16 Jun 2012Science N Technology

Geek alert: Apple I motherboard circa 1976 sells for $374,500

Apple stock is just off its all-time high, but the market for old Apple computers has never been better.auction house sold a functioning Apple I computer -- the original Apple computer, hand-built in 1976 by Steve Wozniak.Sotheby's was hoping to get between $120,000 and $180,000 for the extremely rare item. Instead, it sold for $374,500.According to Sotheby's, the computer is one of fewer than 50 Apple...

Source : Los Angeles Times | 342 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

Rare Apple 1 computer sold for staggering 240k pounds at Sothebys auction : Webindia123

Rare Apple 1 computer to be auctioned : IBNLive

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Could First Century Bones Have Belonged To John The Baptist?

claim that they have discovered new evidence supporting the notion that a knuckle bone and other human remains discovered under a Bulgarian church could belong to the Biblical figure John the Baptist.reports published Friday, the remains, which were discovered two years ago in a small marble sarcophagus buried beneath a church floor on the island of Sveti Ivan, were dated by a university research team....

Source : Red Orbit | 342 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

New evidence supporting John the Baptist bones theory discovered : News Track India

Mysterious bones may belong to John the Baptist : Fox News

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News Times

Phones gain ability to learn by touching

a form of extra-sensory perception called psychometry, whose practitioners claim to learn things about objects by touching them. Smartphones set to be released this month by Samsung and Sony will have some of that ability: they'll learn things when you touch them to pre-programmed "tags."For example, you can program a tag with your phone number, and stick it on your business card. When someone taps...

Source : IBNLive | 341 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

News Summary: Phones gain ability to learn : News Times

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BBC

China to send first woman into space on Saturday

China will send its first woman into space when an airforce pilot joins a three-member team of astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which blasts off tomorrow.Liu Yang, a pilot who successfully averted a mid-air accident after her flight was hit by 18 pigeons, would be part of the team that would perform China’s first manned space docking, in preparation for Beijing’s plan to setup a permanent space...

Source : India TV | 341 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

China puts its first woman astronaut into orbit : Livemint

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Facebook Grilled By American Regulators Prior To IPO

February announcement that it would be going public, the company faced a multitude of questions from federal regulators in the U.S., according to information released by the Securities and Exchange Commission (, the SEC contacted officials at the popular social media website at the end of the month with more than 120 questions covering a variety of issues, including co-founderand his level of control...

Source : Red Orbit | 342 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

News Summary: SEC questioned Facebook pre-IPO : Yahoo Finance

SEC questioned Facebook about Instagram mobile devices before IPO : Los Angeles Times

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Facebook's stock enjoys first positive week

stock ends Friday on a high note, closes up for the week for the first time's stock closed with a gain for the week for the first time since its initial public offering a month ago.The stock climbed $1.72, or 6.1 percent, to close at $30.01 on Friday. That's up 10.8 percent for the week, though it's still down 21 percent from its IPO price of $38.said on his Facebook timeline that he's "sad to be leaving,...

Source : Yahoo Finance | 341 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

Weekly changes in Facebook stock prices : News Times

Facebook status update Shares finally higher : Los Angeles Times

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Bloomberg

Richest Man Faces Threats in Mexico as Rivals Team Up

usedhis telecommunications dominance in Mexico to become the world’srichest person, faces mounting competition in his home market asrivals team up to increase their power.Grupo Iusacell SA, Mexico’s third-largest wireless carrier,struck a deal this week withto share mobile-phonenetworks. Yesterday, Iusacell also won antitrust approval tosell a 50 percent stake to Grupo Televisa SAB, one of Slim’sbiggest...

Source : Bloomberg | 341 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

Manz Seeks to Buy Battery Companies as Electric-Car Market Grows : Bloomberg

Ambienta Buys 35 Stake in FoundOcean as Offshore Wind Grows : Bloomberg

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Microsoft Xbox 720: Leaked Document Suggests 2013 Launch with Kinect 2

Blu-ray, native 3D output and glasses, apps, additional sensors and peripheral supportwhich reveals the company's plan for its next generation gaming console - codenamed Xbox 720 - hints the console has been scheduled for a 2013 release., which claims the presentation appears to be from the year 2010 and speaks about future improvements (from a 2010 perspective), including's plan for the Xbox 720 console....

Source : International Business Times | 341 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

Xbox 360 and Xbox 720 : Microsoft Updates Successful Consoles : International Business Times

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dailymail

US Open Day 3 Tee-off Times

Here are the tee-off times for the third round of the US Open at the Olympic Club, San Francisco, California, on Saturday (US unless stated, all times BST):ESPN...

Source : Espnstar | 341 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

Volkswagen Motorsports India Prepares Polo R Cup 2012 Drivers Through Fitness Camp : Cardekho

Kinect enabled adverts to debut on Xbox in 2012 : telegraph

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Happy Father's Day To All Techies

Everyone has a daddy. It’s a simple fact. To blow your mind with another great factoid, everything has a daddy as well. Something always comes from somewhere. I was just blessed enough to come from a dad who is just as big of a tech-geek as I am.. To be more exact, without my father I wouldn’t exist at all, but let’s not be that guy.A brief rundown of the kind of father I grew up with. Currently, my...

Source : Red Orbit | 342 Day(s) AgoCategory : Science N Technology

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