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Groupon Files For IPO (And Why You Should Avoid It Like The Plague)
Groupon is generating a lot of buzz this afternoon after declaring that it has filed a registration form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in preparation for starting an initial public offering (IPO).
Read More »World Health Organization Declares Cell Phones May Cause Cancer
A report (PDF) just released by the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that cells phones may pose a risk for developing cancer. After reviewing published literature about a potential link between cell phone
Read More »Apple To Unveil iCloud, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion Next Week At WWDC
**Update – Apple has just released the iWork software suite (which includes Mac favorites Keynote, Pages, and Numbers) for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The package can be purchased from the iTunes Store for
Read More »“Genius of Britain” DVD Series Review
There are numerous instruments and tools I am using to write and publish this article – a keyboard for my input, a monitor to display my words and sentences, a computer to process all
Read More »Federal Funding For Embryonic Stem Cell Research OK’d – For Now
In an April 29th ruling, a majority of judges from the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has declared that federal funding can be used for research involving human embryonic stem cells,
Read More »The Royal Wedding 2.0: How Technology Will Make This Event The Most Spectacular Of All Time
After months of hype, the event much of the world has been waiting for is finally just hours away. At 3:15am EST (9:15am for those of you actually in Britain) on April 29th, the
Read More »Penn Researchers Develop New Method to Regenerate Cartilage
A collaboration between two University of Pennsylvania scientists has led to the development of a novel method to regenerate cartilage. Over the past few years, Dr. Jason Burdick of the Penn Engineering department and
Read More »Android Phones Also Record User Locations
The revelation that iPhone and iPad user cooridnates are logged in real-time without prior consent sent shockwaves across the Internet yesterday. In my own report yesterday I declared a win for Android phones in
Read More »Has Apple Been Spying On You?
The battle between Android and iPhone users has been fierce throughout the past year, but some unsavory news coming from a group of iPhone app developers lets us score this latest round a 10
Read More »Study of AIDS Medicine Discontinued After Lackluster Results
In another shocking and disappointing blow to the field of AIDS research, scientists pulled the plug on a large study assessing the effect of a daily medicine regimen for women. The medication, a anti-retroviral
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