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Iridium recalls 9575 extreme due to antenna fail
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Extreme tech wilderness can be as grueling as the slopes of Everest so here goes a chat with Tom about the basics of Himalaya comms in 2012, along with an exciting peek into the future.
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HumanEdgeTech is kicking off Himalaya 2012 with a truly great deal on Thuraya XT Rugged satellite phone: the price is slashed from $1120 to $795! And just today the price has been dramatically cut also on Thuraya SG 2520.
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San Francisco's SOMISSPO district, an industrial loft type area where SOMA meets Mission and Potrero Hill, gets pretty quiet past 5 pm. Live healthy, hack happy is mantra which means a good nights sleep. Only a Taco truck and a guard parked outside Mighty give away that something's up.
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China is second largest in the world in iPhone app users but getting paid for your app is another story. According to a tech conference in Santa Clara, Calif., the Chinese pay for apps even less than folks do in Pakistan. The flip side: uncrowded territory.
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(Newsdesk) For the final wrap, his own words: Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. Stay hungry, stay foolish. Goodbye Steve Jobs.
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A few times each month SF New Tech come ashore and head for the Mighty. There, developers and inventors are offered 5 minutes sharp to pitch their ideas. Last week it was that time again and we checked out the 6 most promising startups from Japan.
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Last week San Francisco ran a small NextGEN Science Fair spotlighting a selection of futuristic products and services. Here goes a bit from the event in pictures.
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This Antarctica season marks the 100 year anniversary of the discovery of the South Pole. In anticipation of it and to honor our surprisingly techie polar ancestors HumanEdgeTech brought out two major news. The PDA - for almost a decade King of Antarctica dispatches - will have to share the throne.
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Chased by early winter storms we fled across high passes in our version of the pioneer wagon: an old aluminum trailer dubbed the Silver Bullet. Now arrived in Mecca; stay tuned for ExplorersWeb's San Francisco tech roundups with an adventure edge.
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Seth Wolpin is a freshly baked Everest summiteer. While in BC, the research assistant professor at the University of Washington compiled a detailed technology report that could prove useful for the next batch of Everest south side climbers.
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3D has been all the rage in 2011 but GoPro should have the most innovative solution: Add a second cam plus housing to your existent GoPro Hero HD and you're all set at $99. (The housing is water proof to 60 meter). 3D editing software is included and works on Mac and PC.
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Power outage brought on by several New York state thunderstorms combined with a failed server backup generator threw ExplorersWeb offline during 6 hours today. This was our longest unscheduled timeout since the Lincoln Hall story. Sorry about the inconvenience.
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Norwegians chasing the: I know how hard Greenland can be, well done. Alt
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Mountain to watch: Everest: awesome, impressive ....
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Norwegians chasing the: Excellent, excellent work. Well done guys.
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Everest south side: IMG in C3,: Brice clearly pulled the plug on the Himex Everest
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New poll, have your say: Brice: So, Jonathan Wilkensson, you have think only tru
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New poll, have your say: Brice: He was right to call it as he saw it. He has more
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New poll, have your say: Brice: Well , any of the 14 people who made these 14
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New poll, have your say: Brice: brice pussed out . did he think the ice fall
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New poll, have your say: Brice: Brice IS a climber. Just goes to show how much
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New poll, have your say: Brice: Brice doesn't climb - he sells trips to Everest. If he was a
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New poll, have your say: Brice: Oh stop picking on Russell Brice already. It is HIS
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The North Pole: how to get: First of all, I have a lot of respect for anyone that attempts any kind of expedition. I sincerely believe the NP trip is one of
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Manaslu summits closing the: May God rest his soul (Jafar Naseri) in peace.
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Manaslu summits closing the: Hi, May God rest his soul (Jafar Naseri) in peace. He was a great
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Weekend ahead: Himalaya action: Congratulations to Azim and Spanish climber Sechu
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