Skydiver Lands Safely Without Parachute
Stuntman  Gary Connery  plummeted from 2,400 feet — without a parachute — and landed completely unscathed in the middle of more than 18,000 cardboard boxes in Buckinghamshire, England, today. Connery became the first person to jump out of an aircraft wearing only a wingsuit and land without...
  MIT and Harvard in battle to create life-changing product: Non-stick ketchup bottles
It's the world's biggest non-problemic problem: getting the last bit of ketchup out of the jar. Ketchup is so viscous, and it seems so eager to stick to glass and plastic. But leave it to students at the Massachusetts Institute of … Continue reading → Europe weighs on NetApp's outlook, stock slumps
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NetApp Inc forecast revenue below expectations and its CEO warned he is cautious about the outlook for business in Europe, sending the data storage equipment maker's shares down nearly 22 percent in after-hours trade. NetApp's report Wednesday came a day after Dell Inc posted disappointing quarterly results that heightened concerns about cautious IT spending, sending tech stocks sharply lower. "The EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) story is one of uncertainty. ... Facebook stock climbs, but company faces lawsuits
Facebook's fourth day of trading as a public company brought shareholder lawsuits, and an increase in the company's stock price as the fallout continued from the social network's botched initial public offering. Japanese video game author wins Spanish prize
Japan's Shigeru Miyamoto, considered the father of the modern video game, has been awarded Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. HP to Cut 27,000 Jobs
Hewlett-Packard said on Wednesday it was going to lay off 27,000 of its workers over the next year and half in a broad restructuring effort aimed at making the company leaner and more profitable. The news comes alongside HP's quarterly results which showed profits down more than 30%.
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