New Yorker - By Jim Holt - Mar. 2 (Special Report) - According to Stanislas Dehaene, humans have an inbuilt "number sense" capable of some basic calculations and estimates. The problems start when we learn mathematics and have to perform procedures that are anything but instinctive.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Office Online and Attacking The Innovator's Dilemma — Nick Carr has a lead on the story that we all knew was coming eventually: Key Microsoft applications, including Office, may be moving online, soon. Carr's source says to look for enterprise applications to move online …
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Don't want to pony up $399 for an iPhone? We just got word that AT&T is offering refurbished iPhones (with new activations only) for awesome prices! It's $199 for the 4GB, (wait, 4GB?) and $249 for the 8GB. ...

Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Innovation comes cheap, says Google engineer Kevin Marks — MIAMI—When the Future of Web Apps conference wound down Friday night, a few things were clear, not the least of which is the fact that open standards are a big deal. — Google engineer Kevin Marks gave a talk at FOWA …
What the hell is going on today? First, Snapped Shot gets a cease and desist letter from the Associated Press, and now Pamela from Atlas Shrugs has some nutjob "Rabbi" threatening to sue her for libel. ...

Put your ears to the ground, my friends, for the Beast of Redmond may be stirring. I've heard that Microsoft has begun briefing its large enterprise clients on an expansive and detailed strategy for moving its software business into the cloud. ...

No, that's not C-3PO. Rather, that's a papercraft of K-3PO, the protocol droid stationed at Echo Base's command center in Hoth. Link | The plan [PDF] at Blog@Papercraft [in Japanese]

Prosper President Dave Ellis responded that the allegations amount to "sensationalized" versions of events that have gone uncorroborated by Hudgens' former coworkers. The suit claims that Hudgens' team leader, Joshua Christopherson, asked for volunteers in May for "a new motivational exercise," which ...

You've probably heard the Wilhelm Scream dozens of times in different movies and television shows without realizing it, but it's one of those things that once you hear, you'll always be able to identify it afterwards. It's now become an in-joke amongst sound editors who try to insert it into their films ...

Filed under: Mark Martin , Carl Edwards , Jeff Gordon , Joe Gibbs Racing , Hendrick Motorsports , Kyle Busch , Sprint Cup Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch paced the first practice of the weekend for the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and didn't fall off when it came to qualify. ...

Northrop Grumman and EADS have somehow managed to defeat heavy-favorite Boeing in the battle to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of aerial refueling tankers. The initial contract for 80 aircraft is valued at $40 billion, and the service has plans to purchase as many as 100 more at an as yet undetermined ...

Boeing's loss of a $40bn US military contract to a group including Europe's Airbus draws angry protests.

Survey results released by We Media/Zogby earlier this week show that more people turn to the internet for news than any other source. The survey found that nearly half of all people in the United States (48%) cite the internet as their primary source of news and information, compared to 29% for ...

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Information technology and IT-enabled services will employ 4 million people in 2008 and account for 7% of gross domestic product and 33% of India's foreign-exchange inflows, according to Nasscom, an Indian IT industry organization. An industry that started gaining momentum when Indian software developers ...

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In spite of fears that Apple may impose tight restrictions on third-party iPhone applications developed with its upcoming SDK, the company may loosen those restrictions for free programs, Electronista has learned. ...

As noted by TiVoLovers and several other blogs , TiVo recently sent out an official statement which confirms the rumor that TiVo Inc. plans on discontinuing the TiVo rewards program as of May 28, 2008. ...
