Rackspace: This Time, The Patent Troll’s Gonna Pay
Want know how to fight the plague that is patent trolls? Then you could try taking a leaf out of Rackspace’s book. The cloud infrastructure provider, buoyed by its success in seeing off a…
OUYA to Launch with Over 100 Game Titles
The $99 gamebox, OUYA, began shipping in late March to early Kickstarter investors. As for the rest of the world, gamers would have to wait until June 4, 2013, when the gamebox officially launches…
Google Fights FBI Over NSL Data Requests
Google is taking on the full might of the US government in what will be a milestone court case, launching a legal challenge against the FBI’s warrantless electronic data-gathering technique – the first time…
Facebook’s Android Takeover Coming Next Week
In today’s mobile and social news roundup: Facebook Home coming on April 12; Verizon open to dropping contracts; T-Mobile starts iPhone 5 pre-orders; and iMessage too secured for tapping. Facebook Home Coming On April…
Facebook Home: Good For Dumb F*cks, But Not For The Rest Of Us
And so the “Facebook Phone” has finally landed. Only problem is, it isn’t a phone at all, but simply just an app. That’s right folks, despite all the fanfare and cries of “Wow! A…
Gartner Report Paints Bleak Future for Microsoft as Consumers Embrace Tablets
Uh oh, there could be trouble ahead… Or at least, it looks like there is for Microsoft anyway. New data from Gartner paints a less than rosy picture of the future for the Redmond…
Bitcoin is More Secure than the Wallet that Holds It
Earlier this week, Instawallet shut down its Bitcoin wallet service after falling victim to a cyberattack. SiliconAngle founding editor Mark “Rizzn” Hopkins discussed the news and the possible implications on the virtual currency on…
Health eHeart Big Data Study Looks To Enroll 1M Smartphone Users
If researchers at the University of California in San Francisco get their own way, that shiny smartphone you’re holding will become a new tool for medical research. Launched earlier this week, the new Health…
Getting Started With Bitcoin: An Idiot’s Guide To Dealing In BTC
Now that we have an idea of how Bitcoin got started, the very next step for those looking to jump on this digital bandwagon is learning how and where to buy the currency, and…
HP Board Shakeup – Ray Lane Steps Down as Chairman Two Others Step Down
By John Furrier
After HP’s recent shareholder meeting and recent downgrade by Goldman Sachs, HP announced changes to the Company’s board of directors. According to HP, Raymond Lane has decided to step down as chairman of the…