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10 Critical Requirements for Cloud Applications
Check out this white paper to learn the ten critical requirements for cloud applications. Not only that, discover how these goals are achievable. Don't rush with a so-so application, get it right...
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Super Moon, meteor shower set to dazzle
On May 5-6 the full moon will appear larger because it's closer to Earth than any other time of the year.
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The millionth image taken from the ISS -- and more (photos)
From his perch 240 miles above the Earth, astronaut Don Pettit has been shooting up a storm -- and making history in the process.
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NASA launches ATREX mission to the upper jet stream (photos)
From its perch 65 miles above the Earth, the newly-launched reconnaissance craft will measure winds that travel between 200 to over 300 mph.
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Rare earth materials 'hoarded' by China, WTO case goes ahead
Will the rare earth materials battle limit a future supply of smartphones, devices or hybrid technology?
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Ortsbo: Return to Shinar
Take a look at Ortsbo's revolutionary language software. The world may never be the same as long as we keep to the mundane and resist the temptation to build a tower to heaven.
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Oracle hands Salesforce golden egg
Salesforce.com's Benioff grabs attention at an otherwise lackluster Oracle Open World.
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Rage (photos)
Rage tells to the story of a scorched Earth, years after an asteroid has hit the planet.
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Falling Debris: Tech devices that crashed to Earth
Amid the pending crash of the Nasa climate satellite from Earth's orbit, ZDNet takes a look at other gadgets, products and services that crashed and burned.
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A roadmap for growing prosperity while saving the planet
In this interview, author Ramez Naam provides a sneak peak into his upcoming book: The Infinite Resource - Growing Prosperity While Reducing Impact on the Earth.
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Tweets in space! Astronaut shares photos from space station (photos)
Using NASA's Nikon D3S, astronauts post images of newly retired shuttle Atlantis, Earth, and mission spacewalks via Twitter.
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New moon found at Pluto; Neptune turns one
Pluto may not be a planet any more but it has four times as many moons as Earth. Plus, Neptune was discovered 165 Earth years ago - exactly one year ago on Neptune.
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DaVinci Institute unveils eight competitions for mankind
Drawing inspiration from the success of large-scale incentive-based prize competitions, Thomas Frey, a futurist and executive director at the DaVinci Institute, announced a series of eight...
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Gallery: America's first small step into space - 50 years ago
On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard was shot to an altitude of 116 miles above Earth becoming the first American in space.
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At Mojave mine, rare earth metals are elemental (photos)
Molycorp breaks ground on a mining facility that taps some of the world's most prized elements, used in the production of everything from hybrid cars to cell phones to hard disk drives.
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Is the 'cloud' green or not? Greenpeace scrutinizes 10 giants
Just in time for Earth Day, the non-profit organization turns up the heat on some of the biggest cloud data center operators in the business, encouraging them to consider more renewable energy...
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Virgin Oceanic's deep-sea submersible (images)
Richard Branson's latest effort is to send a solo submersible to the deepest spot in all five of the Earth's oceans.
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Think 2012 might be bad? Earth's next mass extinction may already have begun.
On a geoplanetary scale, Earth's next mass extinction event may be merely a heartbeat away.
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NASA's Glory to study aerosol's role in climate change (photos)
Joining Aqua, CloudSat, CALIPSO, and Aura, Glory will be the 5th Earth observation satellite in the Afternoon Constellation cluster.
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NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory turns 1 (photos)
As it marks its first year in space, the spacecraft keeps sending back stunning, detailed images in an effort to better understand the sun's influence on Earth.
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CES: Samsung unveiling 'thinnest 3D Blu-ray player' on Earth
Samsung will be bringing a beautiful and ultra-slim Blu-ray disc player to CES 2011 next week. It's so slim that the manufactuer is dubbing the product as "the thinnest 3D blu-ray player in the...
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