U.S. Suspects Iranians Were Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks
WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Iran was the origin of a serious wave of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached...
When the Most Personal Secrets Get Outed on Facebook
AUSTIN, Texas—Bobbi Duncan desperately wanted her father not to know she is lesbian. Facebook told him anyway. — One evening last fall, the president of the Queer Chorus, a choir group she had rece...
Obama and Romney talk technology policy in letters to the NY Tech Meetup
In the middle of this week, the New York Tech Meetup posted two letters that it had received, one apiece from the two leading presidential candidates. The Meetup had sent a letter to both campaigns, ...
Report: Majority Of FTC Commissioners Want Antitrust Action Against Google, But Vertical Search Might Not Be Issue
Reuters is reporting that majority of those on the US Federal Trade Commission believe an antitrust case should be brought against Google. But if action comes …
Amazon lays out Kindle Paperwhite limitations including uneven lighting and lack of audio
The Kindle Paperwhite is proving to be a hit with consumers, but Amazon's latest e-reader isn't without its quirks. Among those are uneven light distribution, lack of text-to-speech audio …
Asus Vivo Tab RT pre-sales begin, first Windows RT tablet starts at $599.99
We were warned that Windows RT tablets wouldn't be cheap, and those warnings have now been confirmed. The Asus Vivo Tab RT, formerly known as the Tablet 600, is now available for pre-order for $599.9...
LulzSec hacker “neuron” pleads guilty to Sony Pictures security breach
An Arizona man has admitted to hacking a Sony Pictures website and making off with personal information for thousands of individuals as part of a campaign by the LulzSec collective. — Raynaldo River...
What Workday's IPO Success Says About Software
Enterprise software firm Workday finally debuted in the public markets this week. It did so in an anything but Facebook-like manner. The target price was raised before the IPO, but conservatively en...
Findery, Caterina Fake's Startup Previously Named ‘Pinwheel’, Debuts In Public Beta
Findery, the new location-based note sharing startup from Flickr and Hunch co-founder Caterina Fake, launched in public beta yesterday afternoon. — Findery lets you take photos and notes from specif...
Amazon to Kindle customers: There's an antitrust refund incoming
Amazon has begun notifying Kindle users that they may have a refund on ebook purchases in the pipeline, in the aftermath of the antitrust settlement around price-fixing by publishers. The message, se...