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Each time a Web user uploads a photo to Facebook or builds a document using Google (GOOG) Apps, the computing power needed to fulfill the request comes from faraway buildings called data centers—and is delivered via the Internet. It's referred to as computing "in the...

Job-seeking in this 21st century recession may just have gone viral and mobile. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, about 6.7 million workers have been laid off according to latest statistics -- at a time the popularity of social networking sites such as...

OnBioVC.com recently reported on the trends of international VC bioscience funding for the 2Q 2009 and found that there were 88 financings for 2Q09 versus 71 deals in 2Q08. The combined second quarter 2009 bioscience investment totaled approximately $1.7B, an increase of roughly $538.2M compared...

Karl and Dorsey Gude of East Lansing, Mich., can remember simpler mornings, not too long ago. They sat together and chatted as they ate breakfast. They read the newspaper and competed only with the television for the attention of their two teenage sons. Technology has...

Whether you're a big business or a small one, chances are you have embraced social networking such as Twitter and Facebook as a new way to connect with your customers and generate business. So, when Twitter went down last Thursday as a result of a cyber...

Social capitalism — the capital you gain through your ability to influence other people — isn’t a new phenomenon. It’s just new to the masses as the result of social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The Whuffie Factor, by Tara Hunt, is...

Rockwell Automation Inc. announced Monday that it is rolling out a new suite of automation systems designed to maximize energy efficiency as well as industrial output. "The manufacturing sector is responsible for almost a third of U.S. energy consumption, primarily by driving loads with electric motors,"...