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Spies are everywhere these days, from the 10 Russian agents nabbed recently here in the United States to the more glamorous Hollywood variety, such as is Angelina Jolie. In the movie Salt, Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy. With so many secret agents–both real and fictional–these days, we [...]

Today we take a peek inside the offices of Etsy, the company behind the virtual marketplace tailored for crafters and DIYers. The Etsy offices are just as whimsical and creative and you’d expect from a company focused on making it easy for crafters to sell their handmade and vintage goods. The spaces are colorful and [...]

This is Boeing’s new Crew Space Transportation-100 spacecraft. It is similar to Apollo’s Command Module but, instead of just three astronauts, it will carry up to seven astronauts or astroturists. The destination: Commercial space stations (and the ISS). The CST-100 is compatible with several rockets, including Delta IV, Atlas V, and SpaceX’s recently launched Falcon [...]

The Compliant Shading Enclosure concept automatically regulates the amount of shade, shadow and light that comes into a window. How? There’s a curtain (the green thing) in between the glass panes that’s programmed to open or close depending on the temperature The concept is designed by Brent Vander Werf and is rather fancy: The shading [...]

Skeptics of modern technology, behold: a newly opened solar plant in Sicily is able to continue generating electricity long after the sun goes down. The trick lies in the plant’s use of salt to store up heat for later use. The “Archimede” facility uses what’s known as concentrated solar power, absorbing the sun’s heat and [...]

Governor Bev Perdue says she hopes to see more businesses like Epic Games in Cary. This company is part of the growing world of video gaming. Now, under a bill she signed into to law Thursday, the state is actively luring this industry into the state. “We’ve got such a great opportunity here in the [...]

We’ve received numerous reports of Amazon Associate members in North Carolina receiving emails stating that Amazon is going to have to discontinue the service there due to a pending change the in state’s tax structure. Sometime in the next two weeks, Amazon expects that it will be terminating the service for all North Carolina residents. [...]

It’s safe to say that General Motors is struggling for relevancy these days and, while the Chevy Volt could be a huge step into the modern era for the company, that still leaves every other car looking a bit — traditional, technology-wise. OnStar is going to help, expanding its Volt-specific controls to the entire 2011 [...]

Automatic refunds, or so the email says. We’ve been on the receiving end of a deluge of tips this morning pointing out that Apple has begun funneling cash back into its users’ pockets — a most unusual event, to be sure — to live up to its retroactive promise of free Bumpers for all (who [...]

The Transport Security Administration (TSA) has launched a new program called Secure Flight that aims to better protect you, but as usual it comes with yet another annoying detail to remember when planning you travel. When booking a flight traveling to, from or within the United States the TSA will be checking your booking information [...]