Samsung admits to posting fake user reviews on the web
Officials in Taiwan are investigating claims that Samsung paid people to post favorable reviews about their products online while at the same time offering up negative feedback on rival HTC’s products....
View ArticleOverturn laws that limit auto manufacturers from selling their vehicles directly
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View ArticleNYC law firm employee convicted of stealing $376,000 worth of copy machine toner
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the conviction of ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ, 39, for stealing more than $376,000 worth of copy machine toner while he was employed by the law...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber announced for Provo, Utah
+I’m excited about Google Fiber coming to Provo. What happens now?Today we announced that we hope to purchase iProvo, an existing fiber-optic network owned by the city of Provo. As a part of the...
View ArticleThings I Wish I Had Known About Django Development Before Starting My Company
I started SocialQ just about two years ago. Before I started the company, I had almost zero web development experience (I’m a data guy) - I started a company learning HTTP, Javascript, AJAX, and Django...
View ArticleHow to become Internet famous for $68
Santiago Swallow may be one of the most famous people no one has heard of.His eyes fume from his Twitter profile: he is Hollywood-handsome with high cheekbones and dirty blond, collar-length hair. Next...
View ArticleObama threatens veto of CISPA bill
President Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a major cyber security bill unless Congress amends it to include more protections for privacy and civil liberties.The veto threat comes just a day before a...
View ArticleTranscript of meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt
On the 23 of June, 2011 a secret five hour meeting took place between WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who was under house arrest in rural UK at the time, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.Also in...
View ArticleJQuery 2.0 Released
You asked for it, you got it: jQuery 2.0 has arrived!As promised, this version leaves behind the older Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 browsers. In return it is smaller, faster, and can be used in...
View ArticleThe Matasano Crypto Challenges
The Matasano Crypto ChallengesI recently took some time to work through the Matasano crypto challenges, a set of 48 practical programming exercises that Thomas Ptacek and his team at Matasano Security...
View ArticleShots fired at MIT - report of an active shooter near Bldg. 32 (Stata)
Thursday, April 18th, 2013At 10:48 PM today gunshots were reported near Building 32 (Stata) which is currently surrounded by responding agencies. The area is cordoned off. Please stay clear of area...
View ArticleExpunging Google
Recently, Google announced their decision to shut down Google Reader. This latest step in opposition to an open web in favour of Google+ has led me to a decision of my own. It's time to expunge Google...
View ArticleAntares rocket test flight
21 April 2013Last updated at18:05 ETBy Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC NewsThe Antares rocket climbs into the skyA new rocket has launched from the US eastern seaboard to prove its readiness to...
View ArticleOperation Shock and Awe - DDoS operation set up for major bitcoin sites
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View ArticleWhat Broke My Father's Heart (2010)
One October afternoon three years ago while I was visiting my parents, my mother made a request I dreaded and longed to fulfill. She had just poured me a cup of Earl Grey from her Japanese iron teapot,...
View ArticleBill Watterson's Speech – Kenyon College, 1990
Bill Watterson's Speech - Kenyon College, 1990(Here's the text of a speech Bill Watterson gave at Kenyon College, Gambier Ohio, to the 1990 graduating class)SOME THOUGHTS ON THE REAL WORLD BY ONE WHO...
View ArticleUpdate on Go 1.1 crypto performance
Some time ago I integrated OpenSSL's MD5, SHA1 and RC4 functions into Go because Go's native implementations were slow. The Go team has made great strides in fixing this (for 386 and AMD64) with Go 1.1...
View ArticleTearable Cloth Simulation in JavaScript
Tear-able Cloth - CodePenForkShareEmbed Code (default): HTMLCSSJSResult Save as Gist Post on FacebookExport .zipp Create New Pens Savef Forki Detailsd Delete linee Focus chat (if present)g Create...
View Article3 things I set on new servers
There are a number of things you can do to make a server more secure whilst protecting your hosted entities and their users. Here are just three of the many things I do on every new server I...
View ArticleWhy women should embrace a ‘good enough’ life
By Elsa Walsh,Elsa Walsh is the author of “Divided Lives: The Public and Private Struggles of Three American Women.” She is a former Washington Post reporter and New Yorker staff writer. This essay is...
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