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LinkedIn IPO Pops Over 100 Percent

LinkedIn went public Thursday and, as expected, soared in its debut. But the social network for professionals outdid even the wildest expectations in what has become a red-hot IPO environment, ending the session up nearly 110% above its opening price of $45.

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How 50-Mile-High Jets of Lightning Shoot Toward Space

Gigantic jets of lightning that shoot upward toward space can tower 50 miles above the Earth’s surface. Until now, we knew very little about the conditions that set them off or how they form.

Report: Sony Will Relaunch PlayStation Store May 24

Sony plans to relaunch its online PlayStation Store next Tuesday, according to a report Thursday.

New Mac Malware Fools Customers, But Threat Still Relatively Small

The 11-inch MacBook Air costs $1,000. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com

A new piece of malware has caused an uptick in Apple customers reporting infected machines, renewing a timeless debate on the state of Macintosh security versus Windows.

It might look like something out of Blade Runner, but new research from Duke University suggests that athletes who train with strobe-embedded eyewear may see improvements in their visual perception over time.

 

Wheeled robots are nothing new. Flying bots are old-hat, too. But this is new: a dumbbell-shaped hybrid bot that can roll on thin, end-mounted wheels … and fly with two sets of counter-rotating chopper blades.

Switching between the two modes involves a Rube Goldberg-esque series of maneuvers and contraptions. It ain’t elegant, but it works. And as a result, the foot-long automaton — designed by a team led by Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos at the University of Minnesota — boasts the freedom of movement of a flying drone with the long endurance and stability of a ground bot.

Verizon Hints at Possible Family Plan for Mobile Data
A Verizon executive says it’s all but inevitable that the company will eventually offer data plans that family members can share among multiple devices.

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