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PC For Rent – How To Make Money Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

YoungUpstarts

A method of solving time-consuming computing tasks by utilizing multiple computers usually united into a parallel computing system is commonly referred to as grid computing or distributed computing. In 2007, the BOINC framework became the home of World Community Grid , a distributed computing project created by the IBM Corporation.

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In Spite of Avatar, The Movie Business is Dead

Growthink Blog

billion dollar business this year to $5 billion by 2012, taking market share away from DVD retailers and intensifying the carriers' ambition to bid for the best (and first run) titles. Has the U.S. movie box office - traditionally the holy grail of movie industry metrics -- become increasingly irrelevant? How about Internet Video? Annual U.S.

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CuddleCovers Turns Pillows Into Toys

YoungUpstarts

Parents are always willing to spend on their children, so perhaps its not a surprise that one of 2012′s largest growing small businesses is a quirky little product line – Cuddle Covers ( www.cuddlecovers.com ), a series of playful pillow covers that turns a simple child’s sleep aid into a cutesy little soft toy.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This is my recap of what stood out to me this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2012 — we are only in the beginning of many revolutions. Disruption in the Education Space: When I first started looking at education technology investments in 1999, very few VCs would go near the sector. What’s Next in 2012….

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If You Want to See How We'll Live In the Future.

Bryce Dot VC

I didn’t get my first mobile phone until 1999. In 2012 global mobile penetration hit 91%. The future is here, it’s just unevenly distributed indeed.' Mine is the one of the poster boy of wealth clutching his massive brick of a mobile phone while brokering another million dollar deal. That film was release in 1987.

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Returns for brand-name VC funds

finance.fortune.cnn.com

Exclusive: Returns for brand-name VC funds By Dan Primack August 20, 2012: 12:15 PM ET. The information is based on part of a confidential year-end 2011 investment report distributed to investors in a fund-of-funds that made commitments between 1999 and 2001. Accel Partners VII (1999): 89% (74%).

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Kernel column: Falling costs enable regional startup hubs

The Equity Kicker

As we all know, the last ten years has seen a near-total collapse of the innovation cost curve, thanks to the perfect storm of open-source, cloud infrastructure, and “free” global distribution via search, social and app stores.