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  • facebook
  • Facebook is getting rid of a privacy feature that let users limit who can find them on the social network.
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  • A NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter will swing by Earth on Wednesday to get the boost it needs to arrive at the giant gas planet in 2016.
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science & technology
  • iPad
  • Education officials in the nation's second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650,000 students after an embarrassing glitch emerged when the first round of tablets went out.
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ipad, science & technology
  • Instagram, the mobile photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc., says it will start showing "occasional" photo and video advertisements in the coming months.
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science & technology
  • Hummingbird represents the most dramatic alteration to Google's search engine since it revised the way it indexes websites three years ago as part of a redesign called "Caffeine."
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google, science & technology
  • Finding the perfect pair of eyeglasses
  • There's a new app that lets you try on eyeglasses, all in the comfort of your own home or wherever you are.
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apps, science & technology, darla miles
  • international space station
  • A Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station early Thursday.
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international space station, science & technology
  • Amazon is refreshing its line-up of tablet computers with new devices called Kindle Fire HDX, which are significantly faster and lighter than the previous generation.
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science & technology
  • microsoft surface tablet
  • Microsoft is introducing new Surface tablet computers and accessories, including a professional model that allows people to use it more like a laptop or a desktop.
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science & technology
  • apple iphone release lines
  • Apple's new iPhones hit the store shelves early Friday morning, with lines wrapping around blocks at Apple stores nationwide.
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apple, science & technology
  • The biggest functional change is the use of swipes instead of taps to access key functions.
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apple, science & technology
  • NASA
  • Thirty-six years after it rocketed away from Earth, the plutonium-powered spacecraft has escaped the sun's influence and is now cruising 11 1/2 billion miles away in interstellar space, or the vast, cold emptiness between the stars, NASA said Thursday.
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science & technology
  • apple iphone
  • Apple is rolling out two new iPhones, including one that comes in multiple colors and at a lower price.
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  • apple logo
  • Apple has sent a colorful invitation for an event next week amid speculation that it may debut new colors for the latest iPhone.
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science & technology
  • the trend
  • Twitter has launched a service that lets people find music they like and tweet songs from iTunes, Spotify and Rdio.
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the trend, twitter, science & technology
  • facebook news feed
  • Facebook is rolling out a new look for the social network's News Feed, the place where its 1 billion users congregate to see what's happening with their friends, family and favorite businesses.
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facebook, science & technology
  • Owners of the iPhone 4 who had antenna or reception issues can now receive $15 if they refused to take a free case from Apple as a result of a class-action settlement.
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apple, iphone, science & technology
  • Facebook has begun rolling out its much anticipated Timeline.
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facebook, social media, science & technology
  • Many mobile phone users are finding it increasingly harder to unlplug.
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science & technology, ken rosato
  • In a new odd twist on technology, a Japanese lab has discovered a way for people to kiss over the internet.
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science & technology
  • A battle is brewing over the space shuttle Enterprise.
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space shuttle, science & technology, phil lipof
  • When people hear the word green today, the first thing that will come to their minds is probably St. Patrick's Day.
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environment, science & technology, lauren glassberg
  • WABC-TV is the first New York television station to release an app designed just for your iPad!
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ipad, apple, science & technology
  • Skywatchers got an early holiday present this year: A total eclipse of the moon.
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science & technology
  • Thanks to an array of new apps, you can be well-informed when traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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science & technology
  • Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform Monday that takes aim at one of the Internet's first applications, e-mail.
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facebook, science & technology
  • Facebook Places brings location-based functionality to the most popular social network in the world.
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science & technology
  • iphone 4 steve jobs
  • AT&T has put the brakes on pre-orders for the new Apple iPhone 4.
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at&t, apple, science & technology