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News about Industries

• NASA spacecraft en route to historic look at mysterious Pluto

  With 7 scientific instruments onboard, New Horizons will offer 'bonanza' of information

• Mars rover Curiosity's top 5 scientific discoveries

  NASA's robotic rover completes 2 years studying Mars, moving ahead to more science

• NASA: Finding life on other planets is within our grasp

  Scientists say we may be closer than most think to finding life beyond our own planet

• Dems' plan would force FCC to ban Internet fast lanes

  The ban would only affect bandwidth between ISPs and consumers

• Roads in the future will need data standards as well as signs, says DOT's CIO

  It's not just highway signs that will have to be uniform

• DARPA unveils hack-proof drone tech

  New unmanned aerial vehicle will be impervious to hacker attacks, agency says

Features about Industries

• New Dell won't abandon the PC

  Post buyout, the company can push into the high-margin products and services business without Wall Street meddling, Michael Dell says.

• China likely to become No. 1 in supercomputing this week

  With 3.1 million cores and the ability to run at speeds of 55 petaflops, the Tianhe-2 is expected to take first place on the Top500 ...

• Security concerns bedevil Chinese outsourcing

  U.S. companies might hesitate to send IT work to China in light of new reports on cyberespionage programs there.

• Top users of H-1B visas are offshore outsourcers, Computerworld study finds

  A Computerworld analysis of the latest U.S. government data on users of H-1B visas shows accelerating demand from offshore outsourcers.

• HP's woes persist as Autonomy deal goes bad

  A key acquisition turns sour as HP and Autonomy's founder face off over allegations of accounting fraud.