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  • Google just bought the search help software company, Apture. Besides a new crop of millionaires in Apture's engineering department, what does this mean…

  • Duqu, the recently discovered virus with links to Stuxnet, has now shown up in Iran…

  • CBS News hosted the latest Republican presidential candidate debate on Saturday, the 5 billionth of this election cycle, and it looks like they kind of blew it…

  • The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA will be the sole subject of a House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. SOPA is the House version of the Senate’s Protect IP act which got strangled by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) who echoed the views of many in the tech industry that the measure gave law enforcement far too much power in shutting down websites that are suspected of trafficking in unlicensed content…

  • Nov 14, 2011

    New Kobo!

    Yeah, I know, it’s the RC Cola of e-readers but Kobo is out with a new $99 ad-supported model…

  • Amazon’s sub-$200 goes into boxes and trucks and airplanes and should reach pre-order customers a little earlier than expected. Reviewers have already received theirs…

  • You knew it had to happen, right? Toys R Us has come out with the Nabi, a tablet computer designed just for kids. It comes pre-loaded with…

  • Nov 11, 2011

    Hackers get Steamy

    Go to the homepage of Steam, an online gaming site, and you'll be greeted with foreboding pictures of aliens, dark planets and calls to war. This,…

  • As we've said before, this was more like political homesteading than legitimate policy making but Senate Republicans got their vote on blocking the…

  • The Chromebook launched earlier this year and is reportedly a real dud. Chromebooks are designed to be pretty much portals to the internet and not…