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iOS 7 rockets above 50% adoption in one week, leaves Android, Windows, and OS X in its wake

2013-09-26 22:45:40| Extremetech

Only one week after its launch, iOS 7 has already taken hold in the market place. Reports are coming in claiming that iOS 7 has sailed past the 50% mark, and is now by far the most popular version on Apple's devices. Compared to iOS, the adoption rates of Android, Windows, and OS X look horrible. It just goes to show, Apple has implemented the updating mechanism on its mobile devices better than its competition has.

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MITs carbon fiber Lego bricks can be fashioned into airplanes, rockets, bridges

2013-08-19 17:37:09| Extremetech

Materials engineers at MIT have created the carbon fiber equivalent of Lego bricks or K'Nex -- interlocking carbon fiber blocks that can be formed into large structures that are 10 times stiffer than comparable ultralight materials. These structures could be mass-produced by automated robots, and fashioned into airplane and rocket fuselages, wings, and bridges, among other things. Interestingly, unlike almost every other object made from composite materials, objects made from MIT's new structure can be easily disassembled or have individual "bricks" replaced when they break.

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Stomp rockets, pigs' lungs and Little "Green" Riding Hood:...

2013-08-13 20:31:47| Waste Management - Topix.net

Did you know the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality offers free presentations to groups of all ages looking for more information about how to go green? Whether the topic is air quality, climate change, water quality or pollution prevention, presenters are available to speak at school classrooms, community events, club gatherings and ... (more)

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Netflix profit rockets higher, but user gains take slower ride

2013-07-22 22:36:00| CNET News.com

The biggest streaming service on the Internet reports a nearly six-fold surge in profit, but the pace that it added U.S. streaming subscribers slowed. [Read more]

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