As it hits new highs, there is no shortage of bold predictions about Bitcoinreaching US$100,000or more. Often these are based on not much more than extrapolations by people with vested interests: the price has gone up a lot so it will keep going up. If it gets above its previous high, it must keep going up. There is also “charting” or “technical analysis” – looking at graphs and seeing patterns in them....
“Come visit us!” was the subject of the email that started my trip out toBoulder, Colorado. The invitation was to come out to the mountains, experienceBoulder Startup WeekandIgnite Boulderin order to find out what is really happening in this city. With a population just over 100,000 people, Boulder has more entrepreneurs and startups per capita than anywhere else in the United States. What makes that happen? A big part of what I’ve found is that action begets action and so when you stick this many entrepreneurs into one place, it’s really easy for new ideas to prosper....
Now that the formal debut of Office 365 isout of the wayand we all understand it abit better, it’s time to dig into just what Microsoft is going to do next with its new productivity tool. Actually, before we do that, let’s go over again just what Office 365 is, for everyone’s sake: Aimed at businesses rather than individuals, the service comprises Exchange Online (for email and calendars), SharePoint Online (for online collaboration), Lync Online (for text, audio and video messaging and conferencing), plus browser-based versions of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint in addition to the traditional installed versions....
It’s repeated so often that it has become almost gospel, that computers running OS X are far-and-away prettier than any computer running Windows. In fact, if you ask many non-savvy Mac users, students especially, why they picked a Mac over a PC, the answer second only to “it’s what everyone else has and my parents picked it out for me,” is “I liked the way that it looked.” Windows. The name alone is enough to conjure up visions of the enterprise, dark suits, and rows of Dell boxes plugged into rectangular 19″ monitors....
Quantum computers,quantum cryptography, andquantum (insert name here)are often in the news these days. Articles about them inevitably refer toentanglement, a property of quantum physics that makes all these magical devices possible. Einstein called entanglement “spooky action at a distance,” a name that has stuck and becomeincreasingly popular. Beyond just building betterquantum computers, understanding and harnessing entanglement is also useful in other ways. For example, it can be used to make more accurate measurements ofgravitational waves, and to better understand the properties ofexotic materials....
