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Members of the Millennial generation say they're ready to start companies, but the soft economy is stopping them. Bad excuse

(PhysOrg.com) -- If quantum computers are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one another, just like the memory and logic circuits in today's computers do. However, prospects for achieving this kind of communication seemed distant -- until now. A team of physicists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown for the first time how these parts might communicate effectively.

Verizon has a new service called Facetones , a mobile app that creates and displays a video slideshow of your friends’ Facebook photos whenever a call from them comes in or you call them. The app, which syncs your phone’s contact list with your Facebook friend list, is created by Vringo , a provider of software platforms for mobile social and mobile video services

Anyone can be a tour guide--and redefine the term while they're at it--with this Japanese travel startup. Tatsuo Sato got the idea for his startup, Shiroube , during a trip to Eastern Europe. While in Belarus, Sato made a sort of barter arrangement with a local student.

We installed and tested out a very early build of Windows 8 so you don't have to. Here's what's notable and productive in this version.

What happens when a group of young Swedes rent a New York loft for one month to launch their business?

Night owls might think staying up late is a real hoot, but a new study hints that delayed sleep might have a sinister side.

From gin to geriatric care, companies are invoking the Good Ol' Days to foster a connection with their customers--even if the product is only a decade old. The first time I encountered Hendrick's Gin was in the exclusive George V Hotel in Paris.

Amazon's Kindle textbook rental offer will likely be awfully tempting to penny-pinching college students.

Scientific research has proven that Google and the easy access to information that it provides can be detrimental to memory. Practice these four tricks to reverse the brain drain

Why did the absence of the corpus callosum in Kim Peek’s brain increase his memory capacity? --A

Need to learn a lot of material fast and perform well when it counts? Two new studies suggest easy ways to speed up learning and ease anxiety before a test.

A couple of days ago, the official party line from the World Health Organization on cell phones was this: "no adverse health effects have been established". Not anymore..

Larry Klayman has sued Facebook and Zuckerberg for its failure to shut down the "Third Intifada" Facebook page sooner than it did. Who is this "one-man litigation explosion," and what does he represent? On Thursday, Larry Klayman, a Washington, D.C., lawyer, sued Facebook and Mark Zuckerber for $1 billion in damages.

"Deception detection" experts—often former CIA agents—are used by banks and hedge funds to assess the honesty of CEOs.