After more than six years roaming the surface of Mars, NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity has spotted its first dust devil on the red planet. Unlike its robotic twin on Mars Spirit – a prolific dust devil photographer – Opportunity’s attempts to catch the tornado-like wind formations had repeatedly come up empty. That is, until...
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SPACE.com — Mars Rover Opportunity Finally Sees Martian Dust Devil
BBC News – Bank scam targets 100,000 people in the UK
A network of thousands of compromised computers that is being used to harvest online banking details has been uncovered in the UK. via BBC News – Bank scam targets 100,000 people in the UK.
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Fed Looks to Spur Growth by Buying Government Debt – Bloomberg
Federal Reserve officials decided to reinvest principal payments on mortgage holdings into long-term Treasury securities, making their first attempt to bolster growth since March 2009 to keep the slowing U.S. economy from relapsing into recession. via Fed Looks to Spur Growth by Buying Government...
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U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know It: Laurence Kotlikoff – Bloomberg
Let’s get real. The U.S. is bankrupt. Neither spending more nor taxing less will help the country pay its bills. What it can and must do is radically simplify...
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BBC News – US military to attack Moore’s Law for future computers
BBC News – US military to attack Moore’s Law for future computers.
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US banks seizing homes at record levels – Telegraph
Repossessions of houses and flats by major US banks is at close to an all-time high as the American housing market continues to struggle. via US banks seizing homes...
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