Mark Hurd Starts Sweating: HP's Real Reason for Dumping Him May Come Out
Newly surfaced allegations suggest that Mark Hurd, former HP CEO, might have leaked the EDS acquisition to former soft-core actress Jodie Fisher, a significant breech of trust.
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Why Facebook Needs "Inward-Facing" Privacy
If Facebook doesn't open up its platform in earnest, it will engender a whole lot of user resentment as it balloons in size.
The Death of the PC Is Nigh
For decades, PCs have been the public's understanding how how to use computers. But cloud computing, smartphones, tablets, and desktop virtualization will often make them unnecessary.
iPad iOS Update: Will It Be Enough To Keep App Developers?
With a new version of iOS for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch due on Sunday, a study suggests that many app developers are looking toward Android and even Windows Phone 7.
Thanks, Google and Facebook: Everyone Gets the Regulation You Asked For
Companies like Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and ad networks have pushed behavioral marketing so far that the EU now plans on more regulations.
Microsoft Kinect Hands-On: Lots of Potential, Limited in Current Scope [UPDATE]
The motion controls have a bright future, but it is a wait-and-see rather than a must-have product.
Oracle Uses Pricing To Start the MySQL Retirement Party
Oracle has changed the pricing for MySQL server editions, more than tripling the bottom end. Get used to it. CEO Larry Ellison wants the company to make more money.
Apple Gets a Second Setback in Its Smartphone Patent War
The legal fencing with Apple on one side and Nokia, Motorola, and HTC on the other continues, but Apple received a couple of set-backs in the International Trade Commission this week.
Facebook's Mobile Strategy is Crisis and Opportunity for Location Based Services
Facebook's new mobile strategy is poised to capture the mainstream of location based services, but could also super charge the growth of savvy players in the check in business.
Amazon: You've Bought a DVD -- Now Stream the Movie!
Amazon's expanded digital/physical movie program gives streaming-focused companies some competition.
Apple Tries To Patent Interactive Gaming with Smartphones
A new patent application shows that Apple has worked on an interactive mobile game framework that will incorporate motion and position, mapping a virtual world to the real one.
High Tech Will Like Georgia Amendment, but Voters May Have Regrets
Georgia voters yesterday passed an amendment to the state's constitution to allow expanded use of restrictive clauses in employment contracts.
Net Neutrality? Good Luck After These Elections
Congressional elections will guarantee a stalemate on any progress in net neutrality efforts as the changing balance of power will create even more impediments than already exist.
Foursquare Gets Out the Vote and Builds Its Brand
Foursquare's "I Voted" badge inspired citizens and grew the company's brand without cheapening the election or the user experience.
Why Google Keeps Losing Employees to Facebook
The departure of two high profile Google employees highlights the company's struggle to keep entrepreneurial technology types happy within a massive corporate structure.
DOJ calls Alaska Senate allegations "troubling," asks to segregate ballots
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Judge orders DOJ to stop trying to "intimidate" California election officials
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Daniel J. Sullivan left his Alaska hometown before Senate election
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