October 25, 2013 Samsung Electronics Fined for Fake Online Comments by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN A Taiwanese trade agency has punished Samsung Electronics for paying people to post fake online comments that mocked its competitor,…
October 25, 2013 Internet Archive Will Shield Visitors by DAVID STREITFELD By DAVID STREITFELD Inspired by recent revelations of the depth of the N.S.A.’s monitoring of online behavior, the Internet Archive is taking a step…
October 25, 2013 2 major solar flares Friday — the second twice as intense as the first The sun shot out a pair of gigantic solar flares early Friday — the second one even bigger than the first, a NOAA expert…
October 25, 2013 Tech Stories Here you find thoughts about technology, the direction it’s going in, and the best ways to use it toward your advantage, as well as…
October 25, 2013 The Craziest Multi-Tool Ever Made Kills in 100 Different Ways This multi-bladed folding knife was made in Germany around 1880. Image: Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History The F.W. Holler Company manufactured it to…
October 25, 2013 Sorting Out the New Yahoo Mail by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Users have reported problems with Yahoo’s new e-mail format, but it should still be possible to sort contacts by first…
October 25, 2013 Senator Intensifies Probe of Data Brokers by NATASHA SINGER By NATASHA SINGER Senator John D. Rockefeller IV intensifies a probe into major data brokers, including Experian, the credit bureau. Published: October 24, 2013…
October 25, 2013 Instagram Will Begin Showing Ads in the Photo Stream by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL The popular photo and video sharing service owned by Facebook will begin showing ads to its 60 million users in the…
October 25, 2013 LinkedIn’s New Mobile App Called ‘a Dream for Attackers’ by NICOLE PERLROTH By NICOLE PERLROTH LinkedIn’s new mobile app has been panned by security researchers who fear it could be a tool for hackers or government…
October 25, 2013 Brisk Sales to Business at Microsoft; Devices Lag by NICK WINGFIELD By NICK WINGFIELD The earnings of $5.24 billion beat expectations, and were helped in large part by a surge in the company’s corporate software…