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IBM, Intel, and Cisco have joined the net neutrality debate

There is a bit of debate going on at the moment regarding net neutrality. Some believe that the internet should remain neutral, basically as it is, without internet service providers...

Sony is trying to suppress the leak of stolen data using DDoS attacks

When the hackee becomes the hacker… In a somewhat amusing twist to the ongoing Sony Pictures hack and massive breach of sensitive files and unreleased films, the company is now...

BitTorrent is testing out its own peer-to-peer web browser

BitTorrent is looking for Alpha testers for a new product called Project Maelstrom, and what that is may surprise you: a browser based on the company's peer-to-peer sharing technology. What...

Your smartphone can detect rotten produce thanks to MIT

Most of us assume that our supermarkets will never sell us food that has gone bad, and for the most part this seems to be true. While some fruits, vegetables,...

The 88 Tauri is Lamborghini’s $6,000 smartphone

The word "Lamborghini" likely makes you think of very expensive cars, but there's another product line with the same name that will set your wallet back, too. The 88 Tauri...

Live performances come virtual reality courtesy of Jack White

Ever the innovator, Jack White has come up with a new way to engage his fans with his music: 3D videos. Working with Jaunt and Google, he announced today that...

eBay considers cutting thousands of jobs in 2015

The online auction site is considering the elimination of as many as 3,000 jobs early next year, as the company gets ready to spin off its PayPal division into a...

Texas is getting its own airport exclusively for drones

It's no secret that the US military is in L-O-V-E, love with its unmanned aerial fleet. The infatuation has reached fever pitch, in fact, now that the Army has begun...

Supreme Court rules unanimously against Amazon warehouse workers

Warehouse workers for Amazon.com can be forced to spend as much as 25 minutes off the clock to undergo security screenings at the end of their shift, the Supreme Court...

Connect raises $10.3 to expand its cross-network social tracking service

Connect, a San Francisco start-up that helps consumers manage their social networking and mobile messaging contacts, has raised $10.3 million in a funding round led by the venture arm of...

OnePlus is temporarily dropping the invite system for the 1+1

OnePlus has a radical new holiday sales strategy: They're letting you actually buy a OnePlus One. Yes, the company's ditching its wonky invite system as a Christmas treat for anybody...

Roku and Rdio team up to improve in-home music streaming

Rdio may not be the most popular streaming music service, but it’s about to get a lot more familiar to Roku users. The two companies have partnered to make Rdio the...

HBO’s standalone streaming service is expected to launch in April

A few months back it was reported that HBO is going to launch a standalone online streaming service at some point in 2015. A similar service is already available, called...

This artificial skin could bring touch sensation to prosthetic limbs

Some prosthetic limbs are so advanced they can be controlled by the brain, but no bionic arm or leg will ever be truly be life-like until they have "skin" that...

The Pirate Bay’s co-founder believes that it should stay dead this time

There were a lot of sad pirates on Tuesday after a massive police raid completely shut down the infamous Pirate Bay torrent website worldwide. However, TorrentFreak reports that Pirate Bay...

Alleged Galaxy S6 leaks reveal monstrous specs

Following a purported Galaxy S6 AnTuTu benchmark test that leaked online last week and revealed many of the phone’s most important specs, a second image showing a similar benchmark test...

Netflix wants as many as 20 original programs running at once

Netflix wants to be available everywhere within the next five years, with an even larger roster of home-grown media. In a conference yesterday, chief content officer Theodore Sarandos said the...

Samsung Ventures leads $17 million investment into Seeo

Seeo, a California-based company that makes lithium polymer batteries, has closed a $17M round led by new investor Samsung Ventures, the investment arm of Samsung Group. Existing investors Khosla Ventures...

Iowa wants to create a driver’s license app for state residents

Iowa, state of corn fields, soybeans and Slipknot, is working on a huge high-tech project: a driver's license app residents can install on their smartphones. While convenient, it does come...

iRobot’s Create 2 is a Roomba that’s been turned into a hackers paradise

Many educational robots tend to be complex and expensive, or simple and cheap. Where's the middle ground for students who want to build sophisticated things, but don't want to pay...