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Attorney General George Jepsen is seeking information on a security breach at daily deal site LivingSocial that exposed information on approximately 50 million user accounts to hackers.

Possible Meteorite Crashed Through Wolcott Home

by NBC Connecticut
Posted: Apr 23, 2013 12:03pm

NBCConnecticut A baseball-sized rock crashed through a house in Wolcott early Saturday morning and police are trying to determine if it was a meteorite.

Netflix Releases Top ISP List

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Mar 11, 2013 11:14pm

Netflix Netflix released its list of the top performing US ISPs. How did yours perform?

New England Air Museum to Hold 2013 Space Expo on April 7

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Mar 5, 2013 12:05pm

New England Air Museum Photo The New England Air Museum will welcome former Space Shuttle Astronaut Jerry Ross on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the museum in Windsor Locks for their annual Space Expo.

CTTechJunkie Talks Tech Ethics on Where We Live

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Feb 17, 2013 2:53pm

Chion Wolf, WNPR CTTechJunkie’s Lon Seidman appeared on WNPR’s Where We Live to discuss some of the challenges journalists from small publications face in covering big technology.

CTTechJunkie Talks Snapchat on NBC 30

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 8:53am

NBC 30 CTTechJunkie appeared on NBC 30 Tuesday night to talk about privacy concerns regarding the wildly popular photo and video sharing app called Snapchat.

NASA Essay Contest Examines Missions to Icy Worlds

by NASA
Posted: Jan 31, 2013 3:43pm

NASA is inviting U.S. students in grades 5-12 to participate in an essay contest about proposed missions to explore Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa.

CleanTechnica: Top 10 Solar Power Stories Of 2012

by Staff reports
Posted: Jan 2, 2013 5:08pm

What were the top solar power stories of 2012? Here’s Clean Technica's list.

China Tightens Internet Rules

by AFP
Posted: Dec 31, 2012 11:46am

Wang Zhao/AFP/File China has approved new rules that require Internet users nationwide to provide real-name identification, state media reported on Friday

Congressman Himes Interviewed on Copyright in the 21st Century

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Dec 6, 2012 11:01am

NPeaches.com NPeaches, an entertainment group based out of Stamford, interviewed Congressman Jim Himes on his thoughts regarding how to address copyright issues in the 21st century.

Photos | Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit Moving Forward

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Nov 28, 2012 1:32pm

NASA Photo The visitor center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is making progress on its 65,000 square foot facility that will display the retired Space Shuttle Atlantis.

CT Launches 4 Startup Hubs

by Adam Stuhlman
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 6:05pm

Apple Inc. Entrepreneurs like being around other entrepreneurs. At least, that’s the idea behind the creation of four startup hubs that opened at the end of last month.

Cloud storage services have their benefits and flaws

by Dara Kerr of CNET
Posted: Nov 16, 2012 10:54am

A new report looks at the pluses and minuses of different cloud services, including Google Drive, Box, SugarSync, DropBox, and Apple's iCloud.

Time Lapse of Endeavour’s Journey Through Los Angeles

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 4:40pm

Jay Patterson Photo The Los Angeles Times posted a time lapse of Space Shuttle Endeavour's journey from LAX to the California Science Center.

Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Wifi Problem

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 1:43pm

Apple’s support representatives today acknowledged difficulties some iPhone 5 early adopters are having connecting to WiFi access points.

iPhone 5 Teardown Reveals Easier, Faster Repairs

by iFixIt
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 8:21am

Apple device repair site iFixit.com went all the way to Australia to get one of the first available iPhone 5's. Then they took it apart.

Opinion: Tech Winners and Losers from the Democratic National Convention

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Sep 9, 2012 9:45pm

Technology is an essential part of politics these days. Here’s a look at some of the tech successes and failures of the Democratic National Convention.

Some Schools Now Tell Students To ‘Bring Their Own Technology

by Hartford Courant
Posted: Aug 26, 2012 5:33pm

Not so long ago, most school districts had very strict policies: Leave your cellphones and laptops at home.

Curiosity’s Week in Review:

by NASA
Posted: Aug 25, 2012 2:49pm

The Mars Rover Curiosity moved for the first time this week on the surface of Mars and tested many of its critical systems - including a rock blasting laser

Watch Video of the Mars Rover Landing

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Aug 18, 2012 11:12am

A YouTube user downloaded the latest high resolution images from the Mars Curiosity Rover’s descent imaging camera and pieced together a remarkable video of the landing.

Curiosity’s Connecticut-made Parachute

by Hartford Courant
Posted: Aug 11, 2012 4:54pm

Hartford Courant Like more than 1,000 visitors to Mission Control Monday, Pioneer Aerospace President John Smith felt the anxiety during the "seven minutes of terror" beginning when the Curiosity entered the Martian atmosphere to the touchdown of the rover.

Mars Rover Battery Made By Connecticut Workers

by Hartford Courant
Posted: Aug 6, 2012 7:55pm

Jay Patterson Photo NASA's new Mars rover is powered by a high-tech battery made by Yardney Technical Products, a Stonington company with 150 workers.

NASA Selects Three Spacecraft Manufacturers for Commercial Crew Flights

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Aug 3, 2012 12:09pm

NASA announced today that three companies, Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX, and Boeing have been selected to provide crew vehicles to NASA’s commercial spaceflight program.

SeeClickFix Wins Mashable Global Innovation Series Startup Contest

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Jul 31, 2012 2:34pm

New Haven based SeeClickFix was honored recently by tech blog Mashable in its Global Innovation Series startup contest.

Tweed New Haven Airport Launches New Website

by Lon Seidman
Posted: Jul 3, 2012 12:15am

The team behind a recent rebranding of the Tweed New Haven airport hopes frequent travelers will add “HVN” to their search queries when planning upcoming trips.

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May 17, 2013

3rd Annual Connecticut-Israel Technology Summit Set for June 12

by Lon Seidman | May 17, 2013 3:03pm

The MetroHartford Alliance and the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford have announced the third annual Connecticut-Israel Technology Summit on June 12 at The Oakdale Theater in Wallingford.

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May 5, 2013

CTNext Launches Startup Map

by Lon Seidman | May 5, 2013 12:29pm

CTNext CTNext, a public/private partnership helping the high tech startup community in the state, launched an interactive map last week to help connect businesses and organizations in the state’s startup community.

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May 1, 2013

Twitter Launches #music to Leverage Social Data

by Lon Seidman | May 1, 2013 8:52pm

Millions of people use Twitter to talk about their favorite music, and now Twitter is using that data to build its own version of the Billboard charts with its new (and free) iPhone and web app called #music.

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April 29, 2013

NPR: After Sandy, Questions Linger Over Cellphone Reliability

by NPR.org | Apr 29, 2013 9:36am

Roughly one in four cell phone towers in the path of Hurricane Sandy went out of service. It was a frustrating and potentially dangerous experience for those customers without a landline to fall back on. Now, local officials and communications experts are pushing providers to improve their performance during natural disasters.

April 20, 2013

Private Rocket Launches Successfully from Virginia

by Lon Seidman | Apr 20, 2013 10:35am

NASA UPDATED: April 21 5:24 p.m. A commercial cargo spacecraft launched successfully from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility at 5 p.m. eastern time Sunday. It placed a dummy payload in orbit and deployed several micro satellites running Google’s Android operating system.

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April 17, 2013

Grid New Haven Launches Apprenticeship Program for Student Programmers and Engineers

by Lon Seidman | Apr 17, 2013 12:16pm
Posted to: Education 2.0 | Tech Biz

A new apprenticeship program for computer science and engineering student developers is springing up in the hopes of retaining more high-quality programming talent in Connecticut.

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April 10, 2013

NASA’s Audacious New Mission to Capture an Asteroid

by Lon Seidman | Apr 10, 2013 8:54pm

NASA The Obama administration’s budget includes $105 million for an audacious new mission for NASA: capturing a small asteroid and moving it to a location near the moon so astronauts can study it.

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April 3, 2013

VIDEO REVIEW | Mailbox App for iPhone Makes Email More Productive

by Lon Seidman | Apr 3, 2013 8:45am

Mailbox App Yes, it’s possible to achieve the elusive serenity of “inbox zero” with a new iPhone app called Mailbox.

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March 25, 2013

How Durable Are Flash Memory Cards? A Live Discussion with DriveSavers

by Lon Seidman | Mar 25, 2013 5:28pm

Flash memory can be found in everything from digital camera cards, USB sticks, cell phones, and laptop computers. The technology has developed rapidly over the last decade, with prices dropping and storage densities increasing exponentially. It’s now possible to store 64 gigabytes of data on a card that’s about the size of a pinky nail. But how does it work? And how reliable is it?

We spoke with Chris Bross from DriveSavers, a leading data recovery firm to learn more about how flash works and what its limitations are. Watch the full interview below.

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March 17, 2013

Terry Cowgill: Apple TV A Great Investment

by Terry Cowgill | Mar 17, 2013 10:45am

Apple Inc. When I first heard about Apple TV five years ago, I was skeptical. What could the tiny, set-top box really offer beyond cajoling me to fork over more of my hard-earned cash to a giant company that already had way more money than it could spend?