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Comcast to screw consumers again by placing ads in ondemand. What Comcast doesn't care about is that the consumer is ALREADY paying for the cable service.
Mars Science Laboratory aims for the red planet.
New Horizons launched scrubbed again.
Comcast to screw consumers again by placing ads in ondemand. What Comcast doesn't care about is that the consumer is ALREADY paying for the cable service.
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On Exercise TV, the ads will be integrated into the programs. Comcast has sold exclusive advertising rights to New Balance, the footwear maker, for several million dollars. This will allow the company to insert its products and logo in and around the programs, initially a selection of 90 fitness episodes.
Mars Science Laboratory aims for the red planet.
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"MSL is like a chemist on Mars," Cook said. "From a technological point of view, people will be fairly amazed by both the size and the capability of MSL. It will certainly be able to drive circles around MER to a certain extent. Not speed wise. But from how long MSL can go every day…it will be able to do much more," he added.
New Horizons launched scrubbed again.
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Flight controllers scrubbed the planned launch of NASA’s New Horizons Pluto probe and its Atlas 5 rocket just two minutes and 42 seconds before the booster’s engines were scheduled to fire. High ground winds, which dogged flight controllers throughout the day, proved too strong to loft the spacecraft safely, NASA officials said.