Microsoft's expanding cloud platform shines brightly
At a small gathering in San Francisco for reporters and analysts earlier this week, Microsoft announced a number of new cloud products and services.
Business
Oct 23, 2014
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Review: Apple Pay is great, at stores that accept it
When Apple Pay launched Monday, my editors decided I needed to go shopping.
Business
Oct 23, 2014
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Apple's secrets may be revealed through obscure bankruptcy case
The bankruptcy of a key Apple supplier may shine a bright light on sensitive business details the personal electronics giant fights to keep out of the public eye.
Business
Oct 23, 2014
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US charges safari owners with illegal rhino hunts
Two South African men were charged Thursday by the US government with conspiracy to sell illegal rhinoceros hunts to American hunters, money laundering and secretly trafficking in rhino horns.
Ecology
Oct 23, 2014
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Close encounters: Comet siding spring seen next to mars
(Phys.org) —This composite NASA Hubble Space Telescope Image captures the positions of comet Siding Spring and Mars in a never-before-seen close passage of a comet by the Red Planet, which happened at 2:28 p.m. EDT October ...
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2014
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OSIRIS images of Rosetta's comet show spectacular streams of dust emitted into space
Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is beginning to show a clearly visible increase in activity. While in the past months most of the dust emitted from the body's surface seemed to originate from the neck region which ...
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2014
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'Cloud' lifts Microsoft earnings above expectations
Microsoft on Thursday reported quarterly profits ahead of most expectations, as revenues got a boost from its Xbox consoles and Internet "cloud" services for enterprises.
Business
Oct 23, 2014
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A blue Christmas for Amazon?
It might be a blue Christmas for Amazon. The world's largest retailer gave a disappointing forecast for the crucial holiday quarter. The company also reported a wider loss than analysts expected for the third quarter.
Business
Oct 23, 2014
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Nation's 'personality' influences its environmental stewardship, shows new study
Countries with higher levels of compassion and openness score better when it comes to environmental sustainability, says research from the University of Toronto.
Environment
Oct 23, 2014
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NASA HS3 mission Global Hawk's bullseye in Hurricane Edouard
NASA's Hurricane Severe Storms Sentinel or HS3 mission flew the unmanned Global Hawk aircraft on two missions between Sept. 11 and 15 into Hurricane Edouard and scored a bullseye by gathering information in the eye of the ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2014
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