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Smarter Planet Leadership Series: Air Canada
Air Canada wanted something to make things a little easier for their customers, and using technology from IBM was able to offer self service. Check out this white paper to hear more about how IBM...
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The quest for the supersonic skydive (photos)
Felix Baumgartner plans to ride a balloon to an altitude of 120,000 feet and then jump. In freefall on the way down, the veteran skydiver aims to hit Mach 1.
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Photos: How to animate 10,000 digital balloons
In creating its newest animated film, "Up," Pixar had to develop a technique for animating more than 10,000 interdependent balloons. The studio turned to its computers to make it work.
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Photos: Balloon launches telescope
A balloon carrying a solar telescope was successfully lifted 120,000 feet above the Earth's surface to get a clear picture of the sun.
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Images: 'Flying' wind generators
Some inventors are thinking beyond traditional turbines, designing balloons and kites to harness wind power.
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The bubble in private valuations of startups could balloon as VCs raise mega funds
Andreessen Horowitz announced a new $1.5 billion fund, adding to a total of $2.7 billion raised in three years. Some of that money will likely be used in secondary shares markets.
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Sending tweets skyward: Balloons and HP's festive campaign
Hewlett-Packard's 'TweetWisher' campaign is sending balloons across the skies of Dubai, containing the New Years' resolutions of its users.
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Amazon launches Android Appstore: Trial balloon ahead of a tablet?
Amazon launched its Appstore for Android and the effort may hint at a bigger strategy for tablets.
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Apple leads the pack for ballooning bug count
Being in the lead is not always a good thing. Apple takes number one stop for the most bugs found in all of its products during the first half of 2010, ahead of Oracle, and Microsoft, according to...
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The quest for the supersonic skydive (photos)
Felix Baumgartner plans to ride a balloon to an altitude of 120,000 feet and then jump. In freefall on the way down, the veteran skydiver aims to hit Mach 1.
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Hot air balloons rise from United Nations
Hot air balloons of the "trial balloon" type in the verrrry political world of climate change diplomacy. The heads of state from the world's two biggest air polluters--China and U.S.--made strong...
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Photos: How to animate 10,000 digital balloons
In creating its newest animated film, "Up," Pixar had to develop a technique for animating more than 10,000 interdependent balloons. The studio turned to its computers to make it work.
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EIC podcast: Yahoo trial balloons; Mumbai and Twitter; E-commerce
In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about the Yahoo rumor mill, the holiday shopping season on tech land and the Mumbai terror attacks and Twitter. First the Yahoo rumor mill. The...
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Yahoo: Going private trial balloon floated; Is private equity the solution?
Former AOL Chief Jonathan Miller is looking in the couch cushions to raise enough money to buy a part--if not all of Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal, Miller has been talking to...
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Photos: Balloon launches telescope
A balloon carrying a solar telescope was successfully lifted 120,000 feet above the Earth's surface to get a clear picture of the sun.
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Images: 'Flying' wind generators
Some inventors are thinking beyond traditional turbines, designing balloons and kites to harness wind power.
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Photos: A view from the top (of a red balloon)
An artist's game uses weather balloons and surveillance cameras to re-create timeworn games for schoolchildren.
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Balloons paint the San Jose sky red
CNET's Neha Tiwari talks with Jenny Marketou and Katie Salen about their interactive art piece "99 Red Balloons: A game of flying perspectives." The work was inspired by the popular "99...
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Intel execs cleared of balloon-popping charges
Intel executives have been found not guilty of damaging the property of rival Via Technologies--including allegedly popping Via's balloons at a trade show--by a Taipei court, as the legal...
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Analysis: Transmeta gets its first-day balloon
But like all big IPO poppers, the chip company's stock will fall to earth. And after it does, it will be a while before there's any reason for it to rise...
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