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How Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads
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In many ways, Scott Widdowson is your typical electrical engineer. Most days, when the weatherâ??s good, he bikes the 15 miles along the Ottawa River to his companyâ??s offices in the west end of the
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Social networking security in the workplace
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Share At any given moment today, on-the-clock employees are updating their social media status, reading feeds and networking on business media sites. Moments can stretch to minutes: A recent study by
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CIOs don't need to be business leaders
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Share I have seen pieces asserting that future heads of IT will be from disciplines such as marketing or finance, since technology really isn't that important anymore. I've even seen analyses that say
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 21
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Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each dayâ??s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
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Serendipitor: the mapping app that leads you astray
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This instruction begins a journey from the exhibition hall of the Dutch Electronic Art Festival in Rotterdam to the Wester Paviljoen, where a crisp glass of Dutch lager awaits. The instructions -- and
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Firm announces bendy Elasto Plastic for 3D printers
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Wired has run a raft of stories on how 3D printers are getting better, but it's not just the hardware that needs to improve -- it's also the raw material, the stuff your stuff is made from. So far, consumer
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IBMâ??s first tape drive turns 60
- 12 Hours ago
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The model Model 726 Magnetic tape reader/recorder was announced just a few weeks after IBM did the same for the model 701 computer, the first electronic computer the company produced in quantity. The
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Facebook acquires mobile gifting e-commerce app Karma
- 69 Minutes ago
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Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company. Karma allows users to buy gifts from its catalogue from their mobile phones. Recipients receive a text message notifying them of the gift and directing
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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 21
- 6 Hours ago
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Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each dayâ??s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery.
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Watch Live: Annular Solar Eclipse Creates Ring of Fire
- 16 Hours ago
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An annular solar eclipse will be visible May 20 from eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and much of the North American West Coast. A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and
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The DIWire Bender, a wire-bending fabricator.
- 5/20/2012
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*Gosh, I love wire art. I bet thereâ??s some way to mash-up an app for Calder-style mobiles to a gizmo like this, and go completely nuts. *Thatâ??s really a beautiful example of "cheap complexity" in
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China Approves Google - Motorola Mobility Deal
- 5/19/2012
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Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) â??We are pleased the deal has received approval in all jurisdictions,â? Motorola Mobility said in an e-mailed statement, confirming that the deal has been approved in China.
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Stop the Tarbosaurus Auction!
- 5/19/2012
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Tomorrow, a tyrannosaur will go up for auction in New York City. It shouldnâ??t. The Tarbosaurus â?? lot 49315 â?? was illegally collected and smuggled out of Mongolia. Fossil theft is a major problem.
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