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HP To Spin-Off PC Division, Facebook Rewards Finding Bugs, iTunes Will Do Cloud Music Streaming
HP To Spin-Off PC Business . HP has now said that it prefers to spin-off its PC-making division and is considering how it can do this within the current company structure.
Read More »Rate of Jobless Starting Up Hits 25-Year Low
The likely culprits? Lending is tight--and hiring levels are just strong enough.
Read More »"The Best Money We Ever Spent"
What made the difference?
Read More »Doodles And Drawings Help Cement Concepts
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Read More »Spa therapies blending high-tech with tradition
Hyperlocal ingredients, a blend of technology and tradition, and treatments focusing not just on beauty but also on remedying stress and pain are some of the trends turning up at spas.
Read More »Sipping Smoke
Cigars and single malts are a classic combination, and in 1998, Dalmore paid tribute to this perfect pairing by introducing the world’s first cigar single-malt Scotch. Unfortunately, it was taken off the market in 2009
Read More »Scott Hill Returns to Los Angeles Scene
Like Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco, Mitchells in Greenwich, and Jeffrey in New York, Scott Hill has been an iconic retailer in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. So it came as somewhat of a surprise three years ago when the style-savvy store owner shuttered his Sunset Boulevard shop ...
Read More »Failed Star Found In The Neighborhood
It looks like we have a new neighbor. It's actually been there all along, but astronomers have only now spotted what could be the seventh closest star system to the sun.
Read More »Why not eat insects? I’ll give you a couple of reasons
The above question was posed by Vincent M. [More]
Read More »A Simple App Helps You Avoid Red Lights, Saving Gas and Emissions
Using a network of smartphones mounted on car dashboards to help avoid stopping, SignalGuru can keep drivers from idling, the most fuel consuming--and frustrating--part of driving. Traffic lights are a necessary nuisance, but they're also incredibly bad for the environment. Idling vehicles in backed up traffic soak up fuel, and are a source of needless emissions
Read More »Introducing the LED Bulb That Costs Less Than $15
The knock on LED bulbs has always been their incredibly high price point. But the new Definity bulb has a price so low, it may get people to make the switch. They may cast a warmer glow than CFLs, but LED bulbs are still a long way from becoming energy-efficient incandescent bulb replacements.
Read More »Grant Morrison Reinvents Superman, Can He Rescue DC Comics?
An exclusive page from the DC Comics reboot of Action Comics shows a more human Superman as envisioned by veteran auteur Grant Morrison. It's the most iconic title in the DC Comics canon. When the original Action Comics #1 debuted in 1938, it featured the first appearance of Superman and is regarded as the first superhero comic
Read More »Google Mixes Media In The Mobile Ad For Its Search App
To promote its search app, Google goosed the mobile display ad form with rich media and 3-D printing. Today's mobile display ad just can't handle tomorrow's tech, which powers Google 's search app.
Read More »Blackbox’s Startup Genome Compass Uses Science To Crack The "Innovation Code"
Today, Blackbox launched the Startup Genome Compass, a benchmarking tool designed to help entrepreneurs keep track of their startups' progress and know what to do next, based on data from more than 3,200 startups and research from Berkeley and Stanford. Many a bright-eyed entrepreneur heads west hoping to strike it big in the Silicon Valley startup game, yet 94% of them fail
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