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Apple was founded April Fool's Day 1976? Not so, says ... Woz?
Virtually everyone agrees that Apple was "founded" on April 1, 1976 ... everyone except for one of Apple's founders. Read More

What will the Web look like in 2039? (Google Hangout)
With the recent marking of the 25th anniversary of the World Wide Web (although as my guest points out, the Internet has been around much longer), I had a chance to do a video chat via Google+ Hangout with Nathaniel Borenstein of Mimecast about the past and future of the Web. Read More

Activists to appeal US judge's ruling on Baidu's censorship
A group of activists are hoping to appeal a U.S. judge's ruling that treated the censorship on Chinese search engine Baidu as free speech. Read More

China's unsupported XP machines hold the potential to become a massive botnet army
Unsupported Windows XP machines in China could pose a threat to the Internet in general if bot-herders round up significant numbers of them to use as launch pads for malicious exploits, according to a top white-hat hacker. Read More

The government as whopping UFO skeptic
A newly released response to public UFO sighting only increases the notion that the military - which was often forced into looking into "flying saucer" sightings - was exceptionally skeptical about such reports. Read More

Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive
They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. Read More

Judge overrules Samsung objection to jury video depicting Apple devices
U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh on Sunday overruled Samsung Electronics' objections to showing jurors a recent instructional video on how patents work, ahead of a trial in a patent dispute between Apple and Samsung. Read More

Smartphone kill-switch could save consumers $2.6B per year, says report
Technology that remotely makes a stolen smartphone useless could save American consumers up to $2.6 billion per year if it is implemented widely and leads to a reduction in theft of phones, according to a new report. Read More

Google viewed Facebook poaching as a "Defcon 2" event, new emails reveal
Apple, Google and a slew of other high-tech firms are currently embroiled in a class-action lawsuit on allegations that they all adhered to tacit anti-poaching agreements. With that case currently ongoing, we've seen a number of interesting executive emails come to light, including emails showing that Steve Jobs threatened Palm CEO with a full fledged legal assault if the company kept going after Apple... Read More

Microsoft's Word for iPad cracks top 10 in gross revenue
Microsoft's new Word for iPad app has cracked the top 10 on Apple's App Store 'Top Grossing' chart. Read More

Alarming synthesized speech tells you when to freak out
Fujitsu has developed technology that makes synthesized speech sound a little more natural and less robotic by adopting the appropriate tone for different situations. Read More

Early STEM Education Will Lead to More Women in IT
A leading advocate for introducing girls to computer science argues that educators must develop required programs at the K-12 level to resolve gender imbalance in the tech sector. Read More


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