Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been ruled out of a massive $11 billion Indian Air Force deal for 126 advanced fighter jets.
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Lose $11 billion Indian Air Force Deal
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United States, China May Jointly Undertake Mars Mission
U.S. President Barack Obama views China as a potential partner for an eventual human mission to Mars that would be difficult for any single nation to undertake, a senior White House official told lawmakers.
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Radiation from largest Solar Flare to Hit Earth this Week
Radiation from the largest solar flare in four years is expected to reach Earth late on Thursday or Friday. Such events can cause radio blackouts and interfere with communication satellites, but the most likely outcome this time will be brilliant Northern Lights displays, US scientists said.
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Google vs. China - China Sabotages Gmail!
Google has blamed the Chinese government for problems accessing its e-mail service in the country. Internet users have complained that the authorities have stepped up disruption of its Gmail service in recent weeks.
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Milky Way Has 500 Million Habitable Planets Capable of Life
How’s this for an astronomical estimate? There are at least 50 billion exoplanets in our galaxy. What’s more, astronomers estimate that 500 million of these alien worlds are probably sitting inside the habitable zones of their parent stars. So how many of these exoplanets have life? Unfortunately, there’s no estimate for that question.
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New Era @ Google - Larry Page Takes Over from Eric Schmidt
Google Inc co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, a surprise move to make the company more nimble at a time when competition heats up with fast-growing rivals like Facebook. Page’s assumption of day-to-day operations marks a return to Google’s technological roots, 13 years after he and fellow Stanford University student Sergey Brin founded what has become the world’s No. 1 Internet search engine with $29 billion a year in revenue.
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Steve Jobs’ Poor Health Overshadows Apple Quarterly Numbers
The health of Apple chief executive Steve Jobs was set to overshadow quarterly sales numbers on Tuesday from the consumer electronics powerhouse, whose iPhone and iPad excited holiday shoppers. The world’s most valuable technology company said on Monday Jobs was taking a medical leave of absence without specifying a return date or detailing his condition.
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Apple’s iPad Revolutionizes Singapore Classrooms!
If Oprah can do it, so can schools in Singapore. Four schools in the wealthy city-state have begun handing out Apple iPads to students, relieving them of the need to carry satchels full of bulging text books and notes. Nanyang Girls High School has spent S$135,000 (about $100,000) to buy 150 iPads for 140 students and 10 teachers in a pilot project. Users connect to the Internet using the tablet, and download books and course material.
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Verizon iPhone’s to be Launched Tuesday
Verizon Wireless, the top U.S. mobile provider, plans on Tuesday to unveil a version of the Apple Inc iPhone for its service and will kick off sales of the device a few weeks later, a source told Reuters. Verizon Wireless will offer the iPhone to its customers under its existing wireless service price plans, said the source, who asked not to be named as the plan has not yet been announced.
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Hackers Poke Fun to Celebrate North Korea Heir’s Birthday
Hackers have attacked North Korea’s official Youtube and Twitter accounts, posting a cartoon showing Kim Jong-il’s heir apparent driving a sports car into a crowd of starving countrymen. The cyber attack on Saturday, believed to be leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un’s birthday, also called for an uprising against the communist nation’s ruling dynasty.
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