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After pissing off investors, causing Apple stock to fall and acting shadier than Mickey Rourke after posting bail, Steve Jobs has finally spoken on the issue of his personal health. He claims he is fine and doesn’t have cancer and that everyone should mind they’re fucking business, essentially. This lets everyone breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that Apple’s famous ...

Good news for people who want to have a space wedding or drink some Martian mineral water: Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture co-sponsored by British mogul Sir Richard Branson and aerospace designer Burt Rutan will unveil their ship White Knight Two tomorrow. Over two hundred people have already plunked down $200,000 to take Virgin Galactic’s rockets to space when ...

NASA says their Phoenix lander may have found water on Mars again. Last month, they thought Phoenix had discovered Martian ice, but it evaporated before they could were able to analyze it. Now, NASA is announcing that Phoenix has discovered another small trench which may contain frozen water. Data transmitted from the lander has revealed a hard layer below the ...

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Get ready robot sports fans, Robocup 2009 will be held next year in the Austrian city of Graz. The robotic soccer tournament was first held in 1997 with the goal of encouraging research and one day building a team of bots that’s capable of taking on the human World Cup champions by 2050. Try Robocup has five divisions including a ...

Hey readers, listen up! Ryan and I will be covering The Last HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference here in New York City all weekend. We’ll be doing it up big to bring you coverage of one of the best events to ever hit the USA. So as we set up today and get over to the conference around 10:30AM, ...

There sure is a lot of car-related news today. Anyways, despite the automotive glut this story was too cool to pass up. Nissan’s futuristic Pivo 2, a “robot assisted” car that lets you drive backwards and even sideways will hit the road in Portugal in 2011. Sideways driving ability and robotic car controls aren’t the only futuristic feature on the ...

Welcome to the weekend edition. Sorry I haven’t popped out from under the hood to say hello sooner, but I was busy getting friendly with the nubile interns and bicycling monkeys who keep this site running. Now that I’ve got myself situated, it’s time for a proper introduction. My name’s Hunter and I’ll be getting up ass early on Saturdays ...

Japanese electronics giant Sony is set to unveil a mysterious new product Monday night at 9 p.m. sharp. No one has any idea what type of device Sony is going to reveal, but on their web site they released a picture of a glowing green power button and promised something that will “redefine” performance, mobility, and style. Based on those ...