Web series touts funky concept snowboards
In the summer of 2010, Signal Snowboards created the Web series "Every Third Thursday" to showcase the company's experimentation with funky concept boards. Think Science Channel’s “How It’s Made” — except with a lot more sass and a funkier setting. How Tech Savvy Are Today's Dads? [INFOGRAPHIC]
The blogging, Facebook updating, digitally hip mom has become a domestic trope these days. But what about dads? Microsoft sees 'rebirth' with new Windows 8 system
 Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 series -- featuring an upgraded cloud computing service -- marks a "rebirth" of its operating systems, chief executive Steve Ballmer said.
Zuckerberg Bride, Priscilla Chan, Not Your Usual Billionaire's Wife
Just as we thought Facebook CEO and newly minted billionaire Mark Zuckerberg was on top of the world, he surprised even his friends by marrying his college sweetheart, 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, just after he led the company to one of the biggest IPOs in tech history. Zuckerberg has been...
  Lyrid Meteor Shower of 2012
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks Saturday night and Sunday morning, April 21-22. It's a relatively small shower -- 20 shooting stars per hour -- but a new moon should mean darker skies and better seeing.
Funds with Facebook hammered as proxy by shorts
(Reuters) - Some investment funds have paid a price for their friendship with Facebook since the social networking giant went public last week. Firsthand Technology Value Fund and GSV Capital Corp, two closed-end funds that bought shares of the social media company before the IPO, have taken a beating, used as proxies for betting against Facebook. "Until investors can actually short Facebook, they have to keep shorting things that can give them some sort of proxy for Facebook," said Thomas Vandeventer, manager of the Tocqueville Opportunity Fund, which owns shares in both closed-end funds. ...
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