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In the early hours of the morning, Commander Mark Polansky sat watching the Tour de France when he got the call that they'd be fueling NASA Endeavour's external tank. Nearly Continue reading »

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It's been more than ten years since Tim Berners-Lee first spoke about the semantic web and computers indexing all web-based data. He said, "The day-to-day mechanisms of trade, bureaucracy and Continue reading »

Italian PR professional and former Microsoft Italy marketer Vincenzo Cosenza sent us an interesting visualization today. Below is a map of the world, showing the most popular social networks by Continue reading »

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Next month Austin, Texas will fill to the brim with geeks from all around the world gathered to attend the South by Southwest Interactive festival. While smaller than the Music Continue reading »