Microsoft is pulling back the curtain today, giving us just a little more insight into Windows 8. The most interesting detail? The tweaks coming to the Windows 8 desktop user interface, or UI.
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Private rocketeer SpaceX aborted its latest mission due to an unexpected failure. In a press conference after the attempt, the company says high pressure in one of the rocket’s engines caused a termination at T minus 0.5 seconds.
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If all goes as planned, SpaceX will launch its Falcon 9 rocket at 4:55 Eastern time and dock with International Space Station. It would be the first privately-built spacecraft to do so.
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Forbes teamed up with Praxis Strategy Group to look at the 51 largest metro areas in the U.S. and rank them according to the growth rate and concentration of tech employment.
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Check out BuildTheEnterprise.org. Its creator, only known as BTE Dan, wants to build a Constitution Class Starship Enterprise within the next 20 years. On the site you’ll find everything in order from production schedules to missions.
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Summary of business headlines: Facebook lands biggest technology IPO in history; Wall Street sinks to a four-month low on soft U.S. economic data and euro zone break up fears.
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First News at Four; Tech Talk (05/17/2012)
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On its blog, the Gmail team introduced advanced search features and declared, “email is more than just messages going back and forth — it’s also about the people sending them.”
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Created by former Gmail and iPhone team members, the Electric Imp is a tiny processor with industry-standard wi-fi that allows you to control any appliance over the Internet.
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