As a new kind of device, the iPad has forced developers and users alike to toss out their traditional notions of what data is and how it is presente... read more »
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We all know that any single tweet has a much better than average chance of containing total nonsense, and that any individual Twitter user's Oscar p... read more »
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In 2000, a young entrepreneur named Angelo Sotira co-founded an online community site built around giving artists a place to showcase their work, and... read more »
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DARPA wants to go to the stars. Yesterday, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued a call for concepts for a 100-year starship study p... read more »
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AOL announced late Sunday that it has bought the Huffington Post for $315 million. (Credit: Huffington Post) In a shocking post-Super Bowl announ... read more »
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David Ferrucci, the team leader on the Watson project, was named one of eight 2011 IBM Fellows tonight. (Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET) For mont... read more »
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Artist Frank Stella joined Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, David Hockney, Robert Rauschenberg, and many other leaders of the pop art movement in creating ... read more »
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This is a concept sketch for new technology that could power rocket launches through beamed microwave energy. (Credit: Escape Dynamics) The time ... read more »
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A new documentary about Industrial Light & Magic highlights the biggest accomplishments of its 35-year history. Among them are the digital effects ... read more »
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We all like having things tailored to our specific needs and interests. But Eli Pariser thinks we should beware of the substantial risks inherent in... read more »
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The band OK Go gets more than 100 people to use a special GPS app to spell out its name writ large during a parade on the streets of Los Angeles. (... read more »
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Plastiki skipper David de Rothschild prepares to release the bottle into the Pacific Ocean last April. The bottle has a special satellite tag insid... read more »
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SAN FRANCISCO--If you're looking for powerful brands in the entertainment business, you'd be hard-pressed to find two with more influence than "Avat... read more »
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With Call of Duty: Elite, gamers can see all kinds of information about their own play, and that of their fellow Call of Duty devotees. (Credit: Ac... read more »
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