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Space shuttle Endeavour pauses on 12-mile trip to LA museum

At its prime, the space shuttle Endeavour circled the globe at 17,500 mph, faster than a speeding bullet.

A cardboard bike that could change the world

Within months, industrial designer Izhar Gafni's cardboard bike will move into mass production. When it rolls into stores, it will weigh 20 pounds, cost $20 dollars and carry huge implications for... Read more »

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Google opens window into secretive data centers

Google is opening a virtual window into the secretive data centers where an intricate maze of computers process Internet search requests, show YouTube video clips and distribute email for millions... Read more »

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Shuttle inches toward retirement home at LA museum

At every turn of Endeavour's stop-and-go commute through urban streets, a constellation of spectators trailed along as the space shuttle ploddingly nosed past stores, schools, churches and front... Read more »

Oct. 14, 2012

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Photos: Endeavour takes a tour of L.A. en route to retirement

It's a surreal sight residents won't soon forget: A hulking space shuttle strutting down city streets, pausing every so often to get its bearings as it creeps toward retirement. Read more »

Oct. 13, 2012

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Space shuttle pauses on 12-mile trip to LA museum

At its prime, the space shuttle Endeavour circled the globe at 17,500 mph, faster than a speeding bullet. Read more »

Oct. 12, 2012

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Feds investigate brake problem in Honda Pilot SUVs

U.S. safety officials are investigating brake problems in the Honda Pilot SUV. Read more »

Oct. 12, 2012

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Google awards teenager $60,000 for hacking Chrome

Google gave a teenage hacker known as “Pinkie Pie” $60,000 for uncovering a flaw in its browser’s security at the second annual Pwnium competition. Read more »

Oct. 11, 2012

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3-D printing enables people to print almost any object at any time

3-D printing is potentially the next massively disruptive technology, enabling people to print almost any object at any time. Read more »

Oct. 11, 2012

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Scientist who helped clone sheep Dolly dies

Keith Campbell, a prominent biologist who worked on cloning Dolly the sheep, has died at 58, the University of Nottingham said Thursday. Read more »

Oct. 11, 2012

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Utah tech, finance professionals will make up to 5.3 percent more in 2013

Starting salaries for technology, administrative and finance professionals are expected to increase by as much as 5.3 percent in Utah next year. Read more »

Oct. 9, 2012

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Frenchman, American win Nobel for quantum physics

A French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world, research that has led to the construction of... Read more »

Oct. 9, 2012

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SpaceX Dragon set to blast off to space station

A privately owned rocket is set to blast off Sunday night with a space station cargo ship named Dragon. Read more »

Oct. 7, 2012

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Immigrants start 25 percent of high-tech firms, study shows, but number is on decline

Immigrants start nearly 25 percent of high-tech firms, a new study shows, but tougher immigration policies since 9/11 have made it more difficult for highly skilled workers to come to the U.S. Read more »

Oct. 5, 2012

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Some social media use can keep students out of college

Thirty-five percent of admissions officers at America’s top colleges who use social media sites to investigate applicants say they’ve found information that damaged potential... Read more »

Oct. 4, 2012

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Education chief wants textbooks to become obsolete

Worried your kids spend too much time with their faces buried in a computer screen? Their schoolwork may soon depend on it. Read more »

Oct. 2, 2012

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White House says it thwarted cyberattack

The White House is acknowledging an attempt to infiltrate its computer system but says it thwarted the effort Read more »

Oct. 1, 2012

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Android phones at risk of being wiped clean of data

Cellphones using Google's Android operating system are at risk of being disabled or wiped clean of their data, including contacts, music and photos because of a security flaw that was discovered... Read more »

Sept. 28, 2012

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Apple CEO apologizes for error-ridden new map app (+video)

Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized Friday for the company's error-ridden new mobile mapping service and pledged to improve the application installed on tens of millions of smartphones. In an unusual mea... Read more »

Sept. 28, 2012

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Tim Cook on Apple maps: 'Extremely sorry'

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company is "extremely sorry" for the frustration its Maps application has caused and it's doing everything it can to make it better. In the meantime, he recommended that... Read more »

Sept. 28, 2012

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Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream

The NASA rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars — a find that the mission's chief scientist called... Read more »

Sept. 27, 2012

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Don't recycle — these medical device gadgets dissolve inside you

As consumers we want our electronic gadgets to be durable. But as patients, we might want them to dissolve — inside our bodies. Read more »

Sept. 27, 2012

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Social media as job recruitment tool, up in 2012

92 percent of employee recruiters currently use, or plan to use, social media and networking sites for job recruiting in 2012. Social media is becoming a major tool in job recruitment, and... Read more »

Sept. 27, 2012

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Dish Network to launch satellite broadband service for rural areas in 14 states, including Utah

Satellite TV company Dish Network Corp. is launching a broadband Internet service that's aimed at rural areas that don't currently get high-speed Internet. Read more »

Sept. 27, 2012

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Customers queue for iPhone 5 while workers riot at Chinese factory

As thousands of Americans waited in line for the release of the iPhone 5, a massive brawl unfolded at a Chinese Foxconn factory where iPhones are made. Foxconn, the world's largest manufacturer of... Read more »

Sept. 26, 2012

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Israeli rabbi: Burn your iPhones

An influential ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbi ordered his followers this week to burn their iPhones, the latest move in a campaign by the insular community to encourage its members to keep the... Read more »

Sept. 25, 2012

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