Apple CEO Timothy D. Cook met with U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner at the U.S. Capitol yesterday. The topic of their discussions wasn’t made public, but the two photos released on speaker.gov indicate that Mr. Boehner required some assistance with his iPhone, if only for a brief momen... |
16 May 2012
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According to a report released on October 11 by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), it would appear that bilateral scientific exchanges between the United States and China are breaking laws in the United States, and should therefore be blocked.
This is the exact same point of view expressed by the US Ho... |
13 October 2011
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Amidst concerns that the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) might be canceled, a recent report provides another blow for the already-battered project. According to new estimates, the life cycle costs associated with the mission have soared from $6.5 billion to $8.7 billion.The document comes at the most inappropr... |
23 August 2011
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Joe Baca, a Democratic Congressman in the United States hailing from California, has introduced new legislation in the House of Representatives which will require all video games that are rated T or higher by the Entertainment Software Rating Board to have a special warning label. The proposed law says that the labe... |
27 January 2011
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Even though there is currently a lot of talk about postponing the last planned shuttle flight, and even adding an extra mission to the flight manifest, one things remains certain – the orbiters will be retired. Even if they continue to fly in 2011, they will still need to be placed in museums after all dangerou... |
3 August 2010
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About a week ago, on March 12, 16 members of the US House of Representatives signed a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), asking it to investigate whether the new plans to abandon Project Constellation are breaking the law or not. Under the 2011 budget proposal set forth by President Barack Obama, N... |
20 March 2010
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Over thirty websites of various Representatives and House Committees fell victim to mass defacement yesterday. The incident occurred shortly after President Obama gave his State of the Union address.The attack seems to be politically motivated as it contained an offensive anti-Obama message. "[expletive] Obama!! Red ... |
28 January 2010
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The official websites of at least eighteen U.S. Representatives were defaced this month by an Indonesian hacker who sprayed e-graffiti over them. The Chief Administrative Officer for the House of Representatives blames a web design company, which issued weak administrative passwords.Each Representative in the U.S. Co... |
7 August 2009
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The American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has received $600 million from the US House of Representatives, as part of an economic stimulus plan passed on January 25th. However, the Senate version of the bill is a bit different and grants NASA in excess of $1.5 billion, of which $500 million are... |
3 February 2009
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Microsoft is starting to increasingly feel the heat emanating from the collapsing American financial sector and, in this context, the Redmond company has emerged as a supporter of the $700 billion bailout plan put together by the U.S. Government. The software giant took a hit following the rejection of the financial... |
30 September 2008
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Despite a host of failures when it comes to legislatures trying to ban or limit the sale of videogames, it seems that politicians never learn. The media reports about GTV IV and the various descriptions that have painted it as "murder simulator", or worse, seem to have generated a bit of an echo at the higher echelon... |
9 May 2008
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