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Romanian authorities arrest man suspected of hacking into NASA and Pentagon servers

Romanian authorities have arrested a 20-year-old man from the city of Timisoara on Monday under accusations that he hacked into computer systems belonging to NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Space storm hits satellites, airlines; consumer GPS systems are safe

Radiation from the largest solar flare in more than six years shouldn't adversely affect communications or technology for most people on earth, experts say.
Startup Piston 'ready for fight' with VMware

Having just released its new cloud operating system, Piston Cloud Computing finds itself in a contentious position -- and company co-founder Josh McKenty says that is exactly where the company wants to be.
Former NASA OpenStack researchers enter private cloud market with Piston Enterprise OS

Piston Cloud Computing co-founder Josh McKenty has laid out the same objective on several occasions, from speaking to attendees at the inaugural OpenStack design summit to addressing friends and colleagues at his company's launch party.
Romanian NASA hacker gets a three-year suspended prison sentence

Robert Butyka, a 26-year old Romanian man accused of hacking into multiple NASA servers, received a three-year suspended prison sentence on Tuesday after admitting his guilt.

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Earth to satellite: When will you hit?

NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting six-ton satellite will fall later this week. It's just that if they're off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India.
NASA amps up wicked cool competitive prize program

NASA this month greatly expanded its public prize competition program known as the Centennial Challenges.
10 Apollo-era technologies used today

It's been 40 years since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched into space in Apollo 11, with the historic moon landing occurring four days later.
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View from space: Satellite farming for greener pastures

Making the most of natural resources of farms is critical in today’s environment, where rainfalls are becoming ever so scarce.
NASA research finds way into IT, consumer products

Aware of a history of heart disease in his family, then-50-year-old Gary F. Thompson saw his doctor for a checkup before he ran a Los Angeles marathon in the mid-1990s.

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