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Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google's maps go indoors with new mobile feature

Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's airports and shopping malls - including the Mall of America.

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NASA launches super-size rover to explore Mars

NASA launches super-size rover to explore Mars

The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.

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From science fiction to physical reality

From science fiction to physical reality

A renowned theoretical physicist ponders the possibility of force fields, time travel, and other themes of science fiction. He says many of these do not violate the laws of physics, and could become reality in the next century. Originally broadcast April 16th, 2011.

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NASA launching 'dream machine' to explore Mars

NASA launching 'dream machine' to explore Mars

As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA's newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill.

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Facebook users can now video chat through Skype software

Internet phone service Skype said Thursday that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too.

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Duqu: A New Breed Of Spyware Is Spreading

Duqu: A New Breed Of Spyware Is Spreading

It's called Duqu. Don't worry just yet, it's not likely to have infected your computer. Unless, that is, your computer is located at Iran's Civil Defense Department. That's where Duqu has very recently been detected. It's not exactly known who created Duqu, but experts agree that it's so sophisticated it could only have come from a large well-funded organization. This isn't some kid dinking around in the basement, this is high-level.

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