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Do-at-home projects can spark kids' interest in science

So often, cool and thrilling activities come with a stern warning for kids: Don't try this at home. Yet, with many science experiments for young ones, that's exactly the point: Please do try this at home.

Airbag Designer Casts Eye on NASA's Escape Ship

New airbag technology that mimics nature's way of protecting seed embryos could take the bumps out of spacecraft landings.

Boxee thinks its $199 Boxee Box is a better deal, feature-for-feature, than $99 AppleTV

As you’re no doubt aware from the furor of the gadget feeds this morning, Apple announced the evolution of their “hobby” AppleTV set-top box, and while it doesn’t have apps or ship with iOS, there is one obvious thing to recommend it: a $99 price tag that pretty much anyone can afford. Even before Apple announced [...]

How the enterprise came to Apple

Apple never seriously went after enterprise sales, but in the end, the enterprise came to Apple on the client side.

Quanta sees 2Q10 gross margin hit record low

Quanta Computer has published consolidated revenues of NT$547.64 billion (US$16.67 billion), a growth of 58% on year; net profit of NT$10.43 billion, a growth of 12% on year; and EPS of NT$2.76 for the first half of 2010. Gross margin was only 3.4% for the second quarter, its lowest quarterly figure on record. Meanwhile, Compal Electronics posted a net profit of NT$14.95 billion and net EPS of ...