In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is…
Month: November 2011
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This little piggy went to market: Oink hits the iTunes App Store (Appolicious)
Appolicious – Kevin Rose, co-founder of long-suffering Digg, recently started a new company called Milk…
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Openwave shares spurt on Microsoft deal and Q1 profit (Reuters)
Reuters – Shares of Openwave Systems Inc rose 30 percent in pre-market trade on Friday,…
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Biologists use flies and mice to get to the heart of Down syndrome
A novel study involving fruit flies and mice has allowed biologists to identify two critical…
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Hubble directly observes the disc around a black hole
Scientists have observed a quasar accretion disc — a glowing disc of matter that is…
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Nanotubes in environment ‘rob’ green algae of space and light
Nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes, which are found in an ever-increasing number of products, are…
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Twitter tests ‘Top News’ and ‘Top People’ search function (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – Without much fanfare, Twitter is quietly testing a new feature that will…
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Groupon raises $700M with IPO at $20 per share (AP)
AP – Daily deals pioneer Groupon raised about $700 million with an initial public offering…
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Groupon raises $700 million in biggest Internet IPO since Google (Reuters)
Reuters – Groupon Inc raised $700 million after increasing the size of its initial public…
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Canon offers new camera for Hollywood filmmakers (AP)
AP – Four decades after winning Academy Awards for its cinema lenses, Canon Inc. was…