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TiVo Hops Across the Atlantic, Gets Into Virgin's Box

Just yesterday TiVo was in the news for its user-data deal with Google, but its execs have obviously been far busier than that: Today there's fresh info that TiVo is expanding--it's due to launch a co-branded DVR TV service in the ...READ»

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Sezmi Lets You Ditch Cable and Go "Full Hulu"

A new standalone streaming TV service called Sezmi has launched a pilot program in LA, after announcing it had raised another $25 million in funding. So what is this thing? The Sezmi plans to compete with cable and satellite TV ...READ»

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GlaxoSmithKline Fights Malaria in Africa with Satellites

Malaria kills one million people a year, most of them children in Africa's so-called Malaria Belt (the sub-Saharan region). In partnership with the Gates Foundation, pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline is preparing an ambitious ...READ»

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NASA's Kepler Telescope Ready to Seek For Strange New Earth-Like Worlds

NASA's set to launch an extraordinary satellite today that has a particularly exciting mission. Kepler is being called the first spacecraft with the ability to peer at distant stars and distinguish if a particular type of planet is ...READ»

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If Sirius XM Died, No One Would Miss It

Sirius XM [SIRI] is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday, due to a $175 million debt maturing this weekend that the company can't pay. If satellite radio as we knew it disappeared, would it really matter? Granted, ...READ»

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Should We Worry About Iran's Alleged Satellite Space-Shot?

According to the Iranian news agencies, Iran has successfully launched its first satellite, dubbed Omid (hope) into orbit. It went aloft on a 72-foot Safir rocket, and was an all-domestic build. But should we worry about this ...READ»

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Google Invades Gaming; Outer Space

Adding to its already-formidable AdSense product-line this week, Google [GOOG] announced AdSense for online Flash games. Comscore says that up to 25% of Web surfers worldwide play these games, so Google might be tapping a sizable ...READ»

Sirius/XM Offer New Plans

Now that Sirius and XM are one enormous, satellite-blasting entity [SIRI], they've started to revamp their subscription plans to reflect the union. First there was the $4 per month "Best of Sirius and XM" expansion plan, ...READ»

Garmin Quietly Releases New GPS Devices

This week Garmin [NASDAQ:GRMN] introduced a handful of GPS updates to its lower-end models, bringing them up to speed with some trickle-down technologies present in their high-end devices. The entry-level 2x5 series (which includes ...READ»

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