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You Want My Personal Data? Reward Me For It
Life, as they say, imitates art. And the way things work commercially today across much of the Web recalls that chapter in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” where...
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Did a Speeding Car Just Jump Out of My Cellphone?
Smartphones are getting smarter. Now some new models even offer games or television broadcasts in three dimensions—and you don’t need special glasses to see the...
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Google's Do-It-Yourself App Creation Software
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, starting Monday, that is intended to make it easy for people...
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Techmeme Offers Tech News at Internet Speed
One of the first Web sites loaded on Silicon Valley’s laptops and iPhones each morning—and then again and again throughout the day—is Techmeme.
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Google's Do-It-Yourself App Creation Software
Google is offering software designed to make it simple for users to create their own applications for Android smartphones. The free software has been under development...
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Star Pitchers in a Duel? Tickets Will Cost More
When the San Francisco Giants noticed a sudden surge in ticket sales for the team’s Memorial Day game with the Colorado Rockies, they did something seemingly more...
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A Decade Later, Genetic Map Yields Few New Cures
Ten years after President Bill Clinton announced that the first draft of the human genome was complete, medicine has yet to see any large part of the promised benefits...
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The Ipad Pulse Reader Scales the Charts
Much has been made of the opportunity presented by Apple’s iPad to big media companies. But surprisingly, it is a $3.99 application created by two Stanford graduate...
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Google and Vmware Wed at the App Engine
Google has formed an intriguing partnership with VMware, as the company looks to build out its online business software services for companies.
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As Attention Wanders, Rethinking the Autopilot
A captain returned to the cockpit after taking a bathroom break and found the first officer facing away from the instruments and talking to a flight attendant....
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Decline Is Seen in Nasa
The decline of basic research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration jeopardizes the agency’s ability to study and explore the cosmos, a review panel...
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We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Powerpoint
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray...
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H.p. Says New Device Could Revolutionize Computer Chips
Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday will report advances demonstrating significant progress in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing...
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After Patent on Genes Is Invalidated, Taking Stock
Many biotechnology stocks fell on Tuesday as investors struggled to understand the impact of a ruling that threw out parts of two gene patents and called into question...
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Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not)
As Jordan Viator roams the conference rooms, dimly lit bars and restaurants here at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, she often pulls out her cellphone...
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For Chip Makers, the Next Battle Is in Smartphones
The going rate for a state-of-the-art chip factory is about $3 billion. The plants typically take years to build. And the microscopic size of chip circuitry requires...
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Turning Patents Into
Nathan Myhrvold wants to shake up the marketplace for ideas. His mission and the activities of the company he heads, Intellectual Ventures, a secretive $5 billion...
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A Conference Keen on Finding Open Communication
Alcatel-Lucent recently launched an initiative to connect network operators with software developers to develop mobile applications that work with multiple networks...
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Do-It-Yourself Genetic Engineering
It all started with a brawny, tattooed building contractor with a passion for exotic animals. He was taking biology classes at City College of San Francisco, a...
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