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Visual Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dead at Age 92
Influential visual effects maker and animator Ray Harryhausen, who brought monsters, skeletons and mythological beasts to life for movies like "Jason and the Argonauts" long before computers took over the job, died Tuesday at age 92, his family said.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
New York's Met Museum Celebrates Punk's Influence on Fashion
With their black leather, studded jackets, ripped jeans, bondage trousers and messages of rebellion and anarchy, punks from the 1970s probably never envisioned that a major museum would be celebrating their influence on fashion 40 years later.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Facebook and Google Glass: In Sync Might Become Sexual Predators
Facebook has made its way to Google Glass, the most anticipated piece of electronic gadget. Sharing to Facebook, an unofficial application dubbed "Glass to Facebook" has just arrived, allowing Google's adventurers to post images to the social network.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Internet Outage: You Can't Probably Connect to Syria
Internet has gone down in Syria, reported by multiple Internet monitoring services.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Apple iPad Isn't Perfect: Microsoft Visionary Bill Gates Finds Flaw
Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates took a shot at the Apple's product, saying, iPad users are "frustrated". Frustrated because of tablet's lack of functionality and productivity applications, and he was listing Microsoft Surface and Surface Pro tablets, and more vitally, the Office suite of applications, as the cure for those ills.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Sweden's ABBA Museum to Open, but Reunion Rumors Quashed
The catchy tunes, outlandish costumes and shimmering boots that made ABBA a global phenomenon all feature in a new museum dedicated to the band, but rumors the exhibition may presage a reunion by Sweden's most famous export were quickly quashed.
Monday, May 06, 2013
On Eve of New York Auctions, Newer Works Seen Driving the Boom
With a billion dollars worth of art on offer at their spring auctions in New York, Christie's andSotheby's are looking to the post-war and contemporary works to drive the market this month.
Monday, May 06, 2013
First Solar: No.1 Solar Company Faces Cheerful Days
First Solar, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer by shipments, reported on Monday, May 06, 2013 a first-quarter profit after a loss in the previous year, helped by significantly higher sales solar modules, and the company restructured its full-year outlook.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Generation Overlap in Micaria sociabilis: Male Black Widows Overturn Sexual Cannibalism
Reversed form of sexual cannibalism observed in the species Micaria sociabilis.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Rock, Pop, Country Singers to Headline Boston Benefit Concert
Boston bands Aerosmith and New Kids on the Block, singer-songwriter James Taylor and country singer Jason Aldean will headline a concert to benefit the victims of last month's Boston Marathon bombing, organizers said on Friday.
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Discovery of New Meat-Eater Dinosaur in China Cutting-Edge- It's a Chinese-American Breakthrough
Scientists have identified the fossil remains of a small therapod, or meat-eating dinosaur, as a new species.
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Beware! 3D Printed Firearm Isn't Really a Liberator but an US Abductor
The Liberator gun causes political alarm.
Saturday, May 04, 2013
Tablets: Surge into Mainstream and Grab Nearly Half of Mobile RTB Share Worldwide
New figures from a range of studies say in-app gets more than nine in 10 mobile RTB ad views. Moreover, time spent with tablets will shoot up as more people than ever buy the portable devices.
Saturday, May 04, 2013
Poachers Completely Wipe Out African Rhinos in Mozambican To Cure Cancer
The African Rhinoceros evolved over millions of years, and despite living on earth for eons, it has not been able to survive the greed of human beings. Poachers have shot 15 threatened animals to death for their horns last month in the Mozambican part of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also covers South Africa and Zimbabwe. Conservationists reveal their concern about this serious matter.
Saturday, May 04, 2013
LinkedIn Revenue Rises 72%, Outlook Comes Up Short, Stocks Fall
LinkedIn has a drastic increase of 72% in revenue--but that isn't enough to keep its stock up.
Saturday, May 04, 2013
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DNA: Ancient Europeans Disappeared 4,500 Years Ago, Today's Genetic History Uncovered?
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IBM Solar Collector to Breakthrough-Collects the Power of 2,000 Suns; Still Keeps it Cool
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Window Socket: Plug the Portable Solar-Powered Outlet to Your Window, it Draws Energy
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Beware! 3D Printed Firearm Isn't Really a Liberator but an US Abductor
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