Business/Tech Boeing gets $11.9 billion contract to modernize B-52 weapons
The U.S. Air Force Wednesday granted Boeing an $11.9 billion, eight-year contract for the acquisition and sustainment activities needed to support modernization of B-52 weapon systems. Hotmail security: 25% of users remember secret questions
Just 25 percent of Hotmail users with a secret security question -- you know, like, "What is my mother's maiden name?" -- actually remember their answers. NASA shoots lasers at the moon
NASA posted this picture of the Laser Ranging Facility at the Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Budweiser gives away free beer, but not in Seattle
Don't take it personally, Seattle. You're not getting any free beer from Anheuser-Busch. Flightglobal: NewGen Tanker draws on 767-200, -300F, -400ER
The NewGen Tanker Boeing has proposed for the U.S. Air Force incorporates the wing and fuselage from the 767-200, the cargo door and floor from the 767-300F, the cockpit from the 767-400ER, a new boom and four large Rockwell Collins displays similar to those on the 787 Dreamliner, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. Firm: Yep, enterprise cloud computing is growing
If your company provides IT services -- ahem, Microsoft -- listen up. About 10 percent of worldwide spending on outsourced IT is going to cloud computing, according to research firm Gartner, and that slice will grow. Crocs: Can they make the leap from ugly to stylish?
Crocs are back. The hard plastic shoes loathed by fashion-forward individuals are being reinvented, boasting 250 different styles ranging from athletic shoes to heels. Museum of Flight raises space shuttle flag over Space Needle
Seattle's Museum of Flight raised a space shuttle flag atop the Space Needle on Wednesday to promote its bid to land one of the shuttles after NASA retires the fleet later this year. Cathay Pacific, Alaska Airlines launch code-share deal
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific started selling tickets Wednesday on Alaska Airlines code-share flights for travel as of Oct. 7. Has Microsoft fallen off the mainstream media's radar?
Apple, Apple, Apple. That's all we seem to hear about today, right? Apple's doing this, Apple's releasing that. Oh, and a bunch of Google, Twitter and Facebook news, too. Right? Obama gives Tutta Bella Pizzeria a shout out
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria owner Joe Fugere was present when Obama signed a small business assistance package at the White House Monday, and got a mention during pre-signing comments. Steve Jobs' new home designed by Bill Gates' architect
Sparse. Utilitarian. Monkish. Zen. Turkish Airlines gets its first Airbus A330-200F, A330-300
Turkish Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A330-300 and A330-200 Freighter Wednesday in Toulouse, France. Snippets from today's Microsoft company meeting at Safeco
Last year, Microsoft employees tweeted their hearts out from the annual company meeting at Safeco Field in Seattle. So much so that Microsoft, for today's event, prohibited employees from tweeting. HP abandons Android for own WebOS on tablets
No huge surprise here: Hewlett-Packard has opted to use only its newly acquired Palm operating system, WebOS, on future smart phones and tablet computers, the Financial Times reports. Jon Rubinstein, the former Palm CEO who stayed on at HP, told the FT that his new company is on track to release a WebOS tablet early next year. The computer maker also has its Windows 7-based Slate, which still will ship sooner. Acquisitions in 2010: Google, 23; Microsoft, 0 (but really?)
According to analysis firm CB Insights, Google has announced 23 acquisitions so far this year. Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced none in the past nine months. Boeing gets $5.3 billion Navy contract for 124 aircraft
The U.S. Navy Tuesday granted Boeing a $5.3 billion contract for 66 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters and 58 EA-18G Growler aircraft. 
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