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‘Revenge Porn’ Could Be Criminal Offense in California 27 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
A few states are proposing to criminalize the practice of "revenge porn" with measures that pit the rights of victims against the right to free expression.
Malicious Software Poses as Video from a Facebook Friend 27 Aug 2013 | 05:44 am
Attackers are using built-in features of the Chrome and Firefox Web browsers to install malicious software that can see everything stored in the browser, including saved passwords for e-mail and socia...
Today’s Scuttlebot: Google’s Schmidt Responds to Ellison, and Autocomplete’s Genesis 27 Aug 2013 | 03:29 am
Monday's highlights from around the Web include Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt, responding to claims from Larry Ellison that Google pilfered ideas and technology. Plus, the back story of how the comp...
How Surveillance Changes Behavior: A Restaurant Workers Case Study 26 Aug 2013 | 10:53 pm
How does surveillance affect behavior? A new study of employee monitoring software in restaurants suggests that when employees know their actions are being watched, it can significantly alter behavior...
Daily Report: Tech Upstarts Consider Their Mortality 26 Aug 2013 | 02:56 pm
The leaders of up-and-coming technology companies are pondering the lesson of Microsoft and its departing chief, Steven Ballmer: that even an industry leader is likely be dethroned eventually.
Disruptions: A Blogger Mocks the Denizens of Silicon Valley 25 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Sam Biddle of Valleywag takes aim at those he finds very rich and very self-absorbed. And some find him gratuitous and simply cruel.
VMware Killed The Past. Can It Claim The Future? 24 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The company that helped bring in cloud computing will -- within the next few years -- become a tired relic or lead big business customers to a whole new kind of computing. On the eve of a meeting with...
Apple and Microsoft, Then and Now 24 Aug 2013 | 05:50 am
Under Steven A. Ballmer's leadership for the last 13 years, Microsoft has struggled to transition from a PC-driven company, to a mobile-centric one. Apple, once its biggest competitor, has done the co...
The Rise and Fall of Windows Mobile, Under Ballmer 24 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system is hardly relevant compared with its desktop counterpart. And now that Steve Ballmer has announced plans to retire, it is easy to point fingers at the Micros...
Ballmer to Retire as Microsoft’s Chief 23 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
Steve Ballmer, who succeeded Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as chief executive of the company in 2000, will retire within the next 12 months, the software giant said Friday.
