Two icons of Silicon Valley were cutthroats
Nice guys finish last. Mean guys have a chance of building multi-billion dollar companies. That's the moral of the story, as bad as it may sound. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos...
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AT&T makes a major market share grab and you’re the beneficiary
If you're a future AT&T customer, you're in luck. Their new data plans are intended to get you and keep you. AT&T confirmed on Friday its plan to do away...
The Facebook privacy settings that you now need to change
It seems that whenever we finally get an understanding of how to position our Facebook settings for maximum privacy, they go and make changes. This is the latest batch of...
Skynet: US military testing robots with machine guns
Didn't we already see how bad of an idea it was to put machine guns in the hands of robots? Didn't the Terminator series already warn us of the consequences....
Mother Russian… search engine. Yep, it’s going to be called Sputnik.
There is a state-controlled search engine in the works in Russia. It's name is Sputnik and while it won't be housing its data in orbit, it does need to hit...
Snowden’s CIA supervisor suspicious in 2009
Edward Snowden didn't come out of nowhere to blindside the US government. Even his supervisor at the CIA had suspicions of the man and made it known in 2009. Just...
Android location services may get a KitKat overhaul
The next variation of Android OS could bring major changes to the way that devices handle location services. According to a report in Android Police, Android 4.4 will sport a...
DARPA wants to read minds at Walmart bargain prices
This isn't science fiction. This is real life. DARPA wants there to be cheap, mass-produced mind reading devices. Thoughtcrime may be coming sooner than we think. We knew it was...
Even the dark net needs a search engine
In many ways, it's like trying to find ninjas in the woods at night. You're not supposed to find them. With the dark internet gaining more traction over NSA surveillance...
Disagreements surface about the next Microsoft CEO
There have only been two CEOs for Microsoft. As they prepare to pick the third, differences between the powers that be are starting to surface. Microsoft Corp.'s search for a...
Apple’s new Cupertino campus
The spaceship will be landing soon. Apple has a curved campus in mind and here's the first look at the models of the new fancy facilities. The Mercury News was...
The Google face-ads opt out option
Trying to opt out of Facebook ads requires a PhD and several days of sifting through pages and trying to find the needle in the haystack (at least it seems...