The issue pf privacy is becoming more crucial by the day as the mainstream public realizes the extent of which they are monitored. Now we have a new instance to add to the list. A report released today by The New York Times shows that brick and mortar stores have […]
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Secret files detail Microsoft’s assistance in PRISM program
While there has been a lot of speculation about just how much technology companies were contributing to government surveillance as part of PRISM, Microsoft has denied any real violations for customers. For awhile they even denied having knowledge that the program existed. But now details have emerged thanks to secret […]
Microsoft’s reorganisation will enable innovation and focus on devices and services
Most tech companies that go beyond the startup phase will begin to break off into departments that have their own mission statement. When a company gets as big as Microsoft, you will have dozens of departments with an even larger number of strategies as they work on their own projects. […]
Gartner, IDC reports confirm that PC Shipments continue to shrink
It appears that PC shipments are not doing quite well over the last years. The numbers continue to drop and the latest reports that just came out today from Gartner and IDC confirm this trend. Compared to the same semester of the last year the shrink is quite drastic, 11 […]
Apple found guilty of violating antitrust laws by raising e-book prices
In a case that has been watched with interest from people in both the publishing and technology industries, a judge has ruled that Apple conspired to illegally raise ebook prices and keep down competitors. The lawsuit was filed by the Department of Justice in 2012, alongside 33 states and territories […]
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 2 details hit the web
Word of the Kindle Fire HD 2 line has been around for awhile, but for the first time real details are emerging. According to BGR, which has the exclusive, this time they might have done a little better. There are going to allegedly be three new devices released before the […]
MIT tool shows why metadata is really a big deal
Meta-data contains a great deal of information, and when gathered together it forms a startlingly clear picture of the person it comes from. A point that Professor César Hidalgo and graduate students Daniel Smilkov and Deepak Jagdish of MIT are trying to get across. They have created a new program called Immersion. It […]
