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Ex-Googlers Penetrating Silicon Valley Startup Hierarchy
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Ex-Googlers Penetrating Silicon Valley Startup Hierarchy

It may be too soon to equate the "Xooglers," as members of the ever-expanding network of ex-Google employees call themselves, with the "PayPal Mafia"—the founders...

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Silicon Valley's Innovators Take Aim at Your Wallet

Hang on to your wallets and purses. In the constant search for the next thing to disrupt, Silicon Valley's entrepreneurs and venture capitalists believe that...

Susan Wojcicki: The Most Important Googler You've Never Heard Of
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Susan Wojcicki: The Most Important Googler You've Never Heard Of

Yes, Google started in Susan Wojcicki's rented garage. But in her mind, that might be the single least important fact about her long and deep relationship with...

Web Firms Face Brutal Competition in China
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Web Firms Face Brutal Competition in China

In China's young Internet industry, competitors draw blood.

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Google's Android Software Dominates ­.s. Smartphone Market

Google's Android software continued its rocket-like ascent over the summer, ending the third quarter with the dominant market share in the United States among...

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Tools For Maintaining Privacy on the Web

Virtually everything you do online is scrutinized by search engines and advertising networks that evaluate you as a potential customer based on what you search...

Get Ready For the Decade of Gamification
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Get Ready For the Decade of Gamification

The popularity of video games and the explosion of social networking are intersecting to redefine how we will experience the Web over the next decade.

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Developers See Google's Android Operating System Surpassing Apple's

A majority of developers believe Google's Android operating system—not Apple's iOS—will be the dominant platform in the future to power everything from smartphones...

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PARC, Which Laid Foundation for PC Revolution, Turns 40

PARC—the Xerox-backed research institution that laid the foundation for the personal computing revolution—is celebrating its 40th anniversary, but the fabled...

Now You Can Earn Virtual Currency By Watching Ads
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Now You Can Earn Virtual Currency By Watching Ads

You know the type—social game addicts who pepper your Facebook page with updates about the wine recipe they created playing "FarmVille," or the gem broker they...

When You Google, Think Ben Gomes
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When You Google, Think Ben Gomes

Like few other people on the planet, Google's Ben Gomes knows what interests the world.

Stanford and Uc Berkeley Create Massively Collaborative Math
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Stanford and Uc Berkeley Create Massively Collaborative Math

Have you been pondering the probability that two random integers are relatively prime? The answer—6/π²—awaits you in cyberspace.

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Online Dating Sites Are a Treasure Trove For Scientists

Appearances count. Meet someone before you make up your mind. And on that first date, don't give away too much.

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Facebook Milestone: 500 Million Members; On to 1 Billion?

Facebook on Wednesday announced a remarkable milestone: 500 million active monthly users. And the velocity of its growth raises a mind-boggling possibility: Could...

Little Known Norwegian Browser Challenges the Big Boys
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Little Known Norwegian Browser Challenges the Big Boys

No. 1 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. It might not be a slogan to attract an avalanche of American Internet users, but the Norwegian company that makes the...

Twitter Conference Highlights Booming Growth
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Twitter Conference Highlights Booming Growth

Type "I don't get..." into Google and among the first suggestions the search engine makes to complete the sentence is, "I don't get Twitter," right above "I don't...

Speech Technology on Cell Phones Getting Better but Still Not Perfect
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Speech Technology on Cell Phones Getting Better but Still Not Perfect

"Cat got your tongue?" my wife asked as we bumped along the freeway one recent afternoon. "I wonder where that phrase comes from?" she added a moment later. Now...

Stanford Finds Cheating
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Stanford Finds Cheating

Allegations of cheating at Stanford University have more than doubled in the past decade, with the largest number of violations involving computer science students...

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Intel Joins Search For Thought-Controlled Tech

Researchers are developing technology that would enable people to control electronic devices using only their thoughts. The technology uses software that can analyze...
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