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Image via Wikipedia The outlook for the FCC and broadband: Not good .. .ero . Related articles FCC Approves First White Space Device and Database (phonescoop.com) Verizon-Cable Spectrum: Is FCC Open to Frenemy Competition? (forbes.com) Dish Network letter to the FCC says its LTE plans can help bring broadband to every American (engadget.com) AT&T: FCC Merger Conclusions Not Credible (techdailydose.nationaljournal.com)

Image by Claudio.Ar via Flickr SolarBeat Related articles First two Earth-sized planets discovered in Kepler-20 solar system (vancouversun.com) 2 Earth-size planets discovered orbiting distant star (abclocal.go.com) Kepler finds first earth-size planets beyond our solar system (physorg.com) NASA Discovers Earth-Sized Planets Outside The Solar System (forbes.com) Kepler Discovers Earth-Sized Exoplanets (yubanet.com) New planets a sizeable discovery - Ninemsn (news.ninemsn.com.au) First Exoplanet Smaller Than Earth: Why I'm Not Surprised (scienceblogs.com)

Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedi a Using Tap Water in Neti Pots Leads to Fatal Brain Eating Amoeba Deaths | MedIndia : "Symptoms like alteration in the taste, headache, fever, nausea, neck rigidity, vomiting, confusion and hallucinations; and seizures can be seen within 1-14 days post exposure. The infection destroys neural tissue , killing the victim within few days. The survival rate is as low as 2%." Louisiana State Epidemiologist, Dr. Raoult Ratard said, "If you are irrigating , flushing, or rinsing your sinuses, for example, by using a neti pot , use distilled, sterile or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution." {watch the sale of ALL nasal products take a dive.}ero Read more:  Using Tap Water in Neti Pots Leads to Fatal Brain Eating Amoeba Deaths | MedIndia  .. .ero . ...

Verizon ends satellite deal, FiOS expansion as it partners with cable - Post Tech - The Washington Post : "Verizon Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said the telecom giant plans to end its wireless LTE partnership with satellite provider DirectTV and will stop its buildout of FiOS television and Internet services in the next couple years." The moves come as Verizon Wireless  forges a new partnership with cable giants to cross-market phone, video, Internet and cellular services. But antitrust experts and industry analysts say more significant than the spectrum sale is the cross-marketing partnership struck by Verizon and cable firms .. .ero .

Image via Wikipedia Massive space plane: A team of space innovators have joined forces to build the largest aircraft in history as a way to blast crew and cargo into space. - chicagotribune.com : "The group aims to manufacture a massive aircraft -- about twice the size of a 747 with a wingspan of 385 feet -- that would carry a missile-like capsule into the atmosphere. Once high enough, the plane would drop the missile, which then would blast itself into orbit with whatever cargo or crew it would be carrying." With its unveiling, the Stratolaunch spacecraft becomes the latest competitor in the fledgling commercial space business that has emerged in the dusk of the shuttle era. After the final shuttle flight this summer, NASA set on a course to use commercial carriers to ferry crew and cargo to the International Space Station so the agency can concentrate on building a new spacecraft that one day could carry astronauts back to the moon or to nearby asteroids. .. .ero ....

Image via Wikipedia Largest-Ever Black Holes Discovered | IdeaFeed | Big Think : "Scientists have discovered the two largest black holes on record. They are swallowing up everything, including light, across an area five times the size of our solar system . The supermassive black holes sit at the center of ancient galaxies more than 300 million light years away. "For comparison, these black holes are 2,500 times as massive as the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy , whose event horizon [the point beyond which nothing can escape a black hole's gravity] is one fifth the orbit of Mercury ."" Related articles 'Supermassive' black holes revealed to be 10 bln times size of our sun! (news.bioscholar.com) Astronomers have discovered the two most massive black holes in the Universe [Space] (io9.com) Supermassive Black Holes of the Day (geeks.thedailywh.at) Astronomers Discover Record Sized Black Holes (forbes.com) Cal ast...

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Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia NASA: Kepler telescope discovers strange new planet | The State Column : "NASA will reveal the latest batch of discoveries made by its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope on Monday, according to a statement released by the space agency. NASA says it will hold a press conference at its Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California . The press conference is the first of the inaugural Kepler Science Conference, which will focus on findings made by the Kepler telescope. The conference will run from December 5 to December 9 and will feature more than 110 scientific presentations, officials said." The exoplanet, which is known as Kepler-21b, is just 1.6 times bigger than earth, making it a so-called “ super Earth .” However, the planet orbits so close to its parent star that astronomers say its surface temperature to be about 2,960 degrees Fahrenheit . The planet reportedly orbits at a distance of six million...

Image via Wikipedia Verizon Spectrum Deal Would Pressure AT&T - WSJ.com : " Verizon Wireless will pay $3.6 billion to buy wireless spectrum licenses from a group of cable-television companies, bringing an end to their years-long flirtation with setting up its own cellphone service." .. .ero . Related articles Deal Profile: Verizon Wireless to Buy Spectrum (blogs.wsj.com) Verizon Wireless in $3.6-billion spectrum deal with cable giants (latimesblogs.latimes.com) Verizon Wireless to Buy Spectrum for $3.6 Billion (online.wsj.com) Verizon buys 122 wireless spectrum licenses from Comcast, Time Warner Cable for $3.6 Billion (thenextweb.com) Media Decoder: With Verizon's Spectrum Deal, Cable and Wireless Inch Closer (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) Verizon Wireless to buy cable airwaves for $3.6-billion (latimes.com) Verizon Wireless Buys Spectrum From Comcast and Others for $3.6 billion (dealbook.nytimes.com) Verizon's $3.6 billion spectrum ...

Cover of Al Franken Carrier IQ Admits Holding ‘Treasure Trove’ of Consumer Data, But No Keystrokes | Threat Level | Wired.com : "Carrier IQ came under intense scrutiny the last few days after a Connecticut -based Android developer posted a YouTube video showing the software has enormous access to usage information, and claiming that it logs a user’s every keystroke. The company was hit with privacy lawsuit on Friday. What’s more, Democratic Senator Al Franken demanded answers, asking Carrier IQ’s chief executive Larry Lenhart whether Carrier IQ was vacuuming to Carrier IQ’s servers every stroke and communication." .. .ero . Related articles Carrier IQ Admits Holding 'Treasure Trove' of Consumer Data, But No Keystrokes (wired.com) Minnesota Senator Al Franken calls out 'rootkit' firm Carrier IQ (tech.mn) Here's The Letter Senator Al Franken Just Sent To Phone 'Rootkit' Firm Carrier IQ (forbes.com) Here's The Letter Senator Al F...