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NASA has big plans for its Mars Exploration Program

As NASA decides the future of one of the two rovers exploring the planet, the agency is looking to the launch of the newest generation of robotic explorer next year. In addition, NASA tells CNN Radio that the agency is close to a deal to merge its Mars program with that of the European Space Agency, a big step toward manned missions. NASA's Mars rover program is now heading into its sixth year. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity were launched in 2004 and landed on opposite sides of Mars for what was to be a 90-day exploration mission. Almost six years ...

Simon Cowell is Leaving American Idol

I am extremely said about reading this news!! If Simon is not present, does the talent show "American Idol" still American Idol? Longtime "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell said he'll be leaving the popular Fox talent show at the end of the season, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California. Cowell's popular U.K. talent show, "The X Factor," will be coming to the United States in the fall of 2011 with the acerbic critic in tow, according to Fox. "I want to leave 'Idol' this year bigger and better than it was in the past," Cowell ...

CES: Intergration of TV, Mobile Phone, and Internet

"Convergence" is too bulky a word to do justice to all the pretty gadgets on display at the Consumer Electronics Show, or to describe how they are increasingly doing more to give consumers the content and connectivity wherever and whenever they demand it. Here's what it means, though: Televisions are becoming more like computers. Computers are becoming more mobile like cell phones. And mobile phones are becoming more like both computers and televisions. The idea of breaking down barriers among these electronic devices has occupied the personal technology industry for years. The latest crop of products at CES may be the first ...