Within that green box is a microplate reader, a workhorse appliance in labs on Earth but the first of its kind to work in the near-zero gravity at 250 miles up.

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Instead of using a search box, people are spending significant time in reader apps like Taptu, Flipboard and Pulse to build custom streams of content and to mix and mash sources around topics that personally interest them.

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The cloud-based app, which delivers full Microsoft Office capabilities and Adobe Reader, along with Dropbox, Box and Google Drive integration, transforms the iPad and Android tablets into a one-stop-shop for mobile productivity, capable of creating, editing, saving and sharing Office and Adobe documents while on the go.

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In addition to the basic open-source components, the browser has also been augmented with out-of-the-box plug-ins, including the latest versions of Adobe FlashTM and a PDF reader.

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You could not have her carry a box of 80 column cards a couple of blocks at 10:00 PM to 80 Pine where the card reader attached to an ATT dedicated line transmitted the days business to State Street.

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Since we're not foolish enough to sacrifice our own expensive electronics in the name of culinary science, we caught wind of this neat trick from reader Brett, who decided to have a little fun with his not-under-warranty 'Box after the red lights of death made their dreaded appearance.

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