Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA
Documents provided by two House members demonstrate how they are blocked from exercising any oversight over domestic surveillance — • Morgan Griffith's requests for NSA information — • Alan Grayso...
Microsoft cuts Surface Pro price by $100 following Surface RT reductions
Microsoft is discounting its Surface Pro tablet this weekend, following heavy reductions to its Surface RT costs recently. The 10 percent price cut to Surface Pro reduces the cost of the 64GB and 128...
Facebook Hires First CMO Gary Briggs from Google
Mr. Briggs Replaces VP-Product Marketing Eric Antonow — Facebook has tapped a seasoned technology marketing executive most recently with Google to be its first-ever CMO. — Gary Briggs, who'd previ...
The idea maze
The pop culture view of startups is that they're all about coming up with a great product idea. After the eureka moment, the outcome is preordained. This neglects the years of toil that entrepreneur...
Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?
A month after ace programmer Sergey Aleynikov left Goldman Sachs, he was arrested. Exactly what he'd done neither the F.B.I., which interrogated him, nor the jury, which convicted him a year later, s...
TiVo, media center PC makers alarmed by CableCard-cutting bill
The CableCard—that small slab that lets a TiVo tune into cable by authenticating its connection—would lose a regulatory safeguard under a bill nearing introduction in Congress. — The “'Consumer Vide...
Making TVs smart: why Google and Netflix want to reinvent the remote control
Making TVs smart is a three-part series that looks at why smart TVs have failed to take off — and what needs to happen for these devices to realize their vast potential. You can read part one here an...
The Moto X proves Google still needs the Nexus program
Nexus is a critical platform for Google to develop and advance Android — The Moto X has finally been revealed and although it's the first phone that truly reflects the new company's post-Google phil...
How “one weird trick” conquered the Internet: what happens when you click on those omnipresent ads
What happens when you actually click on one of those “One Weird Trick” ads? — You've seen them. Peeking out from sidebars, jiggling and wiggling for your attention …