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1/18/2013
Technology proposal clears 1st CO legislative test
Posted 8:41 AM 1/18/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
DENVER (AP) - A proposal to attract more tech companies and their high-paying jobs to Colorado has passed its first test in the state Legislature. A House committee voted 8-3 Thursday in favor of a bill to spend as much as $20 million a year to lure jobs in conjunction with existing (More)
1/17/2013
Amazon makes MP3 catalog available to iPhone users
Posted 12:32 PM 1/17/2013 by Eric Ross
SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon says iPhone and iPod Touch users will be able to buy music from its digital store for the first time beginning Thursday. Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its MP3 library has 22 million songs available. Steve Boom, vice president of Amazon Music (More)
1/16/2013
Colorado astronaut headed back to space station
Posted 8:57 AM 1/16/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado astronaut Steve Swanson is headed back to the International Space Station. Swanson will serve as flight engineer on a joint mission with two Russian cosmonauts next year. According to Steamboat Today ( (More)
1/15/2013
NRA shooting game no longer for preschoolers
Posted 3:43 PM 1/15/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new shooting game for mobile devices tied to the National Rifle Association is no longer being labeled suitable for preschoolers. "NRA: Practice Range" changed its age recommendation Tuesday from 4 years and up to at least 12 years of age, with an added warning that the game (More)
Russia plans unmanned moon mission in 2015
1/14/2013
Google's ultrafast Internet draws startups to KC
Posted 10:05 AM 1/14/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Google's new superfast Internet connection is creating a tech startup culture in Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., were picked as the first cities to get Google's new fiber-optic network that's capable of reaching speeds far greater than (More)
1/10/2013
Apple may build less expensive iPhone
Posted 10:36 AM 1/10/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
NEW YORK (AP) - A published report says Apple may introduce a cheaper iPhone in an effort to reclaim some of the sales that the company has been losing to less expensive handsets running on Google's Android software. Wednesday's story in The Wall Street Journal speculates that Apple (More)
1/7/2013
US court won't stop embryonic stem cell research
Posted 8:17 AM 1/7/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will not stop the U.S. government's funding of embryonic stem cell research, despite some researchers' complaints that the work relies on destroyed human embryos. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from two scientists who have been (More)
1/3/2013
FTC to announce outcome of Google antitrust probe
Posted 11:25 AM 1/3/2013 by Connie Murphy
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. antitrust regulators are ready to announce the results of a 20-month investigation into Google's business practices. The Federal Trade Commission has scheduled a 1 p.m. EST press conference to unveil the outcome of the high-profile probe. The wide-ranging inquiry could (More)
1/2/2013
Israeli prize honors foreign scientists, architect
Posted 12:49 PM 1/2/2013 by Lauren Molenburg
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prestigious Wolf Prize this year will honor American, German and Austrian scientists as well as an architect from Portugal.
Wolf winners are considered strong contenders for Nobel prizes. In the 34 years the Wolf Foundation has granted the awards, about one out of (More)
APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea
12/28/2012
UK's Pearson invests in Barnes & Noble's Nook
Posted 8:09 AM 12/28/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
LONDON (AP) - British publisher Pearson PLC says it is investing in a business based on Barnes & Noble's NOOK e-reader. Pearson said Friday it would pay $89.5 million cash for a 5 percent stake in NOOK Media LLC which includes the bookseller's e-reader and tablets, its digital (More)
12/27/2012
China tightening controls on Internet
Posted 10:45 AM 12/27/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
BEIJING (AP) -- China's new communist leaders are increasing already tight controls on Internet use and electronic publishing following a spate of embarrassing online reports about official abuses.
The measures suggest China's new leader, Xi Jinping, and others who took power in November (More)
China satellite navigation starts services to Asia
Experts call off search for life in Antarctic lake
12/21/2012
Italian court overturns Google convictions
Posted 8:52 AM 12/21/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
MILAN (AP) - An Italian appeals court has overturned the convictions of three Google executives who had been charged for a video on a Google site that showed a disabled teen being bullied. Google called Friday's ruling "a total victory." A lower court in 2010 held the (More)
Soyuz capsule docks with space Station
12/20/2012
US Mint testing new metals to make coins cheaper
Posted 10:28 AM 12/20/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - When it comes to making coins, the Mint isn't getting its two cents worth. In some cases, it doesn't even get half of that. A penny costs more than two cents and a nickel costs more than 11 cents to make and distribute. The quandary is how to make coins more cheaply without (More)
12/19/2012
Rocket with 3 astronauts takes off for International Space Station
Posted 8:11 AM 12/19/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) - A Soyuz spacecraft carry three astronauts has taken off atop a towering Russian rocket, headed for the International Space Station. The Soyuz launched from Russia's manned-space facility in the steppes of Kazakhstan at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday (1212 GMT) (More)
12/18/2012
Facebook rejects German demand to allow fake names
Posted 8:42 AM 12/18/2012 by Lauren Molenburg
BERLIN (AP) - Facebook says it won't comply with a German privacy watchdog's demand to let users register with fake names. The data protection commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein state issued an order Monday requiring that the social networking site permits pseudonymous accounts. (More)...
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