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7:40am Dylan Storey stares into space
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Managers Still Assessing How Progress Crash Will Affect ISS Operations
Today’s loss of a Russian Progress re-supply ship to the International Space Station will likely have implications to the ISS and crew, said NASA’s Mike Suffredini, who is the space station program manager. But, just how the entire program will be affected is yet to be determined.
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| Astronomers discover planet made of diamond
LONDON | Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:05pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Astronomers have spotted an exotic planet that seems to be made of diamond racing around a tiny star in our galactic backyard. The new planet is far denser than any other known so far and consists largely of carbon.
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Hurricane evacuation warning in New York – World – NZ Herald News
New Yorkers are preparing for potential evacuation from Hurricane Irene, which was on track to blast in as the first hurricane in the Big Apple for a generation. Mayor Michael Bloomberg told residents in low-lying neighborhoods to prepare immediately to escape what could be massive flooding when the storm whips through on Sunday.
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8:35am It’s Daffodil Day – please give generously – John Loof, CEO of The Auckland Cancer Society on the work they do
9:10am Paul Brislen on the week’s tech stories
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Steve Jobs’ resignation heats up social nets
August 25, 2011 04:13 PM ET Computerworld – As soon as the news hit late Wednesday that Steve Jobs was resigning as Apple’s CEO, social networks heated up with traffic. Jobs announced that he is stepping down, and then Tim Cook, Apple’s chief operating officer, was chosen to replace him.
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Slashdot Founder Rob ‘Cmdr Taco’ Malda Resigns
Rob Malda, known to nerds everywhere as CmdrTaco, has resigned as editor-in-chief of Slashdot, the influential website he founded 14 years ago. Malda, who launched the site while still a college student, wrote a post Thursday morning stating that after 15,000 stories posted and billion and billions of pages served, it was time for him to …
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Shop staff ‘bought up TouchPads’, say customers | Stuff.co.nz
Angry shoppers hoping to pick up Hewlett-Packard Touchpad computers at a bargain price have accused Noel Leeming of letting its staff buy them before they could get a look in. The device, discontinued last week by HP because sales overseas had not been high enough, had sold out before 9.30am at Hamilton’s Noel Leaming stores in the CBD and at The Base.
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9:30am Jayson Bryant gets unscrewed
