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The millions of "check-ins" generated by Foursquare, the location-based social networking site, can be used to create a dynamic view of a city's workings and character, researchers say. In contrast to static neighborhood boundaries and dated census figures, these "Livehoods" reflect the ever-changing patterns of city life.

Using breakthrough techniques on some of the world's fastest supercomputers -- scientists have reported a landmark calculation of a kind of subatomic particle decay that's important to understanding matter/antimatter asymmetry. The research helps nail down the exact process of kaon decay, and is also inspiring the development of a new generation of supercomputers.

The hacktivist group Anonymous has denied allegations that it is behind the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against The Pirate Bay. Meanwhile, The Pirate Bay remains down and out.

According to sources, multiple display manufacturers are working on the new, larger screen.

Flipboard, the popular social news magazine, starts integrating audio into its app for Apple's hand-held devices.

Researchers smash a record for wireless data transmission in the terahertz band, an uncharted part of the electro-magnetic spectrum.

There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation. - Bertrand Meyer

Web Services are like teenage sex. Everyone is talking about doing it, and those who are actually doing it are doing it badly. - Michelle Bustamante