popular heroes like Batman and the X-Men, tells CNET's Seth Rosenblatt that as technology makes us superhuman, personal privacy will die -- and that's a good thing. [Read more]
    




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