Cities with the best economies in America

San Antonio leaps from No. 14 a year ago to the top of the listIt turns out “Don’t Mess With Texas,” is more than just a slogan. At least judging by the state’s ability to rebound from the Great Recession, and its dominance over the rankings in a new report highlighting the best-performing U.S. cities.San Antonio heads up the Milken Institute’s 2011...

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Predicting The Top Five Health Trends For 2012

According to a leading national research group investigating health-related behavior and attitudes in the United States, some of the top consumer health trends expected in 2012 are improved sleep and energy drinks, as well as health-related smartphone apps. In order to determine the top 5 health and wellness trends individuals in the U.S....

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Now You See It, Now You Don't: Time Cloak Created

It's one thing to make an object invisible, like Harry Potter's mythical cloak. But scientists have made an entire event impossible to see. They have invented a time masker.Think of it as an art heist that takes place before your eyes and surveillance cameras. You don't see the thief strolling into the museum, taking the painting down or walking away,...

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Yahoo Names PayPal President Thompson as New CEO

Yahoo (YHOO: 15.78, -0.50, -3.10%) named PayPal President Scott Thompson its new chief executive Wednesday morning, replacing former CEO Carol Bartz, who was fired in September.Thompson is replacing interim leader Tim Morse, who will resume his role as chief financial officer. The move is a part of Yahoo’s ongoing strategic review as it struggles to...

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4 Facebook Security Tips to Stay Safe in 2012

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was hacked last month.On December 7, more than a dozen private photos of Zuckerberg were leaked to photo-sharing site Imgur under the headline, "It's time to fix those security flaws Facebook." The social network later confirmed that the flaw was the result of a recent code push and was live "for a limited...

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Google, Facebook Rivalry to Heat up in 2012

As Google works to make its Google+ social network a major competitor to market leader Facebook, the battle between the two could reach a critical point in 2012, analysts say. Facebook, the world's largest social network, and Google, the world's largest Internet company, are increasingly going head-to-head in a battle to be...

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5 Major Changes Facing the Internet in 2012

2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this network-of-networks stopped being a research project and became an engine of economic growth. This year the Internet will face several milestones as it undergoes its...

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What's coming in Firefox 11

Big changes are arriving in the developer's build of Firefox for Androidin a bid to make it more appealing, while the significantly more popular desktop version is getting several noteworthy but smaller changes, the company announced at the end of 2011. Available for download now, the first versions of Firefox 11 Aurora for Windows, Mac, Linux,...

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