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Monday, 30th April 2012

Read/Write Daily: Beyond Moore's Law

Today’s theme is beyond Moore’s Law. For almost 50 years, tech has progressed under the dogma that computing power will double every two years. But Moore’s Law is approaching its physical limit. What comes next?

Science Jon Mitchell comments

The Mac Malware Flareup: Time to Panic?

For Mac owners, the alarming news just keeps coming. Two weeks after the Flashback trojan infected hundreds of thousands of Apple-branded computers, a new, more devious strain is being reported. Flashback.S, as the new variant of the Java-exploiting malware is called, is even more subtle than its predecessor and thus can find its way onto…

John Paul Titlow comments

How to Stop Google, Facebook and Twitter From Tracking You

On the Internet, every site you visit is recorded. There are tools to help block this act, but what does it really mean to be tracked on the Web? And what types of information do companies have about you? Tools by Disconnect literally "disconnect" you from Facebook, Google and Twitter so that these major sites don't keep track of your browsing…

Social Alicia Eler comments

Microsoft's Nook Deal Boosts B&N, Challenges Android, Doesn't Help Consumers

So much for Barnes & Noble's standing up to Microsoft's "anticompetitive scheme" against Android. One year after their nasty patent spat flared up, Microsoft and B&N have buried the hatchet with a "strategic partnership" that has Microsoft dumping $300 million into a new subsidiary company. It's a smart investment for Microsoft, since…

Enterprise Joe Brockmeier comments

Why Instagram Images Will Take on a Sense of Permanence

Flickr is a photographic world all its own, so one would think that the photos posted there would be unique to the site itself. But one glance at the "all time most popular tags" page shows otherwise. Among the more obviously popular photographic tags, such as canon and nikon and the always visible wedding tag, one's eye moves to the tags…

Social Alicia Eler comments

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