Apple made its opening statements to jurors Tuesday in Day Two of the Apple v. Samsung trial. The company outlined the motivations behind its lawsuit against Samsung — essentially, it thinks Samsung is a blatant copycat — as well as its defense again…
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After restoring the suspended account of journalist Guy Adams this morning, Twitter issued an apology for its “mess-up,” and says it will never do it again, the company wrote in a blog post.
“As I stated earlier, …
Defcon vendors hawk pentesting, blue boxes, bike locks (photos)
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LAS VEGAS–While ninjas inhaled much of the available oxygen in the vendors room with its truck-based Ninja Tel mobile network, other vendors…
The Defcon vendor’s room carries the latest in security testing tools alongside some of the oldest modern tech gear that still functions. Check out the wares that caught our eye.The brains behind the hacks at Hak5, Darren Kitchen’s latest invention is …
If anyone tries to tell you that science fiction isn?t literary, please point them to the work of Charles Yu. His debut novel, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, used the conventions of sci-fi to tell the deeply emotional story of a ti…
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo
Twitter has been mostly forgiven for its various outages and other growing pains. Instigating the suspension of Guy Adams’ Twitter account, however, crosses a line that is less forgivable. The concern is less about a users’ a…
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With the presidential elections fast approaching, both Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking their campaigns mobile. The Obama for America app concentrates primarily on distributing President Obama…
Another privacy embarrassment for Google?
Reuters is reporting that the Federal Trade Commission intends to fine Google $22.5 million in civil penalties to settle charges that the company bypassed the privacy settings of Safari browser users.
The sett…
Know this: A ?Bimmer? has four wheels, and a ?Beemer? or ?Beamer? has two. What we have here is an electric Beemer, BMW?s EV scooter called the C evolution. The scooter began as a concept in 2011, and BMW unveiled the production model in London last we…
Fall asleep counting Tetris blocks, wake up to Tetris music.
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You could wake up to the buzzing of an alarm clock. You could wake up to your smartphone’s ringtone. Or you could wake up to the dulcet tones of the Tetris theme music.
The…