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Nanotech Venture Cap |
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| At the end of last year, the U.S. government committed $3.7 billion in funding to a technology that few people had even heard of a few years ago. Big corporations are investing $3 billion in it this year. And venture capital firms have poured $1 billion into small startups that focus on it over the past five years. |
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Quashing the Identit |
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| In the past five years, more than 27 million Americans have been victims of identify theft, according to the Federal Trade Commission. |
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The Self-Driving Car |
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| Imagine getting into your car and telling the driver to take you to the office, the airport, or the mall. You relax while you��셱e ferried to your destination and dropped at the door. Your car then waits discreetly for your return trip. Not too unusual if you employ a driver or use a limo service. However, that��셲 a little pricey for the mass market. But, imagine that your driver is not a human being but rather an affordable, computerized feature on your vehicle. |
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Water, Water Everywh |
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| Ironically, the world��셲 most precious resource is also one of its most plentiful. More than three-quarters of the world is literally covered in water. Yet, only 1 percent of the world��셲 water supply is fit to drink. Ninety-seven percent is salt water, and 2 percent is frozen in glaciers or polar ice caps. |
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The Growing Mountain |
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| Microsoft made headlines recently when the company surprised analysts and investors by announcing the most generous one-time corporate dividend in history. By paying out $3 per common share, or $32 billion to its shareholders, the company passed along more than half of the $60 billion in cash it had accumulated. |
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