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Spend enough time in or around cars and the chance of startup troubles will increase. That is why it's always a good idea to have a means to jump start a car around. Jumper cables are an obvious ...

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The 1980s gave us the Apple Macintosh, Motorola DynaTAC, Sony Walkman, CDs, and the disposable camera. Discover the 5 ...

SSDs are, of course, the most obvious candidates to replace hard drives, particularly in modern data centers. Vendors are now ...

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It used to be thought that there were more volatiles than expected in lunar soil because they escaped Earth before it had a ...

Much of America’s musical heritage is stored on artists’ studio tapes. But as they age, many of those reels are slowly deteriorating … … putting work by 20th ...