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PayPal is about to get some competition from one of its own partners as Visa announced a new personal payments service on Wednesday. The offering would allow anyone from a participating bank to send payments directly to any Visa account, whether it be a credit, …
Microsoft is no longer an evil empire, according to a corporate ethics think-tank.
The software giant earned a spot on Ethisphere’s 2011 list of the world’s 110 most ethical companies. Apple, Google and Facebook were left off the list. Other tech companies that received plaudits include T-Mobile, Adobe, Xerox and …
The Battlestar Galactica had no networked computers for the simple reason that they might allow the Cylons to take control of the ship. You might want to think about that next time you pop in a burned CD into your car’s stereo system.
Computer security researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Washington have successfully …
According to lore, St. Patrick brought Catholicism to the Irish by using a three-leafed shamrock to help illustrate the meaning behind the church’s Divine Trinity.
Fast forward 1500+ years later, and we celebrate St. Patrick’s most festive of holidays using a slightly different three-pronged methodology: lots of green, maybe a parade …
In 1971, a message popped up on a screen: “I’m the creeper, catch me if you can!” A nod to Scooby Doo, the first virus was called the Creeper.
Also, thanks to time flying like the wind, it’s been four decades, meaning the computer virus is now well into its middle age. Also, it’s now older than me.
How has it fared since then? …
What’s in a leaked iPhone 5 case? Mostly an iPhone 4, if the scuttlebutt’s true.
Consider this a rumor wrapped in a screenshot (see above) tucked inside a rather boring-looking (if colorific) iPhone hard case, but it sounds like Apple’s putative iPhone update this year may arrive sans the sort of speculative redesign bells and …
A new website to help tsunami victims in Japan locate their lost belongings has been built in just two days. BelongingsFinder is a long-term humanitarian project set up in a single weekend by a UK-based team of geeks and entrepreneurs.
Last Friday, when the earthquake struck, Italian businessman and founder of startups Stefano
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Good morning, here’s a quick round-up of some of the interesting stuff that’s been going on overnight.
IE9: 27 downloads per second
Microsoft proudly declared the new browser, IE9, a success with the initial figures for downloads from its website. In the first 24 hours, there were 2.3 million of them, or 27 every second. More on
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In honor of Facebook streaming MLB on the site, I figured you would want some tips on MLB 2K11 to get you in the baseball mood. 2K Games’ MLB 2K11 team came up with these pointers that break down the basics of the game.
Make the most of the Inside Edge data
Take advantage of your matchup against a batter by throwing to his …
Just 24 hours after its release, Internet Explorer 9 has been downloaded 2.35 million times. Or, that’s also 27 downloads every second. Whichever stat you prefer.
After its appearance last Monday night, the other browsers are not to be left out, and they are right on Microsoft’s tail. Lifehacker just confirmed that Firefox 4 will …
Gasp, it’s been five whole years since Twitter made its mark and forced everyone to condense everything into 140 characters. (By the way, happy birthday, Twitter.)
In this Funny or Die video, Ken Burns takes a #retrospective look on the whole thing from Twitter’s pioneers: Ashton Kutcher, Oprah and even… Sarah Palin.
Hey, how …
The U.S. military personnel will be getting a dose on what it feels like to be in China, but not for entirely the same reasons. They’ve blocked 13 websites, including YouTube, to free up bandwidth for the Japan recovery effort.
The sites most proven to suck up bandwidth have been excluded from staff, and not because of their …
