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Here's the Number That Matters in Facebook's Ipo Filing
After waiting for so long to see the numbers inside Facebook's success, it's easy to be overwhelmed by all the new data we have about the social network and company...
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Self-Steering Bullet Researched By U.s. Weapons Experts
A self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the U.S. military.
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The Great Disk Drive in the Sky: How Web Giants Store Big
Consider the tech it takes to back the search box on Google's home page: behind the algorithms, the cached search terms, and the other features that spring to life...
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Demystifying Robotics
University of Bristol computer scientists are working with students from a local U.K. secondary school as part of a project to expose them to robotics. The goal...
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Graphene Competitor sed to Make Circuits
The first logic circuits made using atom-thick sheets of molybdenite suggest the material could be an alternative to graphene as a possible solution to the problem...
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White House Office Studies Benefits of Video Games
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has assigned senior policy analyst Constance Steinkuehler to study video games for 18 months to determine...
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Researchers Find Evidence of Viruses Infecting Worms Creating New Form of Malware
A worm infected with a virus could be more dangerous than either alone and more difficult to detect with traditional software programs, say Softwin researchers,...
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Phase-Change Materials Can Fix Machine Memory Crunch
Phase-change materials (PCMs) could thwart the limits of digital memory and enable a massive increase in storage density. PCM's biggest advantage is that it can...
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In China, Facebook Alternatives Thrive
Anticipation over Facebook Inc.'s initial public offering has fueled a recent surge in stock prices of social media companies in China, where Facebook is blocked...
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Facebook Ipo: How Does Facebook Make Its Money?
Facebook's IPO filing shows that the company brought in about $3.7 billion in revenue and made $1 billion in profit in 2011.
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Shrunken Servers Aim For a Greener Internet
As the cloud becomes more pervasive—driving everything from social networking to mobile apps—the computers that power it must guzzle more and more energy.
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DARPA Takes Aim at "achilles Heel" of Advanced Computing: Power
The power required to increase computing performance, especially in embedded or sensor systems has become a serious constraint and is restricting the potential...
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Wireless Sensors Monitor Brain-Waves on the Fly
A fighter pilot heads back to base after a long mission, feeling spent. A warning light flashes on the control panel.
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Tripping the Light Fantastic
Casio recently unveiled a prototype for a smartphone that can transmit data using light. The phone's screen flickers with varying intensity to transmit data....
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DARPA-Funded Hacker's Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides in Offices, Drops From Drones
A U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency researcher has developed the Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors (F-BOMB), a sensor-equipped...
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Telepathy Machine Reconstructs Speech from Brainwaves
When you read this sentence to yourself, it's likely that you hear the words in your head. Now, in what amounts to technological telepathy, others are on the verge...
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Smarter Password Checker Lets You Compare With Others
Researchers have developed a system designed to rate passwords relative to those already stored in a Web site's database. The password checker can tell users if...
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Political Borders Don't Stop Cyberattacks, But They Prevent Defense, Study Finds
Real-world political borders are hindering the defense of cyberspace, according to McAfee's new Cyber Defense Report. A dearth of common standards of behavior,...
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Apple Fuels Silicon Valley Hiring Amid Bubble 2.0 Concern
Silicon Valley companies are in the midst of a hiring boom not seen since the late 1990s as nearly 50 U.S. technology companies with a market value of more than...
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