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One-way Ticket to Mars, Please: Startup Plans Space Colony in 2023

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Saturday, June 02, 2012

One-way Ticket to Mars, Please: Startup Plans Space Colony in 2023
3:38:36 AM
NASA's road map for getting to Mars may be in flux, and SpaceX pioneer Elon Musk has only a vague intention to point his rockets at the Red Planet. But that doesn't mean nobody is making definitive plans to set up shop on the fourth rock from the...



Mets Pitch First No-Hitter in 50-Year History
Friday, June 01, 2012 10:43 PM
Finally, 8,020 games into the team's 50-year history, the New York Mets no-hitter drought is over. The Queens, NY, based baseball team finally has one, thanks mostly to the hard work of its ace pitcher, Johan Santana. Johan Santana, #Mets, and...



Write, Read, Share on Widbook, the 'YouTube of Books'
Friday, June 01, 2012 10:34 PM
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Widbook Quick Pitch: The YouTube of...



Are Obese Employees Killing Your Company? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Friday, June 01, 2012 9:54 PM
Fact: Working in the typical modern office is hazardous to your health. Hunching over a keyboard for a third of the day makes employees fatter, sicker and more stressed than less sedentary occupations do. And here's the rub: The health damage...



'O Fortuna' Animation Filled with Memes, Misheard Lyrics [VIDEO]
Friday, June 01, 2012 9:33 PM
This is far from the first "O Fortuna" animation to appear on YouTube. The Latin poem, set to music by composer Carl Orff and most famously used as the theme tune to 1970s horror flick The Omen, is a frequent source of hilarious misheard lyrics....



Portable Electricty Generator Uses a Single Tea Light For Power [VIDEO]
Friday, June 01, 2012 9:16 PM
One inexpensive tea candle can power a 25 LED bulb for up to four hours or charge an auxiliary battery pack using the patent-pending device, tPOD1. Great for when the power goes out or in a natural disaster. Pronounced "tea-pod," the invention...



Older Internet Users Pick Better Passwords Than Teens [STUDY]
Friday, June 01, 2012 8:56 PM
Teens and young adults may be considered more tech-savvy than their elders, but when it comes to password security, wisdom comes with age. According to a new study conducted by the University of Cambridge, people over the age of 55 are more...



8 Tools for Hacking Your Productivity
Friday, June 01, 2012 8:35 PM
Startups are hard work; I can often find myself working until 2 or 3 a.m several nights in a row, then getting up to come in at 10 a.m. and start all over again. I'm quite a night owl and get a lot of my work done late at night, so getting up...



BlindSquare: App Uses Foursquare Data to Help the Blind Navigate Streets
Friday, June 01, 2012 8:19 PM
The 20 million+ people worldwide on Foursquare have created an incredibly detailed crowdsourced directory. BlindSquare is a new app that's making use of Foursquare's 2 billion check-ins worldwide to help blind pedestrians find locations on foot...



It's Facebook Election Week: How You Can Vote on Your Privacy
Friday, June 01, 2012 8:05 PM
It's time to exercise your democratic right -- not at the ballot booth, but on Facebook. The social network is calling on users to vote on which privacy rules will govern the site. As in most elections, you only really have two choices: the...



Google To One-Up Apple, Announce 3D Maps a Week Earlier [VIDEO]
Friday, June 01, 2012 7:50 PM
We've already seen a few leaks that suggest Apple will be announcing its own 3D mapping service on June 11 at WWDC, its developer's conference. Now it looks like Google is trying to beat Apple to the punch by unveiling its own 3D maps a week...



Humble Indie Bundle Raises $2 Million in 24 Hours, Game Makers Celebrate on Reddit
Friday, June 01, 2012 7:32 PM
In less than 24 hours, the latest iteration of the Humble Indie Bundle -- a pay-what-you-can bundle of computer games from independent developers -- has raked in more than $2 million in sales. The Humble Indie Bundle is unique because it packages...



Skype Set to 'Double Down' on Windows 8
Friday, June 01, 2012 7:13 PM
True Skype story: When I was in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, I almost missed seeing the Oscars. I've never missed Hollywood's biggest event, but it was in the middle of the night local time and Spain's idea of a useful telecast was fuzzy...



How to Raise Startup Capital Without a Pitch Deck
Friday, June 01, 2012 6:53 PM
My company has gone through three rounds of financing, with our latest Series A closing in the fall of 2011. We did the Series A fundraising without a pitch deck, also known as your sales pitch. It's true that the deck is often considered the...



Your Neighbor's Wi-Fi Router Would Like You to Vote for Romney
Friday, June 01, 2012 6:34 PM
If you use wireless Internet at home, one of the rites of passage upon moving to a new place is naming a new network. Most of us keep it simple: "275_Elm_Street," "Apt23," "my_network." Some of us, however, get more creative and communicative in...



 
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