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Cal Poly alumnus chosen for astronaut training – KSBY San Luis Obispo News
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Voice of America | Cal Poly alumnus chosen for astronaut training KSBY San Luis Obispo News Navy Lt. Commander Victor Glover is one of eight people named to NASA's 21st astronaut candidate class. Glover was chosen from a pool of more than 6,000 applicants. He graduated from poly with a degree in engineering in 1999. When Glover completes ... Nasa selects four women to join ranks of new astronauts New NASA Astronauts: Four Women Among Eight Trainees Picked By US Space ... NASA's new astronauts: Will these men and women fly to Mars? |
Google Enables VP9 Video Codec In Chromium
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An anonymous reader writes "Last month, Google revealed that it was planning to finish defining its VP9 video codec on June 17 (today), after which it will start using the next-generation compression technology in Chrome and on YouTube. The company is wasting no time: it has already enabled the free video compression standard by default in the latest Chromium build." 
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Mini Version of Oppo Find 5 Phone Could be Coming Soon
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Oppo is suspected of shrinking their flagship phone to the Find 5 Mini. The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: TORMENTO BABASONICOS
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AMD’s A10-6800K and A10-6700 ‘Richland’ APUs reviewed
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AMD has had a rough time keeping up with Intel in the CPU market for the past couple of years. The firm's Bulldozer CPU architecture hasn't worked out as planned, and AMD has been forced to limit the scope of its ambition. Rather than competing with Intel across the entire market, it's had to choose its battles, carefully positioning its products and seeking any possible seams in Intel's armor. That strategy has succeeded in places, producing some potentially solid values for end users in the process.
When we reviewed the desktop version of AMD's Trinity APUs last fall, the A10-5800K and A8-5600K, we found that they were a near-miss on the value front. The price was right compared to the competition. The CPU performance ...
