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Monthly archive February, 2012

Peeking at Windows 8

Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for download. In the age of the iPad, Microsoft's foray into tablets, unveiled today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, is an important step not only for the software giant but Read More →

On Big Data, Google’s new privacy policy and more

Noted cryptographer Bruce Schneier, speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, compared Big Data to Big Oil or Big Pharma. "I think the rise of Big Data is as important a threat in the coming years, one Read More →

Quoted: SETI searches for human help

"Suddenly, we have the tools of the astronomer to try and answer the question by doing experiments rather than asking the priests and the philosophers what we should believe." — Jill Tarter, astrophysicist and director of the Center for Read More →

Off topic: Food forest, ‘Star Wars’ yoga, yoga sex scandal, green and mean, paper-airplane throwing

In Seattle, they're building "a forest of food, for the people, by the people." Yoga times two: First, "Star Wars"-style. Also, should a yoga sex scandal really come as no surprise? Mean and Read More →

Twitter to sell old tweets, Google+ short on stickiness, and other news about social and sharing

Quick, what were you tweeting about two years ago? Twitter is selling access to public tweets dating back two years for companies that want to do market research, the BBC reports. DataSift, a U.K.-based firm that's Read More →

Sue happy together: Yahoo threatens patent suit against Facebook; Proview wants iPad name back from Apple

Everybody jump into the Pool of Patent and Trademark Fights. • A new swimmer is suiting up: Yahoo. The Sunnyvale company has threatened to sue Facebook over patents, according to the New York Read More →
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