Steve Forbes' Conduct Questioned As Sex Scandal Engulfs School
The Brooks School, a prep school in North Andover, Massachusetts, sent a letter to the school community yesterday saying that a former headmaster of the school had engaged in an "objectionable,...
View ArticleSomeone Stole 5 iPads From Microsoft's Silicon Valley Office But Left All The...
A lot of people are passing around a local Palo Alto newspaper clipping today that reports five iPads were stolen from Microsoft's Mountain View office during the holidays. The suspect didn't take any...
View ArticleSan Francisco's 'Mansion Discounts' Are Luring Tech Millionaires
Jeff Paster, a developer of luxury homes in California’s Marin County, couldn’t find a buyer for the brand-new waterfront mansion he listed in January for $45 million.He’s expecting that one will turn...
View ArticleRIM's Next BlackBerry Looks Great, But It'll Take A Miracle To Make People...
Whether intentional or not, RIM isn't doing a great job at keeping its new BlackBerry phone a secret. Over the last few weeks, there have been several leaks of the BlackBerry Z10, the first device...
View ArticleInfographic Shows With Stunning Clarity How Domestic Drone Use Is The New Normal
It's a Pandora's Box we cannot close: drones are here to stay.Police use them, journalists use them, even the folks at Occupy Wall Street used them. The Federal Aviation Administration recently leapt...
View ArticleBig Names Keep Throwing Money At Shape Security, A Stealthy Startup
The list of investors backing stealthy startup Shape Security already reads like a Who's Who of Silicon Valley—and that's before the company announced another $20 million round today.Shape was...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (GOOG, HPQ, MSFT, NWS, VIA, YHOO)
Let's get started.A startup that helps women track their fertility and then their pregnancies just raised $1.4 million from the Groupon-backers.Apple owns a majority of the US smartphone market while...
View ArticleOnce Dominant HTC Just Had Another Horrible Quarter (HTC, GOOG)
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- HTC Corp., Asia’s second-largest smartphone maker, posted operating income that was lower than analysts’ estimates as a lack of new models prompted a loss of market...
View ArticleForget The Smartphone, Forget The Tablet – The 'Phablet' Is THE Gadget Of 2013
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone - closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back - is here...
View ArticleSamsung Is The Giant, Fast-Growing Tech Company You're Not Paying Enough...
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, likely earned a quarterly profit of $8.1 billion, as it sold close to 500 handsets every minute and as demand picked...
View ArticleBII REPORT: The Mobile Advertising Ecosystem Explained
We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result.Mobile...
View ArticleKim Dotcom's Simple Guide To Ending Worldwide Piracy
As MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom gears up to launch his next venture, Mega, he has some tips for preventing piracy:Create great contentMake that content super easy to buyRelease the content worldwide...
View ArticleThe Hottest Gadget Out Of CES So Far Is This Android-Powered Handheld Gaming...
If you follow gadget-bloggers on Twitter like some of us do, then you know that the biggest hit out of this year's consumer electronics show in Las Vegas so far is something called the Nvidia Project...
View ArticleThe Simple Error That Blew The Government's Case Against Google (GOOG)
The FTC ended its 20-month antitrust investigation into Google with a slap on the wrist – a gentle one.Some Google critics are upset about this and say Google only got away with such a light punishment...
View ArticleThis Technology Could Save Lives And End The Gun Control Debate Right Now
Gun control has become an increasingly debated topic in the wake of the recent shootings in Newtown, Conn. But as Nick Bilton of The New York Times reports, utilizing biometrics and grip pattern...
View ArticleAPPLE: Developers Have Made $7 Billion From Our App Store (AAPL)
Apple put out a press release this morning with a bunch of stats on the App Store.It says it's had 40 billion app dowloads since its inception and nearly half, or 20 billion, or those downloads...
View ArticleThis Guy Got His Stolen iPhone Back By Pretending To Be A Hot Girl On Dating...
NYC iPhone owner tricks thief using dating app and gets phone back with subterfuge and hammerNEW YORK (AP) — A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, a hammer and a bribe...
View ArticleVegas Area Brothel Says Its Business Spikes 75% During CES
The Consumer Electronics Show starts this week in Las Vegas.It's going to bring a lot of business to the area – including some of Nevada's legal brothels.One of them, called Sheri's Playground, emailed...
View ArticleThe Weirdest Thing From CES Yet: A 27-Inch, 17-Pound, $1700 Table Computer
Over at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas, Chinese computer-maker Lenovo is about to introduce something ridiculous.It's called the Horizon. It's a 27-inch, 17 pound, $1,700 "table PC." It looks...
View ArticleJohn McAfee Now Says He Hired A Bunch Of Women To Sleep With And Spy On...
Now that security software pioneer John McAfee is out of the grasps of the Belize government, he's come out and said that he was the ultimate spymaster. McAfee has lied to the public in the past, and...
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