‘Tor Stinks’ presentation - read the full document
Top-secret presentation says ‘We will never be able to de-anonymize all Tor users all the time’ but ‘with manual analysis we can de-anonymize a very small fraction of Tor users’
And Then Steve Said, ‘Let There Be an iPhone’
The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the nicest commutes anywhere. The journey mostly zips along the Junipero Serra Freeway, a grand and remarkably empty highway that abuts the...
iPhone 5C's price cut to $50 at Best Buy through Monday just two weeks after launch
Best Buy Drops the Price of iPhone 5c to $50 … Just two weeks after hitting the market, Best Buy will begin offering a discount on Apple's iPhone 5c. From today, Oct. 3, to Monday, Oct. 7, the iPhone...
Tim Cook reflects on second anniversary of Steve Jobs' passing in letter to employees
On the eve of the second anniversary of the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Apple CEO Tim Cook has reflected on the moment in a company-wide email. A source has provided a copy:
Analyst who recommended eToys and Webvan is now Goldman Sachs' head banker for Twitter IPO
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Exclusive: Cisco, Google, SAP discussing BlackBerry bids - sources
(Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd, on the block as its smartphone business struggles, is in talks with Cisco Systems, Google Inc and SAP about selling them all or parts of itself, several sources close to th...
Apple officially appeals in ebook pricing case
Apple has filed its appeal against federal judge Denise Cote's verdict in the ebook pricing case. Apple seeks to overturn Judge Cote's July verdict that it conspired with publishers to fix ebook pric...
Patent Troll Intellectual Ventures Running Out Of Cash; Looking For $3 Billion From Investors
It would appear that Intellectual Ventures' grand plans to tax innovators has hit a bit of a roadblock: the company appears to be running out of cash. Reuters has the news that the company …
iCloud Alternative Loom Raises $1.4 Million Seed Round
A startup called Loom, which begin its life as the Y Combinator-backed photo-sharing startup Popset, is working to build a better iCloud for both consumers and developers. Currently, the company offe...
Voiceover actor Susan Bennett of Georgia revealed as the original US Siri voice
'I'm the original voice of Siri' — Sandy Springs, Georgia (CNN) — For the past two years, she's been a pocket and purse accessory to millions of Americans. She's starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson...
NSA and GCHQ target Tor network that protects anonymity of web users
• Top-secret documents detail repeated efforts to crack Tor — • Tool funded by US government and relied on by dissidents and activists — • Core security of network remains intact but NSA has some ...
MongoDB Becomes King of NYC Startups With $1.2 Billion Valuation
MongoDB Inc., capitalizing on the popularity of its online database software, raised $150 million in a venture-funding round that would make it the most valuable Internet startup in New York.
Best Buy puts iPhone 5C on sale for $50 just two weeks after launch
Sometimes it pays to wait. A mere two weeks after the iPhone 5C launched nationwide, Best Buy is offering the device for only $50 today through Sunday. It's not exactly a straightforward price cut …
Samsung defends Galaxy Note 3 benchmarking shenanigans
The Korean company has denied its Galaxy Note 3 superphone exaggerates its performance when it detects …
iPhone 5S fingerprint spoof could lead to ID theft, German researchers says
A German security company says spoofing the iPhone 5S's fingerprint reader can be used to beat the phone's “remote wipe” facility to carry out identity theft. — SRL demonstrates the hack on its webs...
Apple to promote Mac Apps for education and enterprise with new volume purchase program
Apple has informed Mac developers that it is preparing to launch the ability for educational institutions and developers to purchase apps from the Mac App Store in volume for a discount.
W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards, says it's OK for your browser to say “I can't let you do that, Dave”
Here's the bad news: the World Wide Web Consortium is going ahead with its plan to add DRM to HTML5, setting the stage for browsers that are designed to disobey …