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British Teenager Arrested In Connection With PSN Hack
In breaking news just released, it has been reported that a British 19-year-old has been arrested by police in connection with hacking Sony's PSN. Police are not commenting on how they determined the individual
Read More »ICANN Approves New Domain Names
If the Internet truly was made for porn, today's vote by ICANN will pave the way for a massive increase in sultry and suggestive domain names. As if the ".xxx" domain wasn't enough, a
Read More »23andMe Reaches 100,000 Sequenced Genomes Milestone
23andMe has announced that over 100,000 users have been genotyped using their personal genome sequencing service. Crossing the 100,000 person threshold is a major milestone for 23andMe and the overall personal genome sequencing service
Read More »Rebecca Black’s “Friday” Video Removed From Youtube
Well, today is Friday, so we all know what that means – time to watch Rebecca Black's horrendous (but endearing) "Friday" video. Interestingly, fans and haters alike of Black's video were surprised to find
Read More »Pandora IPO Is An Epic Failure As Shares Plunge
It looks like Pandora hustled Wall Street investors (unfortunately, including myself) pretty good the last two days. The stock closed yesterday only a few percentage points up from the IPO price of $16, which
Read More »Pandora IPO Ready To Open For Wall Street Frenzy (+ Afternoon Update)
In just a few minutes the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange will ring, and investors who have been following the Pandora IPO will swarm to buy shares. It could be the
Read More »What To Expect For The Pandora IPO Tomorrow
The long awaited Pandora IPO will go live tomorrow morning when the New York Stock Exchange opening bell rings at 9:30am EST. Last week initial estimates of price per share hovered between $7 and
Read More »Google Announces “Instant Pages”, Browser Versions of “Goggles” and Voice Search
This morning Google announced new and improved search features for non-mobile devices, building on the lauded mobile search features introduced last year. The improved search features include an upgraded version of Google Instant, along
Read More »Facebook Plans $100 Billion IPO
Following in the footsteps of planned IPOs (Groupon and Zynga) and fulfilled IPOs (LinkedIn and coming this Wednesday, Pandora), Facebook is allegedly planning to jump on the dotcom 2.0 bandwagon and file its own
Read More »Genius SW-G2.1 1250 Gaming Speaker Set Review
Everyone wants a powerful and crisp sounding speaker set as a complement to their computer or television, but not all of us can afford to shell out several hundred dollars. Enter the Genius brand
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