Last month, IBM's Watson supercomputer beat trivia champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on Jeopardy. At the core of Watson's success was something called Semantic Analysis Technology, and if you want to make your own Jeopardy bet, put some money on the companies that supply it.
The uncertain economy, high unemployment and soaring gold prices are luring droves of dreamers to the gold fields. But while few prospectors will hit paydirt, the biggest beneficiaries of the new gold rush will be the merchants and servicers who support the intrepid ore-hunters.
It's not hard to see why Gold Rush: Alaska, the Discovery Channel's new series on present-day gold prospectors has hit pay dirt. More than just a part of American history, panning for gold in the field has become a reasonable option for some unemployed.
The new show "Sarah Palin's Alaska" attracted a record number of viewers for its debut on the TLC network Sunday night. According to Nielsen figures, 4.96 million viewers watched the show, double the average viewership for the channel's Sunday prime time shows.
A gunman with an apparent explosive device raided the Discovery Communications building near Washington D.C. today and may have taken hostages.
