YouNoodle co-founder Bob Goodson says he ditched the idea of making predictions in 2010, and instead applied his knowledge of large-scale data analysis to launch a new venture that identifies technology trends for large companies and governments.

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To get a new gene count, Velculescu and his colleagues used a different technology called serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE), which was developed at Johns Hopkins University and licensed to Cambridge, Mass.

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And Verizon could face big hurdles in getting the new technology adopted, says Amy DeCarlo, principal analyst, security and data center services at Current Analysis in Sterling, Virginia.

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