The 25 Most Valuable Tech Founders’ Homes in America

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The big shots in the tech world may don a uniform of blue shirts and chinos or hoodies and sneakers, but don’t be fooled by their modest appearances: These millionaires and billionaires live large—and they have the homes to prove it.

The tech industry is booming and these entrepreneurs are buying up homes left and right.

In the past 18 months, Zynga CEO and cofounder Mark Pincus purchased a mansion in San Francisco for $16 million; Netscape cofounder Jim Clark purchased a sprawling estate in Southampton for an estimated $49 million; Russian tech investor Yuri Milner purchased a chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley for a record $100 million; and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison purchased the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai for an estimated $600 million.

Neil Armstrong, a video look back at a space pioneer

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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. For young technology followers, Armstrong’s name may seem a little distant. But his journey to the moon in 1969 inspired many of our best and brightest to take giant leaps and push mankind forward. He came to represent American determination and our drive to achieve greatness.

Neil Armstrong, a video look back at a space pioneer

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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. For young technology followers, Armstrong’s name may seem a little distant. But his journey to the moon in 1969 inspired many of our best and brightest to take giant leaps and push mankind forward. He came to represent American determination and our drive to achieve greatness.

Five Reasons Americans Are Not As Wealthy As They Could Be

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We can’t blame the economy, President Obama, Congress, our employer or our ex-spouse for our lack of wealth. In my role as a financial educator and experience for 25 years as a financial planner, I have observed that most people’s financial problems for the most part are self-created. The financial mistakes I have personally made in the past were no one’s fault but my own – when I was being too optimistic or greedy in investments, and I ended up losing money. I can spot it right off when an employee calls our financial helpline, and is placing blame on circumstances or other people instead of looking for ways to take responsibility for creating their own wealth. There are, of course, callers who are a victim of circumstances they had no way of preventing— like unexpected medical emergencies– but those are exceptions, not the rule. From the work I’ve done with tens of thousands of individuals over the course of my career (myself and extended family members included), the cold, hard reality is that most working Americans could be dramatically wealthier if they made some changes in their focus and in their behavior.

Warrantless cellphone tracking is legal, federal court rules

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On Tuesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that law enforcement officials don’t need a warrant to track suspects via cellphones. Attorneys argued to overturn Skinner’s many convictions, citing that the GPS location information that led to the defendant’s arrest was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures. This didn’t wash with the majority of judges over the case, who voted in a 2-1 ruling.

Big-name U.S. retailers to launch mobile app for payments

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A bevy of big-name retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best-Buy Co. and Target Corp., are teaming up to create a company that will give customers another way to make purchases: with their cellphones.

The businesses said Wednesday that the new company, Merchant Customer Exchange, is developing a mobile application that will be available for nearly any smartphone. The app is expected to integrate a variety of coupons, rebates and loyalty programs.

U.S. Blows $400 Million an Hour

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If you harbor any doubts about how dysfunctional Washington has become, add two books to your reading list: “Bailout” by Neil Barofsky and “Red Ink” by David Wessel.

Each describes a federal government incapable of taking steps vital to America’s future. And each leaves you wondering if the system is too broken to mend.

Start with “Bailout,” Barofsky’s angry memoir of his stint as the special inspector general policing the $700 billion bank bailout Congress passed after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

The 20 Most Influential Americans of All Time

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In recent times, the field of web designing has grown by leaps and bounds and it will continue to increase at an accelerating rate. The designers are providing services online aggressively as it helps them in saving time and money; however, the designers need to make sure that they have complete awareness about the latest trends that are happening all over the world. The designers are well-equipped with the updated knowledge and skills required for designing the best websites, logos, banners, brochures and various other marketing tools. Every year the trends in the web designing get changed and it becomes mandatory for the designers to update their knowledge base on a continuous basis. Designers need to provide exceptional services to their customers by providing them the latest design.

US Poverty On Track To Reach Highest Level Since The 1960s

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The ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections.

The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found a broad consensus: The official poverty rate will rise from 15.1 percent in 2010, climbing as high as 15.7 percent. Several predicted a more modest gain, but even a 0.1 percentage point increase would put poverty at the highest since 1965.