NASA’s Voyager 1 marks 35th anniversary of its launch, gets photo retrospective in tribute

It’s hard to believe at times that the Voyager 1 probe is older than many of us reading this article, but it’s true. The official first part of NASA’s Voyager program launched just over 35 years ago on September 5th, 1977, carrying not just cameras and sensors to capture the trip but the famous Golden

VIA EPIA-P910 stuffs 3D display support, quad-core into a Pico-ITX size

If there’s been a race in the Pico-ITX realm to catch up to full-size PCs, VIA just leapt ahead by a few bounds with the EPIA-P910. The tiny PC mates one of VIA’s 1GHz QuadCore E-Series processors with a VX11H media core to handle the kinds of tasks that would break just about any other system its size:

A New $150M Fund Underscores The Bigger Ambitions of Kushner’s Thrive Capital

Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital just became yet another of several upstart venture firms that have been able to raise progressively larger funds this year.

The New York-based fund just quickly closed an oversubscribed $150 million fund in ten weeks, on the back of a $40 million raise last fall. The

King Jeff And His Renaissance Of Reading

"The only thing more perfect than reading is more reading," declared Amazon in a TV advert for its new Kindle eReader device. At a self-hosted event in Santa Monica today, Amazon launched new versions of its eReader and tablet products. Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos spent over an hour on stage, extolling

Proficient Audio launches MaxTV MT2 speaker box, soundbars start job hunt

If Proficient Audio’s new MaxTV MT2 speaker box is anything to go by, the company obviously isn’t enamored with the latest slew of slim, elegant soundbars. As the picture shows, it’s designed to act as a platform for your TV and can support up to 160 pounds — enough for even the biggest of flatscreens.

Best Email Ever: How One Soldier Stationed In Afghanistan Got His Amazon News Today

It’s only my third official day on the job at TechCrunch, but it’s been a pretty awesome time thus far. We saw an email come through the wires that stopped us in our tracks during our Amazon coverage today. It was technology-related…but not.

We have some great readers at TechCrunch, but this particular

MediawavePC’s MW6110 is a multipurpose Intel Core i7-supporting media player

Nettops and media-center PCs in many ways hang on opposite sides of the same saddle. MediawavePC’s new MW6110 "Ultra Small Media Player" tightens the straps between these two types of machines, and adds an extra satchel with it. The 7.87 x 7.28 x 1.57-inch form gives it a discreet footprint, and supports

Around the world Tesla Roadster tour back on track after swift repair job

While we might not have enjoyed the full story arc just yet, we came within an electric whisker of seeing the electric Roadster’s around the world trip derailed completely. The team at Tesla service in Munchen, however, obviously love a fairytale ending — which is why they pledged to fix-up the car

Watch the Obama Speech That Set a Political Record on Twitter

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D-Link Cloud Storage 4000 NAS stores up 16TB, hooks up to you smartphone and tablet

D-Link’s latest storage solution is pitched at small business and households looking to escape into the world of cloud storage. There’s four SATA bays, each of which can carry up to 4TB, with D-Link adding in compatibility with its own cloud cameras (for network video recording) plus connectivity to