News Stories

Virginia Tech gunman identified

December 9, 2011 · Comments Off

Authorities continued to investigate Friday a shooting on the campus of Virginia Tech that left one police officer dead and left many thinking back to the 2007 mass slaying at the university that left 33 dead. CNN.com Read More →

Social Media

IBM Sics Cloud on Drug Patents

December 9, 2011 · Comments Off

Need to scour the world’s patent databases for a particular chemical compound? There’s a cloud for that. IBM has released the Strategic IP Insight Platform (SIIP), a cloud-based data analytics system designed to give a shot in the arm to businesses’ intellectual property efforts. The system searches the US Patent and Trademark Office, the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization patent databases, as well as abstracts from MEDLINE, the US government’s scientific literature database. Wired Top Stories Read More →

Entertainment

Review: ‘New Year’s Eve’ is dunderheaded

December 9, 2011 · Comments Off

"New Year's Eve," a schlock ensemble love-o-rama timed for the season of easy good feeling, is a movie I often found myself laughing at in ridicule, and one that also gave me a lump in the throat. CNN.com – Entertainment Read More →

Thought Leaders

The State of His Policies

January 25, 2012 · Comments Off

Obama has done nearly everything he wanted. That’s the problem. WSJ.com: Opinion Read More →

Business

Europe debt saga far from over

December 9, 2011 · Comments Off

Early Friday morning, a group of European politicians issued a statement, and knees jerked in financial markets around the world. Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com Read More →

Business

Europe debt saga far from over

Early Friday morning, a group of European politicians issued a statement, and knees jerked in financial markets around the world. Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

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Buffett successor plan still a mystery

Warren Buffett has long said he hopes his son Howard will follow him as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and you’ll hear that again on 60 Minutes Sunday. The question of his successor as CEO, however, is another matter. Latest financial news – CNNMoney.com

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