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Tough little spinner
Communications satellites, inelegant boxy contraptions today, were once spinning drum-shaped spacecraft. Dwayne Day describes one such spinner that lives on ot this day, owned by an obscure satellite operator.
Read more on The Space Review

Gauguin’s Visions of Paradise in D.C.
Collection organized by London’s Tate Modern opens Sunday.
Read more on NBC Washington

AGIMO sounds out industry on data centre services
The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has called for industry feedback on its proposal to offer government agencies data centres as a service (DCaaS).
Read more on CIO

Skilled Group recruiting new CIO
Australian recruitment company Skilled Group is calling for applications to fill the role of CIO to oversee the end-to-end delivery of IT services to the business.
Read more on CIO

Shut Up and Write leaves procrastinating authors with no excuses
James Michener’s advice to novice writers? “Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.”
Read more on The Colonial

WWII struggle chronicled in Neptunes Inferno’
Mark Lardas reviews Neptunes Inferno, by James D. Hornfischer.
Read more on Galveston County Daily News

Revelry around the world
NEW YORK (AP) – Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York’s Times Square as the largest New Year’s Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011. Most tried to set aside concerns about the worldwide economic downturn as partiers from New Zealand to Asia to Europe toasted to hopes of a more prosperous year to come.
Read more on North Platte Telegraph

This is not Israel’s year in the Oscar races
“The Human Resources Manager” struck out early in the best foreign-language film competition, while the documentary feature “Precious Life” was short-listed among the 15 semi-finalists but didn’t make the final five cut.
Read more on The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

After weeks in a sparse studio, a production comes to life on stage
Andrew Samonsky, who plays Joshua and other roles in the La Jolla Playhouse’s “Little Miss Sunshine,” will recount his experiences for six weeks in Arts.
Read more on San Diego Union-Tribune

Strong earthquake strikes south of Fiji
SUVA, Fiji (AP) – A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck in waters south of Fiji. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning has been issued.
Read more on The Star

B.C. scientist hopes to extract aviator Amelia Earhart’s DNA from her letters
VANCOUVER – More than seven decades after aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting her ill-fated flight around the world, a B.C. scientist hopes to extract DNA from letters she wrote to loved ones.
Read more on Brandon Sun

Fatalities rumoured in major New Zealand earthquake
A powerful earthquake hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, collapsing buildings, burying vehicles under debris and sending rescuers scrambling to help trapped people amid reports of multiple deaths.
Read more on Hamilton Spectator

Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter
A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe’s space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.
Read more on Sydney Morning Herald

Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter
A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe’s space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.
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Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter
A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe’s space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.
Read more on AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

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Report: Twitter chased by Facebook, Google for up to B
Executives from Facebook, Google and other companies have held talks with Twitter over a possible acquisition of the micro-blogging service, pushing its estimated value as high as $US10 billion, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Read more on CIO

Dollar Drops as Fed Chief Says Unemployment to Stay ‘Elevated’
The dollar fell for a third day against the currencies of major U.S. trade partners as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the unemployment rate is likely to remain high “for some time.”
Read more on BusinessWeek

Nantucket Whaler Lost in Pacific Tells Its Tale at Last
Researchers say they have found the wreck of the Two Brothers, which went down west of Hawaii exactly 188 years ago.
Read more on New York Times

Ex: Eddie Cibrian Bought ,000 Ring After Lowering Child Support
Is Eddie Cibrian broke or not? According to his ex-wife Brandi Glanville , Cibrian recently lowered his child support payments because his income had waned — but that didn’t stop him from proposing to LeAnn Rimes with an ,000 engagement ring.
Read more on US Weekly

Marty Rendleman pens ‘Singing Your Way to Stardom,’ about time in music industry
When she graduated from the University of Texas with a business degree in 1964, she wasn’t thinking of a career in the music industry. But for the past 25 years, Marty Rendleman has carefully built a reputation in artist management. She signed headliner LeAnn Rimes when the singer was only 9 years old. Then she took on 9-year-old singer Mikaila and in 1999 signed then-14-year-old Kristy Lee Cook …
Read more on Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Rimes, Bennett, and Beck to pay tribute to Streisand
LeAnn Rimes, Tony Bennett, and guitar great Jeff Beck will team up to pay tribute to Barbra Streisand at a pre-Grammy Awards concert.
Read more on San Diego 6

What Others Are Saying | Is Boehner ready for speaker’s job?
There are signs John Boehner grasps the challenges he faces as he became U.S. House speaker, accepting the gavel from predecessor Nancy Pelosi. For the new House speaker, focus is needed to tackle challenges. Boehner’s ascendancy has been low key. In 2007 there was much hullabaloo to celebrate Speaker Pelosi — neither unexpected nor undeserved for the first female in that post.
Read more on The Kansas City Star

Studio One Media Adds New Advisory Board Member and Finalizes Groundbreaking Licensing Agreement With Grammy Winning …
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – 01/06/11) – Studio One Media, Inc. (“Studio One”) (OTC.BB: SOMD – News ) announce that it has finalized a licensing agreement with GRAMMY Award winning songwriter, Diane Warren and her publishing company, Realsongs. For the first time in her music career Diane Warren will allow Studio One full access and use of her songs at its MyStudio HD Recording Studios located …
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Burn Calories for a Good Cause with Zumba
Have an exhilarating time for a good cause at Auckland’s first large-scale Zumbathon on Wednesday, January 12th at TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre. Zumbathons® are high-energy Zumba Fitness classes that raise funds for non-profit organizations, …
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Google enhances e-mail security in Apps
Google has taken a step to stop legitimate e-mail messages sent by its Apps customers from getting caught in spam filters.
Read more on CIO

Digg founder: Don’t buy an iPad now — iPad 2 on the way
Digg founder Kevin Rose blogged this week that Apple will announce the iPad 2 in the next 3 or 4 weeks — maybe even Feb. 1.
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Tech Notebook: Threats for Apple, Google, Facebook users in 2011
Online fraudsters will target Apple, Google and Facebook products in 2011, McAfee says. Plus: Apple and Netflix duel for online video rentals. And: iPad or Kindle — or why not both?
Read more on San Jose Mercury News