Facebook told analysts to cut forecasts before IPO (Reuters) - As Facebook Inc officials traveled the country to talk up the company's $16 billion initial public offering, the social networking giant advised analysts for underwriters to reduce revenue and earnings forecasts, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. The advice came around May 9, the day the company published an amended prospectus that included a cautionary note about how Facebook's users were increasingly using mobile devices, which generate less advertising revenue for the company. ... Reading Your Lover's Mind Can you read your spouse's mind? During an argument? A Baylor University study showed people could easily tell when a spouse was angry, but other important emotions, such as sadness, were hard to detect.
  Diablo 3 Is the Fastest-Selling PC Game in History Blizzard has announced it sold more than 3.5 million copies of Diablo 3 in the first 24 hours after its release, making it the fastest selling PC game in history. Ancient 'Iceman' Had Modern Ailments Scientists have sequenced the genome of the famed 5,300-year-old Tyrolean iceman, found frozen in the Alps in 1991 -- and discovered he had genetic vulnerability to heart disease, as well as Lyme disease.
  Robotic fish may soon scan for pollution off the coast of Spain One of the easiest ways to detect otherwise unseen underwater pollution in our lakes and oceans is to monitor the animal life. Sometimes subtle changes in fish population can signal a greater problem that demands immediate attention. Not content to let … Continue reading → Advertisement:

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