Kevin Bacon’s closer than you think, Facebook finds folks separated by only 4.74 degrees

Facebook’s fertile ground for social experiments, and it wasn’t all that long ago that Yahoo tested the six degrees of separation theory using the site. Not to be outdone, Mark Zuckerberg’s crew, with an assist from the Laboratory for Web Algorithmics of the Universita degli Studi di Milano, has done

Yes Klout Is Flawed, But Here’s Why You Should Give It a Chance

MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson used to be known as "MySpace Tom," because newly created Myspace accounts automatically included him as a default friend. Nowadays, he may as well be known as "Klout Tom," because of his usage of and influence on the leading social networks of this era: Facebook, Google+

Yes Klout Is Flawed, But Here’s Why You Should Give It a Chance

MySpace co-founder Tom Anderson used to be known as "MySpace Tom," because newly created Myspace accounts automatically included him as a default friend. Nowadays, he may as well be known as "Klout Tom," because of his usage of and influence on the leading social networks of this era: Facebook, Google+

VIA’s ARTiGO 1150: a $265 barebones nettop with big potential (video)

That VE-900 mini-ITX kit still too big for you, eh? Then check out VIA’s latest pico-ITX alternative: the ARTiGO 1150 DIY nettop. It improves on last year’s 1100 model with a dual-core Eden X2 processor clocked at 1GHz and a VX900H media system processor for accelerated decoding of video up to 1080p.

Un nuevo marcapasos que no necesita cables

Regula el latido del corazón mediante un ultrasonido enviado a un receptor implantado en el propio órgano.

Samsung takes shots at iPhone in latest Galaxy S II ad

“I could never get a Samsung. I’m creative.” says a long-haired, plaid-shirt wearing hipster-esque dude, seated on the sidewalk in line for yet another Apple product launch. “Dude, you’re a barista,” says the equally hipster-esque man standing next to him in line.

Think Klout Is For Suckers? Flout.me Wants You To Set Your Own Social Influence Score.

Some people love Klout, while others are in doubt. But, the fact of the matter is that, in the end, all this talking about Klout is … good for Klout. Apparently, in 100 million ways. At the very least, when it comes to social media influence and reputation, Klout is hard to ignore. Even if, like Alexia,

ZTE Smart Tab V55 tablet shows its face at the Bluetooth SIG

After flaunting its rear side at the FCC, ZTE’s unannounced Smart Tab V55 has now given us a full frontal courtesy of the Bluetooth SIG. Aside from the flash of Honeycomb, the official listing tells us nothing beyond what we already know: there’s a CDMA modem inside, along with WiFi and Bluetooth. Oh

YouTube finally gets 1080p support for HTML5, testing Flash features

Google is continuing its full-fledged push for native HTML5 by adding support today for 1080p full-HD video playback to its HTML5 player on YouTube’s website. And even further HTML5 features released include native fullscreen playback, provided closed captioning, annotations, and a new menu that

Where in the World Are Your Twitter Followers? TweepsMap Knows

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…