| Your Laptop Can Now Analyze Big Data | |  | Computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University have devised a framework for running large-scale computations for tasks such as social network or web search analysis efficiently on a single personal computer. The software could help...
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| Here's What Social Networks Know About You | |  | A read through most online privacy policies is enough to make your stomach acid curdle. And social media companies have more access to personal data than most. Some collect information you expressly give them, like your credit card and telephone...
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| Without Social Media, 18% Of Teens Would 'Stop Communicating' | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:00 PM | |
|  | 18% of teens would stop communicating altogether if their favorite social networks shut down. That's according to a recent survey of American high school and college students by email marketing company AWeber. According to the survey, 90% of...
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| Cure for Smudged Touchscreens: Self-Cleaning Paint | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 10:24 PM | |
|  | New sunlight-activated plastic lawn furniture keeps itself clean and white after two years of sitting outdoors. The same ingredient that kills bacteria and fungi in that plastic could one day go into paint for antibacterial walls and a coating...
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| Chick-Fil-A Faces Gay Marriage Backlash on Twitter, Facebook | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 9:44 PM | |
|  | Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy sparked a social media firestorm among gay marriage supporters and opponents after taking a public stance on the divisive issue this week. Speaking to Christian news site Baptist Press, Cathy called Chick-Fil-A...
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| Marissa Mayer the Right Choice for Yahoo? 88% Say Yes | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:32 PM | |
|  | Marissa Mayer announced she'd be moving into two tough jobs this week -- taking the helm at Yahoo on Wednesday and becoming a mom in October. While it's rare for news of two such events to break in unison, 88% of people feel Yahoo made the right...
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| Zombie Cats! Hunt Them Down to Unlock Rob Zombie Song | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:10 PM | |
|  | Universal Music wants you to know that not all kitties are zombies. Keep that in mind when you head over to FindThe13.com, a website set up to give Rob Zombie fans a fun way to earn a free download. People must hunt for 13 zombie cats amid...
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| Fan Booted From Concert for Negative Tweet [VIDEO] | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:45 PM | |
|  | Freedom of speech came at a high price in the case of a man who was kicked out of an MC Chris concert for tweeting something negative about the performer's opening act. On Tuesday, the fan was at the Powerglove and MC Chris show at Union Transfer...
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| The World Will Soon Have More Phones Than Humans | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:22 PM | |
|  | There are more than 6 billion mobile subscriptions today. But that number "will soon exceed that of the human population," according to a new World Bank report. It was only 12 years ago that there were less than 1 billion mobile subscriptions...
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| Reddit Code Mystery May Never Be Solved [VIDEO] | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:51 PM | |
|  | More than a week after a cryptic note was deciphered by Reddit users, followers of this mystery gathered on Thursday at the New York City meeting spot referenced in the code. About 15 people were on the scene looking for answers -- a far cry from...
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| After Linsanity: Experts Weigh In on Lin's Future in Media | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:34 PM | |
|  | Linsanity as we know it is over. But what will come next? The broad outlines are known: Jeremy Lin, the underdog Harvard graduate point guard for the New York Knicks who shockingly catapulted to NBA and social media stardom in February, is...
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| Watch These 5 Men Withstand a 1957 Nuclear Bomb Test | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:09 PM | |
|  | Today we know how dangerous nuclear radiation is. But back in the earliest days of the Atomic Age, people were oblivious to the cancer risks. Ignorance is really the only excuse for this July 1957 footage showing a group of five Air Force...
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| Newt Gingrich Meets Snooki - And Yes, There Are Photos | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:01 PM | |
|  | "Who should we get for Wednesday night?" asked Jay Leno. "How about Newt Gingrich and Snooki," responded the greatest scheduler to ever work in entertainment television. And so it was written. Newt Gingrich and Snooki were in fact Jay Leno's...
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| Mayer's Compensation at Yahoo Could Top $50 Million | | Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:48 PM | |
|  | Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer will take home a base salary of $1 million. Yahoo filed its employment offer for the its new CEO -- and expectant mother -- with the SEC on Thursday. While Mayer's base salary will start at $1 million a year in 2012,...
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