HTC One (M8) review: great build quality, as much as 70% more battery life vs. predecessor
The HTC One (M8) Review — HTC remains one of few Android OEMs insanely focused on design. Even dating back to the origins of the One brand in 2012 with the One X and One S …
Longtime Windows and Office Executive Antoine Leblond Leaving Microsoft
Antoine Leblond, one of several Windows unit executives sidelined in a reorganization last year, is leaving Microsoft. — Leblond, who spent nearly 25 years at Microsoft, will leave the company after...
Court documents reveal ambivalence in how MIT assisted Aaron Swartz's prosecution
The inside story of MIT and Aaron Swartz — More than a year after Swartz killed himself rather than face prosecution, questions about MIT's handling of the hacking case persist
Last week's IRS ruling means bitcoins are not fungible, therefore unworkable as a currency
Bitcoin Tax Ruling — The IRS has spoken: Bitcoins are property, not currency. This was hardly a surprise, but it has some important implication that tells us a lot about what it takes to make a cu...
HTC wants to deliver great design regardless of price point, market the product not the brand
One more time: can HTC thrive in a Samsung world? — The new One is the best device HTC has ever made, but it doesn't erase the company's challenges — “If it wasn't for the One …
Dropbox clarifies takedown policy, compares file hashes to identify infringing shared links
How Dropbox Knows When You're Sharing Copyrighted Stuff (Without Actually Looking At Your Stuff) — Late last night, a tweet was spread far and wide showing that a DMCA notice had blocked a file …
Google is two years into gDNA, a long-term study to understand employees' work-life balance
Google's Scientific Approach to Work-Life Balance (and Much More) — More than 65 years ago in Massachusetts, doctors began a longitudinal study that would transform our understanding of heart diseas...
Exclusive: Mt. Gox faced questions on handling client cash long before crisis
(Reuters) - Two years before Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy, a half dozen employees at the Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange challenged CEO Mark Karpeles over whether client money was being used to cover cos...
What the IRS Bitcoin Tax Guidelines Mean For You
The US Internal Revenue Service finally announced its guidance for virtual currencies yesterday, explicitly referring to bitcoin (see the announcement here and notice here). The increased clarity - p...
In new case, Supreme Court revisits the question of software patents
If you write a book or a song, you can get copyright protection for it. If you invent a pill or a better mousetrap, you can patent it. But for decades, software has had the distinction of being elig...