The Biggest Tech Surprises and Disappointments in 2010

Forecasting which technologies will succeed is always hazardous, but it proved especially difficult in 2010, a year full of surprises — and also several disappointments. Facebook blew away even the most optimistic expectations…

Pharmaceutical News Roundup: Human Genome, Merck, Novartis

Here’s a roundup of some of Wednesday’s major pharmaceutical news: An FDA panel gave Human Genome Sciences a boost with a thumbs-up for its lupus drug, Benlysta; Merck’s experimental heart drug appears to work well without side…