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Google brought us online search that has yet to be matched and Google Earth, a wicked cool bit of software that lets us view almost any part of Planet Earth. The software is so accurate and detailed that governments and security agencies worldwide are extremely uncomfortable.
NASA has brought us, well, space! Moon missions; the space [...]

NASA wants your input on what Hubble’s next target is going to be.
You get to choose from one of six astronomical objects in honor of the International Year of Astronomy, the celebration of the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s observations, which began this month.
Want to cast your vote? Go to HubbleSite.org to cast your vote for [...]

Think back to what you were doing in 1981, then imagine getting news via your home computer—if you had one.
This video of a 1981 KRON report predicts the future of news reporting on the future of the Internet.
And the best part? An S.F. Examiner editor mentions how they’re not in it to make money, when [...]

Shogakukan’s illustrated sushi guide for the iPhone can answer your sushi identification questions.
Back in November of 2008, Randye and I discovered another local sushi restaurant in Newburyport, Hana Japan.
It’s a nice, clean restaurant situated in a back corner of the Port Plaza off of Rt. 113 as you get off Interstate 95, heading into Newburyport. [...]

At long last! Someone finally created a bird watcher’s guide for the iPhone!
Thanks to the folks over at ibirdexplorer.com, bird watchers have their choice of a number of versions of birding guides for the iPhone and iTouch:

iBird Backyard: For common backyard birds of North America ($4.95)
iBird West: For Western birds of North America ($9.95)
iBird [...]