Daily Archives: June 16, 2012

Stanford engineers find work around for barriers to carbon nanotube computers

Stanford engineers find work around for barriers to carbon nanotube computers

We’ve been waiting, rather patiently we might add, for carbon nanotubes to really start making a difference in our computing lives. That day has yet to pass, but researchers at Stanford are making good progress. Breakthroughs have been coming at a steady pace over the last several years, but there are still major obstacles. For … Continued

GoPollGo Puts Polls in Your Twitter Feed

GoPollGo Puts Polls in Your Twitter Feed

Startup GoPollGo has become the first polling company to integrate with Twitter‘s newly launched expanded tweets feature. Now entire polls can be viewed in the details of Tweets. “Before, you tweeted out a question and didn’t have space for all possible options,” Ben Schaechter, founder of GoPollGo, tells Mashable. Now, “GoPollGo will give users a … Continued

Court denies petition to question Facebook, bankers over iPO

Court denies petition to question Facebook, bankers over iPO

Plaintiff’s petition for discovery sought testimony on whether financial data was withheld from the public to determine whether there were grounds for a case. A discovery petition for information regarding whether Facebook and its bankers defrauded investors with its IPO last month has been dismissed. Judge Lee Yeakel for the U.S. District Court for Western … Continued