It looks like cablemeister Comcast has suddenly blasted itself into the 21st century with the rest of the hepcats. How do we know this? Here’s Comcast CEO Brian Roberts demonstrating Xfinity Remote, a gorgeous iPad application that lets you control your cable box with style and grace.

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It looks like seventies science fiction television is (finally) going to meet reality with NASA planning to set up a real Moonbase Alpha by 2020. In order to meet the heavy load/long range transport requirements of life on the moon, NASA recently teamed up with Goodyear to review and redesign some 40-year-old technology in the shape of the airless tires first seen on the Lunar Rover Vehicles of Apollo missions. In late 2006 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced: “an incremental buildup would begin with four-person crews making several seven-day visits to the [...]

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