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YouTube Takes Manhattannytimes.com
A studio that YouTube is opening in Manhattan will bring the company in proximity to more traditional creators of media content, along with a huge new pool of talent. -
Tech Stocks Show Weakness Amid Uncertain Global Economy | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
Tech stocks fell sharply on Friday, setting a somber mood for the industry this weekend. The carnage was widespread, with giants taking a stumble --.. -
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Ebola: learn from the pastnature.com
Drawing on his experiences in previous outbreaks, David L. Heymann calls for rapid diagnosis, patient isolation, community engagement and clinical trials. -
Roger Ebert's Wikipedia [Citation Needed]theatlantic.com
The late film critic was a fan of the online encyclopedia, allegedly adding notes where he saw fit. -
Salesforce reveals Wave, its big, bad analytics cloudventurebeat.com
Plenty of companies pay for BI in the cloud. Now they'll have one more choice, from an already trusted software maker. -
Rolling Shuttersjasmcole.com
I remember seeing once the following photo from Flickr, and having my brain melt slightly from trying to figure out what went wrong: The issue was the propeller was rotating as the camera detector ... -
Model for Massively Parallel Computationgrigory.us
In this post I will introduce a theoretical model for computation in centralized distributed massively parallel computational systems (or in short clusters like those used by Google many other companies). -
Reverse Engineering the We Heart It API - jordan-wrightjordan-wright.github.io
Introduction A while back, I came across the article from the The Washington Post describing We Heart It, a social network claiming over 30 million … -
Aboutinfo.erecmakesafire.com
Erec Makes a Fire is more than just a book, but a product with a mission: to bring entrepnuersim to the home at an earlier age than ever before. So many of us start our lives out with an inherent u... -
Time-lock encryption - Gwern.netgwern.net
How do you encrypt a file such that it can be broken after a date but not before? - usenix.org
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Episode 01: The Alibiserialpodcast.org
A potential alibi surfaces … and then disappears again, at the worst possible time for Adnan’s case. - chrismorgan.info
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Weekend Read: The Imminent Decentralized Computing Revolutionblogs.wsj.com
Gary Sharma, founder of GarysGuide: A mega-trend is brewing that could make bureaucratic hierarchies, middlemen and gatekeepers everywhere obsolete including social networks, banks, stock exchanges, electronic voting systems and even governments. It’s ... -
Yii 2.0.0 is released | News | Yii PHP Frameworkyiiframework.com
Yii 2.0 is finally coming, after more than three years of intensive development with almost 10,000 commits by over 300 authors! Thank you for your support and patience! -
Patent trolling pays: Since 2010, trolls have made 3 times as much money in court as real companiesgigaom.com
Two charts show how, even though patent trolls have lost recent battles, they are still winning the war. -
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Researchers Replicate Alzheimer’s Brain Cells in a Petri Dishnytimes.com
The discovery will allow scientists to quickly, cheaply and easily test drugs that might stop the process in the first place. -
New Costly Cancer Treatments Face Hurdles Getting to Patientsonline.wsj.com
Cancer treatments that genetically modify patients’ blood cells to target the disease have shown amazing results in trials. Now drug companies and biotechs must overcome big hurdles to get them into hospitals, including their potential cost.