Adventures in Infinite File Storage
Bitcasa’s limitless storage service is a cool idea, but it needs work.
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Software Predicts Tomorrow’s News by Analyzing Today's and Yesterday’s
Prototype software can give early warnings of disease or violence outbreaks by spotting clues in news reports.
AT&T Brings Online Ad Targeting Tactics to TV Commercials
Experiments suggest that monitoring viewer behavior via set-top boxes could help make TV commercials much more effective.
Startup Brings Better Understanding of Tricky Questions to the Web
SkyPhrase hopes to make it easier to find answers to complex questions.
How Facebook Could Give Its New Search the Edge
The company’s search engine will become formidable when it includes the text of comments and the vast store of Open Graph data about things outside Facebook.
Facebook’s New Graph Search: Not Very Good
It’s going to take time and user buy-in for Graph Search to be truly worthwhile.
Facebook’s Graph Search Won’t Hurt Google Without Your Help
The success of the social network’s new search tool will depend on how much information its users are willing to share.
Intel’s New Interface Idea Is a Mash-up of All the Others
The approach could help keep laptops relevant—if intuitive applications can be found.
LTE-Advanced Is Poised to Turbocharge Smartphone Data
By combining data from multiple antennas and frequencies, ultrafast wireless technology is poised to turbocharge 4G.
Plan Would Put a Bank in Every Browser
An open payments system built into Web standards could transform online life, if the proposal takes off.
