In view of increasing online outrage over statements supporting the Stop Online Privacy Act, GoDaddy just announced it’s reversing its position and no longer supports SOPA. In a statement released earlier today, newly appointed …
Anti-Theft Chair Recognizes the Unique Signature of Your Rear-End
Just like a special snowflake, your tuckus has its own unique pattern. Shigeomi Koshimizu of Japan’s Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology has a developed a chair that can identify people’s rear-ends to do things like start …
AT&T Holiday Reprieve: FCC Approves Deal to Buy Qualcomm Spectrum
Rebounding from a humbling, all but forced capitulation in the face of fierce government opposition to its proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA, AT&T just won FCC approval to snap up $1.93 billion in Qualcomm spectrum barely three …
GoDaddy Threatened by Boycott for Supporting SOPA
2011 hasn’t been the easiest of years for GoDaddy.com’s public relations team. First, it had to deal with Internet backlash after a video of its CEO shooting elephants while on vacation appeared online, and now the company is …
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Apple Posits Fuel-Cell Powered Laptops
Imagine futuristic laptops even thinner and lighter than the MacBook Air, capable of running for several days or even weeks without recharging–Apple certainly is, as a couple U.S. patents published yesterday reveal.
The …
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At CES, Everyone’s a Keynoter
One thing that people seem to have missed in all the hubbub over Microsoft saying that it’ll stop doing keynotes at the Consumer Electronics Show after 2012: Doing a CES keynote isn’t exactly a singular honor.
In fact, …
The Airing of Grievances (Day Five)
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YouTube Lets It Snow with Special Holiday Snowflake Button
Have you ever seen a cat play the piano? Ah, but have you ever seen a cat play the piano covered with snow? Yes, YouTube is jumping on the holiday functionality bandwagon with its new snow button, which makes snowflakes fall from …
Facebook Changing International Privacy Policies Following E.U. Review
Facebook users outside of the U.S., you can breathe a little easier: The social media giant has been told that it can no longer indefinitely keep data about which ads you’ve been clicking on, and it’ll have to think twice about …
Steve Jobs Will Receive Posthumous Grammy
Following his death in October, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs received a host of tributes and plaudits, but come February, he’s going to get one more: a posthumous Grammy Award.
Jobs will receive a Trustee Award for his …