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  SpaceX's prototype rocket Grasshopper hovers at 820 feet in highest flight yet

  By Carl Franzen on April 23, 2013 12:45 pm + 62 comments

  Last night SpaceX released a video of the latest successful test flight of its Grasshopper prototype Continue reading…

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  AT&T to chase Google Fiber with its own gigabit internet in Austin

  By Adi Robertson on April 9, 2013 02:31 pm + 167 comments

  Google Fiber is still barely a blip on the internet landscape, but it's shaken up the largely Continue reading…

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  Google Fiber coming to Austin by mid-2014

  By T.C. Sottek on April 9, 2013 12:14 pm + 87 comments

  Google has officially announced the next city that will get its super-fast Fiber internet: Austin, Continue reading…

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  Google Fiber is coming to Austin, according to leaked press release (update)

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 8, 2013 03:15 pm + 134 comments

  Austin will be getting Google Fiber. There's no word on when the service will be rolled out, or how Continue reading…

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  Google Fiber could expand to Austin as city preps for joint announcement next week

  By Dante D'Orazio on April 5, 2013 03:31 pm + 156 comments

  Google and the City of Austin, Texas have sent out invites to a press conference for "a very Continue reading…

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  SpaceX's reusable rocket prototype Grasshopper leaps to new record height, nails landing

  By Carl Franzen on March 11, 2013 10:31 am + 39 comments

  SpaceX just overcame a glitch to connect its Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station Continue reading…

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  Watch 'The Kidnappers Foil,' the movie one man remade hundreds of times

  By Aaron Souppouris on February 12, 2013 08:14 am + 9 comments

  From the 1930s to the early seventies, Texan filmmaker Melton Barker spent his life shooting the Continue reading…

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  Texas student loses lawsuit over school orders to wear RFID bracelet

  By Amar Toor on January 8, 2013 09:03 pm + 101 comments

  After being suspended for refusing to wear an RFID bracelet that would've allowed her school to Continue reading…

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  Samsung's Texas iPhone chip factory gets go-ahead for $3.9 billion investment

  By Sam Byford on December 20, 2012 04:09 am + 13 comments

  We heard back in August that Samsung was looking to expand production at its iPhone processor Continue reading…

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  Vulnerable keycard locks linked to Texas hotel room burglaries

  By Kimber Streams on November 26, 2012 06:29 pm + 14 comments

  A string of break-ins and thefts at Texas hotels using vulnerable Onity keycard locks has left Continue reading…