March 2013

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Almost a year after Facebook’s IPO, that happened in May 2012, the consequences of its debacle are yet to be assessed. Among the reasons for the collapse in the value of the social network’s shares there were technical problems with the Nasdaq platform. Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – the authority which oversees the American Stock Exchange – announced that it approved a $62 million plan to compensate the investors affected by those problems.

Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric

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“The Curse of Fenric” is an adventure of the twentysixth season of “Doctor Who” classic series which aired in 1989 featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace. It follows “Ghost Light” and it’s a four parts adventure written by Ian Briggs and directed by Nicholas Mallett.

Kristen Bell on the Veronica Mars set

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The fund raising for the production of a “Veronica Mars” moive through the crowd-funding site Kickstarter started on March 13, 2013 with the goal of reaching $2 millions. The success was extraordinary and that figure was exceeded in less than 24 hours. Right now the amount raised is $3,837,584 and there’s time until April 12, 2013 to donate at least $10 to the project.

Neanderthal Skeleton

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A team of scientists led by Dr. Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has announced the completion of the sequencing of the DNA of a Neanderthal taken from a toe bone discovered in 2010 in a Siberian cave.