I knew Apple had a reputation for secrecy, but this is just crazy. Apparently the folks up at Cupertino are so paranoid about new employees leaking information that they put them to work on fake products until they can be …
Internet Supergroup Formed to Defeat Email Scams
Sick of dealing with — or worse, falling for — spam emails that claim to come from companies like Facebook, Yahoo, Google or the like? Hope is at hand, as those companies (and many others) have joined together to create a new …
AT&T Gives Samsung Galaxy Note Price and Release Date, Calls It a Phone
Don’t even think about calling Samsung’s Galaxy Note a “phablet,” a “phone-tablet hybrid” or an ambiguous “device.” To AT&T, the Galaxy Note is a smartphone, launching on Feb. 19 for $300 with a two-year voice and 4G LTE data …
What Europe’s ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Has in Common with SOPA
In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry of Truth employs a “memory hole” to eliminate inconvenient facts. If a previously published photo or record later proves to be embarrassing for the government, it is thrown down the …
New Nook Rumored for Springtime
Well here’s an interesting tidbit from the New York Times‘ latest feature on Barnes & Noble: A new Nook is in development, and should be released this spring.
The Times‘ story, which cites unnamed executives, elaborated no …
No Thanks, Facebook: Poll Suggests Users Don’t Want Timeline
It’s large and in charge: Facebook Timeline is here to stay, so do you love it or hate it? Mostly hate it, according to a security firm poll of more than 4,000 Facebook users.
Timeline is Facebook’s way of jamming all your …
Pay Me My Money Down: Contractors Could Wipe Megaupload User Data Thursday [Updated]
Who knew the ‘D’ in D-Day stood for delete? Make that this Thursday then, when there’s a chance your Megaupload data — legal or no — could be obliterated, according to a letter filed last Friday by the feds.
The …
Bring Your Own Device: How Consumer Products Are Impacting IT
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
15 Must-Have Gadgets for Super Bowl Sunday
The big game’s right around the corner, and whether you’re making the trek to Indianapolis to catch the action in person, fighting for a good spot on the couch in someone’s tiny apartment who has no business inviting 50 …
How One Little Android Update Caused a Big Headache
My Samsung Galaxy S II had been great to me. It’s a thin, light phone with a gorgeous Super AMOLED Plus display and a dual-core processor that handles Android with ease. When people asked me if I’d ever return to an iPhone–my …
Move Over PSN and Xbox LIVE: Here Comes the Nintendo Network
Nintendo says it’s finally going to get with the program and release an honest-to-goodness online gaming service, dubbed “Nintendo Network,” that’ll cover both the Wii U and 3DS. Hooray, I think.
Say what you will about …
Amazon Merchant Offers Free Kindle Fire Cases for Five-Star Reviews
Looking for a discount on Amazon? Try a little underhanded quid pro quo with a shady merchant.
The New York Times has the story of a merchant named VIP Deals that was selling a Kindle Fire case worth $59.99 for under $10. Each …