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The Martin Jetpack, like the three big rocket belts before it, took off this month in a surge of buzz and headlines. Now other pioneering rocketeers are speaking out for the first time, going so far as to call the new device a "widow maker." Could the new battle finally spell takeoff for this futuristic industry—or just more prolonged promise?

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Another Fairness Doctrine sighting this week. This one from Republican Commissioner Robert M. McDowell.

When it comes to Linux there are 3 kinds of people, those who never heard of it, those who are afraid of it, and those who hate it and spread falsities about it.

Residents of southwestern Florida are bracing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Fay as it plods through the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. Fay is expected to be near hurricane strength when it makes landfall early Tuesday around 5 a.m. or 6 a.m.

No doubt you’re familiar with the Universal Serial Bus – we ranked it as our top PC innovation of all time. But what do you know about the next version of this ubiquitous interface?

What clever, handy devices came out of the 19th-century imagination? Self-pouring teapots, periscope glasses,fire grenades, and more.Pictured is a forerunner of your trusty Outlook calendar.It's a memorandum clock, which indicates when a business appointment has finished.The device from 1890, uses a bone note with the relevant person's name on it.

BEIJING -- With pool play over following Monday's 106-57 U.S. defeat of Germany, it's time to assess the performance of the talent assembled by Jerry Colangelo, entrusted to Mike Krzyzewski and now bonding rapidly into a team ready to impose itself on the surviving Olympic field.

Google wants to take the fight for white space broadband to the people, launching its own pro-white-space Web site, with considerable help from activists, public interest groups, and professors.

In a quick turnaround from 2.0.1, Apple on Monday evening released version 2.0.2 firmware for iPhones.The 248.7MB update is available only through iTunes and comes just two weeks after version 2.0.1.In traditional Apple form, no specific issues are identified in the current release notes, which only indicate "bug fixes" for the mobile OS.

Japan's celluar industry is "collegial," according to a former NTT DoCoMo executive, resulting a lack of "vision" to innovate. This has led to high demand for the iPhone there, despite missing some features common to Japanese handsets.

In an official letter to Swedish Minister of Justice, the International Olympic Committee has asked for "assistance" from the Swedish government with preventing video clips from the Beijing Olympics to be shared on The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay, however, does not plan to take anything down, and renamed their tracker to The Beijing Bay.

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The United States and Britain have praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's contribution to the 'war on terror' after he announced his resignation.

Russia's president blasted Georgia's leaders as "morons" Monday and vowed the former Soviet republic would not "go unpunished." Georgia hit back with renewed accusations that Russia's invasion was premeditated. Russia said its forces began withdrawing in accordance with a cease-fire, but a senior Pentagon official said there is little evidence of a pullout.

MD's going through some rough times, no doubt about it, but for fanboys of the CPU maker (wait, do CPU fanboys still exist?) here's your feel-good story of the year.

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation.

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A quick search in the iPhone App store can return you more than a dozen to-do list apps. If you can’t make up your mind over which to-do list app to choose, here are five of the best free to-do list apps that I have reviewed.