Foxconn to replace workers with 1 million robots in 3 years
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising labor expenses and improve efficiency, said Terry Gou, founder and chairman of th...
Another Airbnb Victim Tells His Story: “There Were Meth Pipes Everywhere”
This last week we've all watched in horror as the story unfolded about an Airbnb user who had her home ransacked a month ago. — Other than the sideshow of us getting dragged into the story, it seeme...
With the Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Plays the Underdog
MIKE NICHOLS has a poster on his office wall. It shows the young Muhammad Ali glaring down at a fallen Sonny Liston, the bruising heavyweight who had seemed invincible — until Ali beat him, in 1964, ...
Windows XP PCs breed rootkit infections
Three-fourths of all rootkits on decade-old OS, says antivirus firm — Computerworld - Machines running the decade-old Windows XP make up a huge reservoir of infected PCs that can spread malware to o...
What You Need to Know About the Internet Snooping Bill (and How You Can Protect Yourself)
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives approved an internet snooping bill that requires internet service providers (ISPs) to keep records of customer activity for a year so police can review the...
Apple wins dispute over iPods.com, domain name ordered transferred
WIPO Panelist David Cairns has ruled in favor of Apple in a dispute over the domain name ipods.com. — Apple filed the complaint at the end of May with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Jake Davis named as suspected hacker Topiary by UK police
British police have tonight named the teenager they arrested in Shetland last week, in relation to the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups. — Jake Davis, 18, will appear in court tomorrow. — Davi...
Inside Match.com
As president and key engineer, Mandy Ginsberg and Amarnath Thombre have taken the world's biggest dating site to a new level — Entering the offices of Match.com is a bit like strutting into a disco....
Former Bush NSA director calls for ‘digital Blackwater’
The man who headed the NSA and CIA under President George W. Bush suggested Friday that mercenaries were needed to deal with growing cyber threats. — Gen. Michael Hayden told the Aspen Security Foru...
Apple lawsuit forces Amazon to stop accepting new “Appstore” apps in Germany
Apple's efforts to get Amazon to stop using the word “Appstore” to describe its app store have not been successful yet. — But Apple has caused Amazon some trouble in Germany: Amazon has recently sto...
Topify to Go Dark as Twitter Claims Another Dev Victim
Back in 2009, Topify emerged with detailed Twitter follower notifications, which made the service useful at a time when Twitter's own notifications were text only and didn't provide any information ab...
The end of easy growth in smartphones
At the end of last year I was saying that the smartphone boom was a tide that lifted all boats. That is no longer the case. — But the big story is that there has been a clear non-seasonal counter-c...