Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
In Google news, the company is blaming China (again) for the latest round of Gmail hacks, and today they launch a new “+1” button to compete with Facebook’s ubiquitous “Like”…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Chinese attackers have been hijacking the Gmail accounts of hundreds of politically active users. Northrup Grumman may just be the latest in a series of cyberattacks against US defense contractors.…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
The World Health Organization says cell phone radiation can increase the risk of cancer. The federal government is finally catching up with the rest of the country, tech-wise. A slew…
Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Tupac lives! At least, according to a group that hacked PBS over the weekend. Another group of hackers successfully broke through Lockheed Martin’s self-defense systems, after months of preparation. Robots…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Win-win: Microsoft receives 5 times more income from Android phones than Windows phones after winning a copyright infringement case. The teen who sold white iPhone kits recounts how Apple hunted…
“I Once Got Paid $100 a Word”
Richard Morgan on the ups and downs of his “Seven Years as a Freelance Writer.”
Danya Glabau’s Tech Links
Wall Street is not too happy with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, even after Microsoft’s recent, somewhat controversial purchase of Skype. Skype has, incidentally, been having some major problems this week.…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Why their email services are crucial to Google, Microsoft & Yahoo. Twitter says it’ll inform you before it hands over your info to the authorities. Thanks? A bunch of major…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
An interview with Apple’s first CEO (no, it wasn’t Steve Jobs). The NY Times replaces its twitter cyborg with a person. Google cools their latest data center entirely with ocean…
Erin Rose’s Tech Links
An explosion at a Foxconn plant, the Chinese iPhone manufacturers, kills 2. IBM is now (shockingly) worth more than Microsoft. EFF says: Apple should defend its developers. 95% of spam…
How Much Time Do You Have Today?
Because Atlantic associate editor Conor Friedersdorf has compiled “Nearly 100 Fantastic Pieces of Journalism” from 2010.
Social Media = Hard Drugs?
“Last week my wife and I told our 13-year-old daughter she could join Facebook. Within a few hours she had accumulated 171 friends, and I felt a little as if…