News tagged with mark
Facebook billionaire shuns luxury for startup life
(AP) -- Facebook co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Dustin Moskovitz is by many accounts the world's youngest self-made billionaire. But the 27-year-old isn't sipping champagne in the Caribbean.
Apr 29, 2012 |
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Dinosaur-chewing mammals leave behind oldest known tooth marks
Paleontologists have discovered the oldest mammalian tooth marks yet on the bones of ancient animals, including several large dinosaurs. They report their findings in a paper published online June 16 in the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 16, 2010 |
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The riddle of the Syriac double dot: The world's earliest question mark
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University manuscript specialist, Dr. Chip Coakley has identified what may be the world’s earliest example of a question mark. The symbol in question is two dots, one above ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Medieval mason's marks could spell the end of flat-pack furniture misery (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A medieval system of marking stone in building work could be a cheap and effective way of ending the modern day frustration of constructing 'flat-pack' furniture, according to a University of Warwick academic.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 07, 2010 |
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PeerBook: Student develops new social networking software
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Scottish student who became worried about the lack of privacy on sites like Facebook has come up with a solution - he’s developed his own social networking program.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Online anonymity icon dislikes Facebook model
The founder of Internet anonymity haven 4chan thinks Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is mistaken when it comes to online identities.
Mar 15, 2011 |
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Facebook sued for $1 billion over Intifada page
Facebook and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg have been hit with a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion in damages over a page on the social network which called for a "Third Intifada" against Israel.
Apr 02, 2011 |
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Endeavour soars on 2nd-to-last space shuttle trip
Endeavour blasted off on NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, thundering through clouds into orbit Monday morning as the mission commander's wounded wife, Gabrielle Giffords, watched along with an exhilarated ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 16, 2011 |
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Shuttle Endeavour gone forever from space station
Endeavour and its crew of six left the International Space Station and headed home to close out NASA's next-to-last shuttle flight, pausing just long enough Monday to perform a victory lap and test equipment ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 30, 2011 |
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Privacy vs profit at Facebook
Facebook's evolution from online club house to Internet powerhouse is raising fears that the social network is trading privacy for profit.
May 02, 2010 |
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Probing Question: Do we misunderstand French culture?
Reflecting on his 1879 sojourn in France, Mark Twain -- our most quintessentially American writer -- quipped, “In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2011 |
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With pay-by-phone startup, Aaron Greenspan rebounds from Facebook suit
The last time the tech world heard from Aaron Greenspan, he was settling a trademark lawsuit in which he charged that he, not his Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg, had come up with the idea for an online social networking ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 05, 2010 |
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NASA signs over shuttle title to California museum
(AP) -- NASA has transferred ownership of the retired space shuttle Endeavour to a California museum.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Facebook's rite of passage into 'the Hacker Way'
Congratulations, recruit! It's time to learn the ropes of your Facebook engineering job.
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Facebook CEO turns 28, IPO could be $100B gift
(AP) -- Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO.
May 13, 2012 |
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