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Google spending $7mn to fight child pornography

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:23:53 -0400

LONDON - Internet giant Google said it is spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. "We're in the business of making information widely available, but there's certain 'information' that should never be created or found," wrote Jacqueline Fuller, director of Google Giving, in a blog post. "We ...

Yahoo follows Facebook and Microsoft in publishing US govt sought snoop data

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:03 -0400

Internet corporation Yahoo has followed the league of technological companies in publishing reports about 'snoop data' requests made by the US government. According to the Guardian, Yahoo has revealed that it had received 12,000-13,000 requests, inclusive of criminal, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and other requests by the government between 1 December 2012 and 31 May 2013. ...

General Motors recalls 231000 SUVs over fire risk

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:01 -0400

US General Motors Co. is set to recall about 231,000 older SUVs over fire risks and has urged owners to park them outside garages until they are repaired, a media report said. The Detroit-based automaker agreed to recall 193,000 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, Isuzu Ascender and 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL in the US, reported Xinhua. The ...

Why Doesnt Snowden Tell Us North Koreas Game Plan

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:41:42 -0400

Computer whiz Edward Snowden's revelations of the NSA's broadbrush program for sweeping up internet and phone messages by the millions raises a perplexing question: If the NSA and CIA and others know so much, why do we have so much trouble seeing through North Korea? Take North Korea's offer to talk to the U.S. after spurning talks with South Korea. The excitement generated by the ...

What Should Reform Conservatives Say And Do About Jobs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:41:42 -0400

our reform conservative agendas . I'll let Ross respond for himself if he wants to but I'll say a few words for myself. I want to highlight that I think his point is very fair and very ...

Time For ECB To Agree A New Plan For Cyprus

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:41:42 -0400

March , developments in Cyprus have received little attention of late. The situation there, however, remains extremely serious and still has the potential to destabilize the euro area. Last week, the Cypriot President, Nicos Anastasiades sent a ...

Want To Gain Momentum Follow The Path Of The Most Successful Entrepreneurs

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:41:41 -0400

I am not sure Sisyphusian is a word, but it should be. If you remember your mythology, Sisyphus, as punishment, was made to roll a huge boulder up a steep hill. But before he could reach the top, the massive stone would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again. If you are building your own company, you can relate. It sounds like how you spend a good part of your days. It is awfully ...

Microsoft Samsung HP join to stop Windows piracy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:39:24 -0400

IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard and Samsung Electronics will now ensure that their PCs in China are installed with licensed Windows and Office software as part of new agreements signed with Microsoft meant to fight ...

Fed May Keep Options Open on Easing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:39:16 -0400

Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion, while keeping their options open to scale back the program later this year if the U.S. labor market continues to improve. Economic data since the 19 officials met in May has been mixed. Employment growth was steady and consumers kept spending despite the drag of tax ...

Bond investors bracing for Bernanke

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:32:25 -0400

During the week ended June 12, investors pulled a record $14.45 billion out of bond funds and $8.5 billion out of equity funds, according to EPFR, a global fund flows and allocations data ...

Men are disappearing from the workforce

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:32:25 -0400

In the 1950s, nearly every man in his prime working years was in the labor force, a category that includes both those who are employed and those actively applying for jobs. The "participation rate" for men ages 25 to 54 stood at 97.7% in early 1956, but drifted downward to a post-war record low of 88.4% at the end of 2012. (It ticked up very slightly at the start of this year to ...

TaxWatch Quiz Are you smarter than a tax pro

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:23:44 -0400

That's nearly 40% of all tax returns filed. Yet, 70% of the American taxpaying population is eligible to file their federal return online for free, according to ...

Metals Stocks Gold treads water as Bernanke update nears

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:23:44 -0400

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Gold were largely flat Wednesday, remaining near one-month lows as the market braced for a possible indication by the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will pull back the pace of monetary ...

Indications Stock futures flatten on jitters ahead of Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:23:43 -0400

MADRID (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock market futures pulled back to flat from earlier gains on Wednesday as markets awaited the main event: a monetary-policy decision from the Federal Open Market Committee, with a press conference to follow from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben ...

John Shinals Tech Investor Silicon Valley should fight for open Internet

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:23:42 -0400

The technology industry has a habit of turning over existing Internet business models as users grow more sophisticated, and better technology broadens the scope and richness of online ...

HTCs new 5-inch Butterfly S phone takes wing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:41 -0400

HTC has unveiled the Butterfly S at a press conference close to Taipei. The electronics maker's latest flagship model has now officially launched in Taiwan. ...

49 iPhone games that would rock with a controller

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:40 -0400

even encouraging the use of game controller hardware that will finally bring physical buttons to iPhones, iPods and iPads. This has been done before, of course, but not with Apple backing those efforts. Companies like ION Audio ...

Santas and Burning Man and bridge climbing oh my

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:39 -0400

Although the police sometimes thought Cacophony Society members like John Law, left, were up to no good, Law and his fellow Santas were usually just trying to help people enjoy life more. A new book, 'Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society' aims to help people understand the influence of the group on modern digital ...

Why Mideast Monarchies Survive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:35:15 -0400

a civil war that has claimed 93,000 lives and created millions of refugees in order to stay in power. Modernizing officer corps have bitten the desert dust; antiquated dynasties have held on, at least so far. Why? It's legitimacy, stupid! The fact is, monarchs are identified with their states to a degree that the officers and the dark-suited security heavies are not. Tunisia is an age-old ...

Apples iPhone Password Security Broken In 24 Seconds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:35:14 -0400

's security on certain iPhone functions. It appears that they've constructed their random password generator in a non-random manner and using a terribly small database of words to non-randomly choose from. The net effect of this is that under certain conditions, for certain functions, the passwords can be cracked in only 24 seconds. This really isn't long enough in this day and ...

Mengniu Purchase Leaves China Infant Formula Family With More Than $800 Mln

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:35:14 -0400

International for $1.6 billion would leave an investment company owned by Yashili's founding Zhang family worth more than $800 million. Chairman Zhang Lidian and his family control Zhang International, which holds a 52% stake in Yashili. Four directors - Zhang Likun, Zhang Liming, Zhang Lidian and Zhang Libo - each own 18% of Zhang International. Mengniu, which has been criticized for ...

Chinas Wanda Invests $1 Billion To Launch Hotel Brand In London

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:35:14 -0400

Chairman Wang Jianlin Wanda Group, a real-estate conglomerate with global ambitions, has a string of swish hotels in China. Now it plans to add a 160-room luxury hotel in London as part of a £700 million ($1.08 billion) twin-tower residential project acquired from Ireland's Green Property. The Irish developer ...

Business majors most likely to be underemployed report finds

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:27:09 -0400

While underemployment is an issue facing many graduates, those who major in business administration and management, criminal justice, drama, English and psychology, are more likely to work in jobs they are overqualified for, according to a report released Tuesday by career web site ...

I will graduate with $100000 in loans

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:27:00 -0400

student loans, as interest rates are set to double to 6.8% from 3.4% on July 1. "It just seems to be a part of the growing American experience to go to school, graduate and work off that debt for the rest of your life," Mears ...

U.S. oil boom helps thwart OPEC

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:26:59 -0400

Surging U.S. oil production and greater energy conservation are helping keep a lid on oil prices worldwide and may be limiting the sway OPEC holds over world ...

Raising the next Bill Gates

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:26:59 -0400

web developers can make $30 an hour without even having a degree. Broach, who's read that there's a lack of computer scientists coming out of college, wants Marlon to have the chance to learn as much about programming as a child, but in a fun way. "I don't want him to be a vegetable staring at a screen," she said. "Some of the kids at Pixel could be the next David ...

7 candidates to succeed Bernanke at Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:51 -0400

President Obama gave the clearest indication yet that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke won't serve again after his term ends in January. In an interview this ...

Outside the Box Is Netflix the next HBO

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:50 -0400

Netflix Inc. and rivals like Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. are proving once again that the future of entertainment is not cable ...

Elizabeth OBriens Retire Well Retirement communities Read the contract

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:50 -0400

Most people consider a move to a continuing care retirement community to be their last move. After all, the whole point of these facilities is they can accommodate older people on one campus as they age, progressing from independent through assisted living, and on to skilled nursing ...

London Markets Oil firms banks bruise FTSE 100

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:49 -0400

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Banks dropped in London on Wednesday after a commission called for sanctions for bad bankers, while oil firms on the decline put further pressure on the U.K. ...

Slide Show 10 apps that could save your life

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:49 -0400

USA.gov, the federal government's portal to all things governmental, offers a mobile app gallery that features a range of apps related to education, travel, business, job searching and health. Some of these apps can give you real-time emergency information, get you out of trouble in a tight spot, help you avoid sickness and untimely death, quit smoking, or just check up on the safety record ...

Rex Nutting 7 charts that tell the Fed not to taper QE3

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:49 -0400

Fed chief Ben Bernanke has said he's encouraged by the decline in the unemployment rate, but he also emphasizes that the job market remains very weak. The Fed is committed to keeping interest rates very low until the jobless rate is sustainably below ...

Dish drops bid for Sprint

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:18:48 -0400

Dish Network Corp. said it would not submit a new offer for Sprint Nextel Corp., a move that appears to clear the way for the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier to be bought by SoftBank Corp. of ...

PH stock index dips as markets wait for US Federal Reserve meeting on bond-buying

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:36 -0400

Screengrab from http://www.pse.com.ph MANILA, Philippines -- The local stock barometer dipped on Wednesday after a three-day rebound as regional markets awaited clues on US monetary policy from an ongoing US Federal Reserve meeting. The main-share Philippine Stock Exchange index shed 5.57 points or 0.09 percent to close at 6,513.20. Mining/oil and property counters saw the steepest drop for ...

GLOBAL MARKETS- Shares choppy dollar steady as Fed meets

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:36:59 -0400

* European shares dip in jittery trade before Fed statement * Dollar steadies against major currencies, weaker vs yen * Oil holds around $106 a barrel, gold flat * German Bunds firm as debt auction eyed By Richard Hubbard LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - European shares turned lower but major currencies and commodities stuck within recent ranges on Wednesday as investors awaited clarity on the U.S. ...

Quantum Data Storage Breakthrough Brings Quantum Computing One Step Closer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:11 -0400

The graphic depicts the saturation of quantum coherence at long storage times by repeated application of dynamical decoupling sequences. One of the biggest impediments to developing practical quantum computing is preserving information. That's because unlike a regular bit on the computer you're reading, which can either exist as either a 1 or a 0, a quantum bit ("qubit") can ...

Stocks Investors hold their breath for Bernanke

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:21:17 -0400

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke takes center stage Wednesday at a highly anticipated press conference at which he is expected to discuss when the central bank could begin tapering the pace of ...

Darrell Delamaides Political Capital Euro crisis needs a continental solution

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:13:23 -0400

Berlusconi also opposes the prospective VAT increase and said this week that Italy should flout the euro requirement to keep government deficits at less than 3% of gross domestic product. He could topple the coalition at any moment if he comes to believe that new national elections would strengthen his ...

Matthew Lynns London Eye 5 ways to protect your career from the robots

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:13:23 -0400

Watch any old sci-fi movie, and the future is invariably depicted as a place full of helpful, hard-working robots, busying themselves with the household chores, while the humans sit around mixing cocktails and enjoying themselves. Funny, it never seemed to materialize. If anything, we all seem to be working harder than ever, tied to our smartphones and ...

Europe Markets European stocks drop as Fed statement eyed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:13:22 -0400

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets dropped on Wednesday, with what is likely to be a volatile day ahead as investors wait for the much anticipated monetary-policy decision from the U.S. Federal ...

Is There Life After An MBA

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:25:52 -0400

Whatever you expected when you entered the degree programme, it all looks different ten years hence. An INSEAD case study draws lessons on career success and personal fulfillment from the lives and work of the MBA class of ...

Icahn raises Dell stake calls for share buyback

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:09:19 -0400

Carl Icahn stepped up his bid to take control of Dell Inc., disclosing he has nearly doubled his stake in the ailing PC maker while also calling for the company to launch a $14-a-share tender offer for 1.1 billion ...

U.S. Automakers Are On A Roll But Hiring Is Slow And Steady

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:26:36 -0400

A worker installs parts on a Chrysler SUV engine at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Plants in the U.S. are now operating above 90 percent capacity, but automakers are wary of adding large numbers of new ...

Qihoos Stock Rise Lifts CEO Zhou Hongyi Into Ranks Of Chinas Internet Billionaires

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:17 -0400

A big run-up in the price of U.S.-traded shares in Internet security products provider Qihoo 360 Technology has lifted the company's CEO into the ranks of China's Internet billionaires. Zhou's 17.7% stake in Qihoo was worth just over $1 billion at the close of trading on Tuesday, even though the stock slid 0.8% from Monday, according to company shareholding figures. Zhou's ...

Fab.com Raises $150M At $1B Valuation Led By Tencent

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:17 -0400

Fab.com has raised $150 million at a $1 billion valuation in new financing led by China Internet giant Tencent. The valuation of the Series D financing was about $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the deal. Fab also plans to close additional financing in the round that will bring the round to a total of about $250 million, this source said. New York City-based Fab has raised more ...

Andrew Rekvin On Renewables The Limits Of Information And The Dangerous Middle

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:16 -0400

, performed by Seattle Opera and Seattle Opera's Youth Chorus. The evening was emceed by environmental journalist Usha McFarling . The program focused on climate change and more importantly, how we can better understand the scientific data on how the Earth's climate is changing. And the data points to a dire environmental outlook. The U.N. has identified energy and food as the two ...

G-8 Nations Take On Tax Evasion Tax Havens And More

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:16 -0400

The G-8 nations agree: tax evasion is bad and hurts everyone. More inter-nation cooperation is needed. But exactly what is legitimate and what isn't aren't so clear. These days it seems ...

General Motors demands wage cuts from Australian workforce

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:29:36 -0400

General Motors Holden (GMH) yesterday demanded that its Australian workforce accept further job losses, major wage cuts and productivity speed-ups by the end of August. Managing director Mike Devereux stated that unless workers agreed, GM would join Ford and cease car production in Australia. Last month Ford announced the closure of its assembly plants in Melbourne and Geelong in 2016, ...

Currencies Dollar slips vs. yen with Fed outlook in sight

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:01:44 -0400

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar slipped against the Japanese yen and the euro Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated guidance from the U.S. Federal Reserve on what it plans to do with its bond-buying ...

A guide to the Federal Reserves events Wednesday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:21:58 -0400

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...

J.J. Zhangs Winner Take All The downsides to indexed investing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:27 -0400

However, there is a basic economic rule: there is no such thing as a free lunch. With so many people and places all advocating passive indexing, it's important to look at the contrarian side. Stepping into the other side of the argument, just what are the downsides to ...

Paul B. Farrell New China billionaires’ Happy Meditation Guide

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:57:26 -0400

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- In my guidebook, "Millionaire Meditation," there are 40 ways to achieve the happiness that comes from meditating. All 40 have one common element: To be truly happy you must master "Rule One -- Focus on What You're Doing in This Moment, and Nothing ...

More 8-inch Android tablets on the way says analyst

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:54:52 -0400

(Credit: Samsung) Android tablets have largely been a 7- or 10-inch affair to date, but 8 inches could be the new sweet spot, according to NPD DisplaySearch. Dell and Lenovo are among ...

EU shares rose ahead of the Federal Reserve decision

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:35 -0400

The European Union saw its market opening and closing the day in green to actually rebound from their longest streak of weekly losses in 14 months as investors awaited this week’s Federal Reserve meeting for signs on the pace of stimulus ...

U.S. Dollar higher against the yen of possible Fed move

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:31 -0400

The U.S. dollar climbed against the yen for a second day Tuesday, as traders weigh in the possibility of an early exit to the Federal Reserve’s record monetary ...

Asia Markets China stocks fall Japan jumps ahead of Fed meet

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:52:58 -0400

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese and South Korean stocks fell Wednesday on caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy decision later in the day, while Japanese shares rallied on a weakened yen and strong overnight gains on Wall ...

City Deli to get new owner new name

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:11:14 -0400

The planned change in ownership was disclosed on Tuesday to the deli's two dozen employees, who were told that the new owners plan to keep them on through the ...

Tax Fraud Allegations Against Princess Said To Be Case Of Mistaken Identity

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:03:05 -0400

Spain's Duke of Palma and son-in-law of Spain's King Juan Carlos, Inaki Urdangarin (2R), arrives with his wife Spain's Princess Cristina (C) and their four children at San Prudencio church in Vitoria, on May 12, 2012, to attend a funeral ceremony for his father. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via ...

Video mocks Samsungs design principles

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:42:58 -0400

Remember that video last week, offering Apple's deeply held views about design? Well, here's one that suggests Samsung believes in, well, cloning. Among other ...

Apple could include LinkedIn for deep iOS 7 integration

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:42:57 -0400

iOS 7 , it's looking like LinkedIn could also make it to the chosen circle. Developers have found code-based references to deep LinkedIn integration in the beta version of iOS 7, which was supplied by Apple, according ...

Judge U-T must pay former carriers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:38 -0400

U-T San Diego must pay a group of former newspaper carriers $3.18 million because they were classified as independent contractors but given job requirements more appropriate for regular employees, a Superior Court judge said ...

Filner cedes to builder after $100000 gift

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:05:37 -0400

Mayor Bob Filner vetoed a builder's request to modify a Kearny Mesa development plan and then later dropped his objection after the company gave $100,000 to the ...

United Airlines Changes Frequent Flier Program Adds Dollars Spent To Miles

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:22 -0400

United just announced it is joining Delta in adding spending minimums to its elite frequent flier program in addition to mileage. Photo: Wikipedia Earlier this ...

NRG Moves Into Automobiles

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:22 -0400

NRG Energy , the largest competitive energy provider in the U.S., may soon be giving Winnebago a run for its money, but I wouldn't hold your breath. NRG rolled out a new disaster-relief package called "Power2Serve" earlier today at a press conference. The spinal cord of the new service is a truck and trailer combination designed to provide power and other basic services during a ...

Digital Health Meets Moneyball Biomarkers And The Quantified Athlete

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:21 -0400

Most of us have heard about the quantified self-the personification of the digital health revolution. The quantification of life seems an inevitable manifestation of this movement. These 'data expressions of life' can't be far off. And I can imagine a day when a potential date or even spouse will need to 'quantify' as terms of the relationship. But one area really seems ...

Facebook experiences apparent outage

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:44:34 -0400

Downforeveryoneorjustme.com was giving visitors intermittent "down" answers this evening when they checked on Facebook's status. While the mobile version of Facebook was available to smartphone ...

Equities Provide Stress Test For The Federal Reserve

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:47 -0400

Good Afternoon,When I said "up week" in yesterday's blog, I wasn't thinking it could be this big. But, then again, we do have the Fed tomorrow. What does the market like to do ahead of the Fed? It tests it. Remember all of the "stress tests"? Well, the Fed has passed every one. Will they disappoint this time? I doubt it. So there should be some type of accomadative ...

MRI reveals kids with autism may find human voices irritating

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:36:44 -0400

Using MRI to measure brain activity, researchers at Stanford find that kids with autism have a weaker connection between language and reward centers than kids without ...

Statuesque San Diego County

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:12 -0400

San Diego is home to some wonderful examples of public art. Above, "Magic Carpet Ride" by artist Matthew Antichevich goes through odd transformations, as you'll see in the next slide.Did we forget your ...

Nuclear failure may show limits of computers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:12 -0400

View inside one of the San Onofre nuclear power plant's steam generators with the steam dome cut off, looking at the top of the steam bundle. Tubes begin at the opposite end from the viewpoint of this photo, bring hot reactor water up around the tube bend shown in this photo and then end back to the other end where the water returns to the reactor. Thus the tubes are heated. Then a second ...

Japans trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:13 -0400

TOKYO -- Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion) as rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a rebound in exports.The Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday that exports rose 10.1 percent in May over a year earlier to 5.77 trillion yen ($60.7 billion) while imports also surged 10 percent, to 6.76 trillion yen ($71.1 ...

Heres what to watch for Wednesday from the Fed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:54:11 -0400

Tweet Becomes An Official Word In Latest Oxford English Dictionary Update

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:18 -0400

It joins flash mob, fiscal cliff, and dad dancing in the English language dictionary, an academic piece of work that is always being updated and revised. What's of more interest to me is the process for removing a word from the OED... there isn't one. As Sarah Ogilvie explained ...

Best Ways To Give Your Heirs Money While Youre Alive

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:17 -0400

worry about their children's financial futures . Increasingly, we've been asked to help them find ways to assist their kids now, rather than waiting to leave them money and assets in ...

Microsoft says it freed millions of computers worldwide from criminal botnet

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:44:46 -0400

said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than US$500 million from bank accounts worldwide. "We definitely have liberated at least 2 million PCs globally. That is a conservative estimate," Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general ...

Chrysler agrees to recall 1.56 million Jeeps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:42:44 -0400

The NHTSA's concerns over older-model Jeep Grand Cherokees and Libertys has prompted a recall after investigations found a crash from behind could puncture the fuel tank, possibly causing a fire. NBC's Brian Williams ...

Dish steps down from Sprint merger to clear way for Clearwire

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:44 -0400

After a months-long battle between Dish and SoftBank over Sprint, the satellite company abandons its $25.5 billion bid for the wireless carrier to focus on "completing the Clearwire tender ...

Candy Crush Saga creator appears sweet on an IPO

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:43 -0400

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Anonymous sources told the Journal that King, through its holding company Midasplayer International Holding Co., has talked to several banks including J.P. Morgan Chase, Credit Suisse Group AG, and Bank of America to carry out its initial public offering, or IPO, in the U.S. This means King wants to sell shares of its company to public investors. While ...

The necessity of regular use of the purge command in OS X

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:42 -0400

When using your Mac, active programs, documents, and system resources will be loaded into memory (RAM), where they can be accessed quickly to run and perform computations. While active memory contents are maintained in memory, the system also keeps some recently used but inactive processes and data there in order to quickly revive them, if needed. These memory allotments should be managed ...

Dell special committee slams new Icahn plan as incomplete

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:40 -0400

Committee says activist investor's latest proposal lacks adequate financing and a remedy for the company and its shareholders if his proposal were to ...

Video shows what looks like iOS 7 running on an iPad

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:30:40 -0400

iOS 7 , but photos, videos, and reports are popping up left and right about what the new operating system will look like on the tablet. A new iPad iOS ...

Stocks post solid gains Tuesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:16 -0400

U.S. markets churned higher Tuesday after the Commerce Department said price inflation remained muted in May. The report by itself had negligible effect. But every report of late has been held up to the light to see how it might affect the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement expected Wednesday. Low inflation means the economy is not overheating. In turn, some investors have ...

U.S. oil prices steady Tuesday

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:16 -0400

A motorist pumps gas in Denver on April 15, 2011. Consumers paid an average price of $3.60 a gallon nationwide on Tuesday according to the travel group AAA. UPI/Gary C. ...

Quake studies cut short by nuke shutdown

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:20 -0400

The operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is likely to scale back a robust slate of earthquake studies as it moves forward with retiring the coastal power ...

SEC to require mea culpas in some big settlements

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:48:12 -0400

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency will start requiring companies and individuals to admit wrongdoing in some big settlements.Currently the SEC allows companies and individuals to settle charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing. Critics, including a federal judge, have complained that policy doesn't deter repeat violations.Mary Jo ...

Al Capones Final Home Sells

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:31 -0400

One of America's most notorious gangsters didn't go down in a gunfight, but died of heart failure in a luxe Miami Beach mansion. Al Capone's last years were spent at the Palm Island residence in relative anonymity. It's where he decided to retire and reportedly where he planned his final Chicago event: the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The home served as his alibi. ...

Sold Arnold Schwarzeneggers Former Home And Place Of Affair

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:30 -0400

Some homes have a tough time shaking their reputation, especially if they're reputation is tied to a highly publicized scandal. Take, for example, Arnold Schwarzenegger's former Pacific Palisades home, which was listed in 2011 but didn't snag a buyer until just recently. Schwarzenegger and wife Maria Shriver lived in the house from 1986 to 2003, according to ...

A Return To 10 Percent Down Payments

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:30 -0400

After virtually disappearing for years, the 10 percent down payment is back. Around the U.S., some lenders are offering 90 percent financing again on all loan types. For example, San Francisco-based RPM Mortgage resumed offering "piggyback" loans in the first quarter of 2013 after discontinuing them during the height of the credit crisis in late 2007, according to Vice President Julian ...

Google Reviews More Prominent With Official Knowledge Graph Update

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:30 -0400

While these new results are at their most visually-compelling on the desktop (for now), the results are mirrored on mobile devices. They do not look the exact same, but when I compared the results on the iPhone 5, iPad 2, and Samsung S3, the results were very similar and highlighted most of the same results in a Maps/Places "box." Some pundits have argued this is a move toward ...

The Six Steps To Trust

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:44:29 -0400

Many people have been given the feedback, "Others do not trust you." Most people, hearing this, are perplexed as to what they might do to change. One leader actually asked me, only half joking, if it would help if he wore a sign on his back that says, "JUST TRUST ME!" The dictionary description of trust is "the belief that someone is being truthful." If people have ...

Microsoft Dynamics ERP software now available on the Azure cloud

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:42:36 -0400

IDG News Service - Microsoft is upping the stakes in the growing market for cloud-based ERP, with its Dynamics GP 2013 and NAV 2013 products now available for deployment on its Azure service. The launch, announced Tuesday, gives customers another option for cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) services besides NetSuite, SAP Business ByDesign and others. It's a bit late in coming, ...

Chinas fastest-growing cities for multi-millionaires

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:36:17 -0400

The population of multi-millionaires in no-name Chinese cities is growing at a breakneck pace. Case in point: Chongqing's multi-millionaire population grew by nearly 80% between 2007 and ...

Immigration bill could cut deficits by $175 billion - CBO

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:36:17 -0400

A bipartisan Senate bill that would create a path to legal status for many of the 11.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States could reduce deficits by $175 billion over the first 10 years and by at least $700 billion in the second ...

Thomas Jackson Judge who tried to split up Microsoft

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:33:27 -0400

Thomas Penfield Jackson, who died of cancer on 16 June at the age of 76, was a federal judge in Washington who presided over a Microsoft antitrust case and ordered the software giant to be split up. He also presided over the the drug possession trial of the former Mayor of Washington, Marion ...

USD FOMC Scenarios Changes in US Economy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:36 -0400

USD: FOMC Scenarios, Changes in US Economy The Federal Reserve will be making one of its special quarterly monetary policy announcements on Wednesday and based on the price action of the currency, equity and bond markets, there is very little consensus on what is expected from the central bank. While no one expects the Fed to cut interest rates or alter its asset purchase program this week, ...

Five setup tips for Apples new MacBook Air

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:48 -0400

(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) For the past couple of months, prospective MacBook buyers, especially those looking for a slim MacBook Air, have been holding off on purchases, waiting to see what Apple had in store for ...

Facebook looking to partner with Samsung

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:47 -0400

(Credit: James Martin/CNET) During Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's whirlwind Asia tour, he stopped by the offices of Samsung this week for a quick meeting with the company's president, Shin Jong Kyun. After the meeting, Shin stopped to talk to reporters and said that the two discussed potential partnerships, according ...

Blue expands to Hulu too spreading beyond YouTube

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:46 -0400

The popular Fox-backed YouTube channel WIGS expands for broader appeal, and Google's video site is happy to be a launching pad sending sophisticated content -- and ad dollars -- ...

Angelina Jolies stunt double sues News Corp. for alleged hacking

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:46 -0400

Eunice Huthart, Jolie's body double in "Tomb Raider 2," claims that News Corp. hacked her phone and wrote stories based on information gleaned from her voice mails. This is the first U.S. claim in the hacking ...

Nvidia to license its graphics technology to device makers

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:45 -0400

The chipmaker says its GPU technology could show up in other companies' processors for everything from smartphones to supercomputers in a couple ...

Ad Agency As Incubator Young And Rubicons Spark Plug Program Turns One

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:06 -0400

David Sable, CEO of Young & Rubicon and Creator of Spark Plug (photo courtesy of Young & Rubicon) I spoke this week with David Sable, Global CEO of Young & Rubicon, in New York, about Y&R Spark Plug incubator program, his personal brainchild, launched a year ...

6 Key Marketing Dos and Donts For Your Startup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:06 -0400

Image via UniversalWeather.com Marketing is everything these days. You can have the best technology, but if customers don't know you exist, or they don't know how your technology solves a real problem for them, your startup will fail. Yet I see many entrepreneurs that focus on the basics of marketing too little and too late. They skimp on the design of their website, procrastinate on ...

You Know Whats Cool 1 Million Advertisers At Facebook

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:06 -0400

just hit 1 million advertisers, a milestone that signals that it has become a mainstream advertising channel for small and medium-sized businesses. OK, so maybe cool isn't the right word, but it's hard to resist a good line ...

The 10 Best Cities For Young Entrepreneurs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:06 -0400

NerdWallet tallied the top metro areas by population to determine this (surprising!) list of the best cities for young founders. With an equal weighting of loan data, cost of living, business activity, education and income, they’ve crunched the numbers to tally an overall score for 42 major cities. These 10 came out on top—and (shocklingly!) the Alley and the Valley are nowhere to be ...

UPSVoice How To Become A Carbon Neutral Business

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:05 -0400

It seems like there are as many ways for a business to "go green" as there are businesses themselves. From sourcing organic products to electric delivery vehicles, one change can make a business green to a certain degree, but how can you ever know exactly how environmentally sustainable your business really is? When are you truly green? Striving to be carbon neutral is one way to ...

Best And Worst Balancing Acts In Hollywood Film And TV Production History

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:05 -0400

franchises and other hits, made waves this week with a major executive hire. The company, launched more than a decade ago by Thomas Tull, is bringing longtime Warner Bros. television chief Bruce Rosenblum in to steer Legendary's push into TV and digital production. (An interesting video interview with Tull about his approach to the movie business is posted ...

Review World War Z Lacks Bite

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:05 -0400

Box Office Take: Quality aside (read the actual review for that verdict), the film is in trouble mostly because of its budget. Ironically, had the film come in at its original $125 million price tag, Paramount and company would have been fine. Brad Pitt is of course a big draw here and especially overseas, so it's not impossible to presume that a 3D zombie action film starring Brad Pitt ...

Coca-Cola Leveraging Social To Drive Leadership in Social Media Marketing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:05 -0400

Coca-Cola.FM and live-streaming music events, Coca-Cola has shown the world how revolutionary they can be and how this type of marketing evokes emotional, long-lasting customer engagement. ...

10 Steps To More Confidence At Work

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:41:04 -0400

Phase #1: Eliminating Self-doubtBuilding self-confidence is a two-phase process. The first phase involves purging yourself of self-doubt; in the second, you build up your confidence. It’s like erecting a skyscraper: First you clear the site and lay a solid foundation, then you stack the superstructure. How high you go--how much confidence you muster--is up to you. Here's a 10-step ...

Yellen to Succeed Bernanke

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:59 -0400

Who might succeed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke? Former Fed Governor Larry Meyer of MacroEconomic Advisers says Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen is the most ...

Obama Essentially Fired Bernanke Meyer

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:38:58 -0400

President Barack Obama "essentially fired" Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in televised remarks this week, former Federal Reserve Governor Laurence Meyer ...

To the end of the world

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:29 -0400

user-generated content . Nevertheless, there's always, inevitably, an end to the road. Naturally, sometimes this is because the land just plumb runs out. But there are a number of other reasons Google's cameras have not been able to proceed, from the natural to the man-made. The Atlantic's Alan Taylor took ...

Facebook reportedly delays release of video ads

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:22:28 -0400

(Credit: Facebook) Facebook is postponing the release of video advertisements that automatically play in News Feed, according to Ad Age. The social network wants to release the specialized units alongside new social-networking features and is now targeting an unofficial mid-October launch date, Ad ...

Goodwill to open in La Jolla

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:37 -0400

The new store, at 7631 Girard Ave., is just under 1,600 square feet and will feature primarily clothing and accessories, with a smaller-than-average housewares section, said Sharon Corrigan, communications director for Goodwill Industries of San Diego ...

RSF stock promoter charged with fraud

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:36 -0400

A Rancho Santa Fe stock promoter has been accused of fraudulently arranging the purchase of $2.5 million worth of shares in a penny stock in an effort to boost its ...

Taco Bell to test Power Protein menu

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:29 -0400

NEW YORK -- Taco Bell plans to test a "Power Protein" menu as part of its push to provide choices for people looking to eat healthy.The chain says it will start testing the menu July 25 in Dayton, Ohio. The burritos and bowls will have more than 20 grams of protein and less than 450 calories.The test comes after the company announced in April that it would work to provide more balanced ...

After Hours Adobe rises La-Z-Boy flat after hours

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:06 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Adobe Systems Inc. and La-Z-Boy Inc. shares were in focus after hours Tuesday following an upbeat trading session that saw the major U.S. stock indexes put in solid ...

CenturyLinkVoice Cloud Services Five Ways To Eat A Dinosaur

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:27 -0400

Cloud First " procurement policy may seem to businesses, we can't underestimate its testament to the culture shift taking place in IT organizations around the world, as it pertains to the cost savings and agility gains ...

5 Methods For Setting Retirement Targets

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:27 -0400

The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently reported that personal savings rates in the United States fell to an average of 2.3% in the first quarter of 2013. That's just the latest sign that millions of Americans are heading toward an impoverished old age. Why do people have so much trouble saving for retirement? One problem is that it is not easy to ...

Where Should SEC Start A Fraud Crack Down Maybe Look At Fake Restatements

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:26 -0400

, Lying With Numbers: Is The SEC's Ponzi Crusade Enabling Companies To Cook The Books, Enron-Style? Trying to get a quote from SEC enforcement ...

Storage Survey The File Frontier

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:26 -0400

Digital media production is a major driver of digital storage demand. Creating content requires considerable storage and bandwidth for every aspect of media workflow and digital media content is getting bigger. Media creation, post-production, delivery and archiving are using an amazing array of advanced digital storage technologies and the size of media files is increasing. For movie production ...

John HancockVoice Startup Turns Followers Into Funding -- For More Than Just One Project

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:26 -0400

BrandVoice ™ allows marketers to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content - and participate in the conversation - on the Forbes digital publishing platform. ...

For What Its Worth -- 6 Pieces Of Advice From A Hardcore Pawnbroker

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:36:25 -0400

Les Gold My longtime friend Les Gold has always been hardcore. He runs an enormous pawn shop in the heart of Detroit, buying and selling anything and everything to a slew of eager customers. On any given day, he's dealing in custom jewelry, taxidermy, sailboats, and television sets - and he's doing it alongside his children Ashley and Seth. A couple of years ago, their world got even ...

Google files First Amendment court case against NSA surveillance secrecy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:27:35 -0400

The petition comes less than two weeks after The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed a National Security Agency surveillance program known as Prism. Leaked documents said the NSA has been monitoring data from nine major U.S. companies, including ...

Tech Stocks H-P Intel boost Dow Facebook rises

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19:16 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks were modestly higher Tuesday, lifted by gains in shares of Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp. and Facebook ...

NewsWatch How to trade the Federal Reserve decision

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19:15 -0400

The main question hanging over financial markets right now is when and how the Federal Open Market Committee may change its monetary policy in coming months. That's why Wednesday is shaping up to be a big markets day and MarketWatch reporters analyzed how various asset classes may react depending on the message the Fed sends to the financial ...

Google cites 1st Amendment in transparency push

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:19:13 -0400

+1.62% on Tuesday petitioned a court to let it publish separately national security government user-data requests, citing its rights under the First Amendment. The move expands on Google's earlier request to publish government data requests under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as part of its regular transparency report. "Greater transparency is needed," Google said in a ...

Microsoft Makes A Few Advertising Announcements At Cannes Lions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:18:12 -0400

Microsoft has some advertising news today out of Cannes Lions. Last year at Cannes, Microsoft Advertising’s Yarn announced it would be working in partnership with creative agencies and brands on some new ad experiences. Today, they announced a new wave of prototypes they developed with agencies like BMB, Razorfish, Rooster Worldwide, UM, and VML and brands like All Saints clothing, ...

Adobe beats analyst profit expectations mulls subscription changes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:45 -0400

The company's Creative Cloud subscriber base grew to 700,000 in the second quarter, but Adobe is considering other options to woo those who don't like the monthly payment ...

Google challenges DOJs surveillance gag order

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:44 -0400

Search company asks to clear its name by arguing it has the First Amendment right to reveal how many Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders it receives from the U.S. ...

NASA issues asteroid Grand Challenge to all

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:42 -0400

issued a Grand Challenge aimed at locating all asteroid threats to Earth and figuring out what to do about them. It seems the asteroid threat has really picked up steam lately. We've had ...

US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:32 -0400

CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN -- The Food for Peace program costs about $1.5 billion annually and provides U.S.-grown food to countries in need. But President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes changes to the 59-year-old program - replacing some commodity shipments with direct cash purchases in foreign countries. While some aid agencies welcome the proposed changes, farmers and millers in ...

Foreclosures fall to nearly 7-year low

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:38:17 -0400

San Diego County foreclosures have plummeted to a nearly seven-low year -- in light of rising home values, the effects of government intervention and new protections for California consumers, said real estate tracker DataQuick on ...

Amid Security Concerns Microsoft Drops Linked Outlook Accounts For Aliases

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:37:08 -0400

While Microsoft has long supported linked accounts for its Hotmail and Outlook email services, the Redmond-based software giant recently noted these can be tempting targets for hackers. In a surprising move, the company has opted to sever those links entirely. On Monday, Microsoft announced it would drop linked accounts for ...

Metals decline as traders wait for Federal Reserve

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:33:58 -0400

Metal prices fell as traders anticipate that the Federal Reserve may start easing its support for the economy.The price of gold for August delivery fell $16.20, or 1.2 percent, to $1,366.90 an ounce. Palladium and silver also declined. Only platinum bucked the trend and edged higher.The central bank will end its two-day policy meeting Wednesday. Until this year, the Fed's bond-buying ...

Stocks move higher as traders wait on the Fed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:39 -0400

NEW YORK - The stock market is closing higher as investors anticipate that the Federal Reserve will keep programs to support the U.S. economy in place.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 138 points, or 0.9 percent, to 15,318 Tuesday.The Standard & Poor's 500 rose 12 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,651. All 10 industry groups rose.The Nasdaq rose 30 points, or 0.9 percent, to 3,482.The ...

As More Countries Scramble To Fill Revenue Holes Ukraine Plans To Triple Beer Tax

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:30:00 -0400

: it's about to get a lot more expensive to drink a pint in the Ukraine. Ukraine, which is the largest country wholly in Europe, borders Russia and Poland. At the turn of the 19th century, the country was poor and largely ignored by its bordering countries. Conflicts within Europe following World War I consumed Ukraine and it was eventually swallowed up by the Soviet Union. Ukraine remained ...

How Is Experience Valued In the Sharing Economy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:59 -0400

How do you buy or sell something so abstract as an "experience"? And what is it worth? That's not an idle question for companies in the sharing economy. The experience of staying in an Airbnb apartment-with all its quirks, blemishes and unique qualities-is the differentiator from the equivalent traditional hotel. Teasing out how an Airbnb home is valued or how a RelayRides rental ...

Beacon Power To Build A Flywheel Plant To Keep The Grid In Good Health

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:59 -0400

Beacon Power , the flywheel energy storage company that won a loan from a controversial federal program and survived bankruptcy, will kickstart the construction of a project in Pennsylvania this Friday. The Massachusetts company plans to build a 20-megawatt flywheel plant in the town of Hazle and sell its service to the region's electric grid ...

Conflict-Free Retirement Plan Advisers Remain Hard To Find

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:59 -0400

Reflections of Earth fireworks show at Epcot at Walt Disney World. In recent years the U.S. Department of Labor, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the General Accountability Office have all advised companies sponsoring retirement plans that conflicts of interest related to investment consultants to plans are widespread and that these conflicts have resulted in reduced returns, as well ...

E3 2013 Murdered Soul Suspect Gameplay Preview

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:59 -0400

Games ' Murdered: Soul Suspect. The marketing and buzz surrounding the title has been surprisingly sparse, given its interesting twist on the classic whodunit tale. I got to see a lengthy gameplay demo at the Square Enix booth during E3 and it's hard to deny the clever intrigue at play. Our gameplay demo started with us watching the player character and hero, Ronan O'Connor, ...

The Paradox Of Women Business Owners

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:58 -0400

The American Express report also noted, however, that a woman-owned business employs, on average, just one person in addition to the owner; the typical privately held business (where the gender of its owner or owners isn't broken out and the company's shares are neither traded on public exchanges nor issued through an initial public offering) employs two people apart from the owner. ...

Dmitry Itskov Wants To Live Forever.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:58 -0400

Star Trek, "Errand of Mercy" At the Global Future 2045 conference (GF2045) in New York City on June 15-16, 2013, emcee Philippe van Nedervelde said, "It used to be that the only sure things are death and taxes. Soon, it will just be taxes. And if we get to live and prosper forever, perhaps even taxes will one day go the way of the Dodo too." His statement was met with ...

Mobile Payments Why You Cant Live Without Them

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:29:58 -0400

Mobile payment providers have a big challenge on their hands: consumers just don't care about paying with their smartphones. They are happy paying by card (or cash.) It's easy enough, convenient enough, and they're used to doing it. Aside from early adopters who get a rush out of being the first to try every new app that comes along, consumers are in no hurry to change how they ...

Microsoft slashes Surface RT prices by 60 for schools

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:09 -0400

Computerworld - Microsoft today confirmed that it has heavily discounted the Surface RT tablet to universities and K-12 schools, cutting the price of the entry-level model by 60%. It was the third time within a month that Microsoft has launched a Surface RT promotion, hinting at an impending refresh of the tablet. On Monday, Ryan Lowdermilk, a Microsoft technical evangelist, published details ...

Want to curb texting and driving Turn it into a joke

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:56 -0400

An Australian train safety campaign called "Dumb Ways to Die" is winning big at this week's Cannes Advertising Festival. Might such a jokey style persuade those who cannot help texting at the ...

The iPhone 5S rumor roundup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:55 -0400

(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Editors' note: This blog was originally published on December 6, 2012. We'll continuously update this piece up until the device's official launch; let us know if we missed any rumors ourselves. iPhone rumors are like flies at a summer picnic: they're nearly unstoppable. Collected in one batch are all ...

The 404 1286 Where were tired of zombies

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:54 -0400

(Credit: Orlando S.) On today's show we're welcoming Dan Chiappini from GameSpot Australia along with 404 veteran Scott Stein. We'll briefly recap Scott's time down ...

Chromebooks land at more retail stores

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:53 -0400

Google's cheap laptops arrive at more stores, Microsoft offers discounted Surface tablets for schools, and AT&T tests free phone charging stations in New ...

Wizard of Oz Lego re-creation has rotating tornado

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:52 -0400

vintage computers , but we can't help but be impressed when an entire movie is redone in bricks. That would be 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz," which a team of 12 Lego builders has turned into a marvelous 3D plastic diorama that includes just about every scene in the film, including a rotating tornado. The collaborators ...

Oceanside Chamber gets spotlight for being ‘Social Media Friendly’

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:54 -0400

OCEANSIDE -; David Nydegger, president and C.E.O. of the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce, recently announced that the Oceanside Chamber has been recognized as one of ...

Meth brain harm cut by MediciNova drug

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:31:53 -0400

Results of the Phase 1b study of MN-166 were presented at the 75th Annual College on Problems in Drug Dependence meeting, held in downtown San Diego. Phase 1b trials study safety and look for some "proof of concept" demonstration that the drug is active in the predicted ...

Waiting for word from Bernanke stocks move higher

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:27:44 -0400

NEW YORK -- It's all about the Fed. Still.U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflation. But the Federal Reserve loomed large, with investors trying to guess what the central bank will say Wednesday about how long it plans to keep stimulus programs in place. For many, Tuesday was just a holding pattern as they waited for Wednesday's ...

United adds spending requirement for elite status

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:26:20 -0400

CHICAGO - United Airlines is making it a little harder to get a higher frequent-flier status.That status used to require flying 25,000 miles per year. Now, United is adding a requirement for at least $2,500 in spending, too, to qualify for status in its MileagePlus program.Most frequent fliers would spend that much anyway if they are earning 25,000 miles. But those who buy discounted tickets ...

Speek Chief Technology Officer Answers Your Entrepreneurship Questions Via Live Chat

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:41 -0400

speek.com/YourName ) rather than using phone numbers and PINs. A serial entrepreneur and executive, Danny started his career as a software engineer working for startups like Network Solutions and MusicMaker.com in the '90s. Danny founded his first company Jaxara in the early 2000s (exited via acquisition). Danny attended Harvard and is a guest contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The ...

Career Shift At Midlife Many Women Turn To The Cloth

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:40 -0400

Shortly before 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, I received a call from a friend who told me to turn on the TV -- a plane had flown into the World Trade Center, and one of the towers was in flames. I stared in disbelief at the chilling images of planes hitting buildings, smoke filling the skyline of Lower Manhattan, and thousands of people fleeing dust clouds in the streets. As we relived the horror of ...

Chrysler Relents In Fight With Government Will Recall Jeeps

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:40 -0400

Jeep Liberty (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sometimes it's better to walk away from a fight -- especially when it's your own reputation at risk. Faced ...

Teslas Faster Than You Could Fill A Gas Tank Recharge Is Battery Swapping After All

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:40 -0400

improve the speed and breadth of its high-speed Supercharger network , the true holy grail of electric-vehicle charging would be to match the speed of a fill up at your local gas station. And Thursday night at the company's Hawthorne, Calif. design center, Tesla will demonstrate just that, using a variant of the technology pioneer by Israeli startup Better Place. The magic? Swapping out your ...

Red Wings Make Risky Gamble With Pavel Datsyuk Extension

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:39 -0400

Pavel Datsyuk has signed an extension that will keep him in Detroit through 2016-17. Pavel Datsyuk is one of the NHL's most exciting players and, I would argue, the league's best offensive talent over the last decade. The Red Wings seem to agree, as it was announced today that they have rewarded the Russian center with a three-year, $22.5 million extension that will keep him in ...

NSA Implementing Two-Person Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:39 -0400

NSA director Keith Alexander speaking before Congress. The next Edward Snowden may need a partner on the inside. On Tuesday, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a congressional hearing of the Intelligence Committee that the agency is implementing a "two-person" system to prevent future leaks of classified information like the one pulled off by 29-year-old Booz ...

Dell Buyout Battle Icahn Switches Tactics And Now Demands A Stock Buyback

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:39 -0400

buyout. The hedge fund titan made a new pitch to Dell shareholders today that includes a plan for Dell to make a tender offer for 1.1 billion shares at $14 ...

P.M. Kitco Roundup Gold Lower Hits 4-Wk Low on Long Liquidation Tech. Selling Ahead Of FOMC Result

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:38 -0400

Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session with solid losses Tuesday, pressured by technical selling, including pre-placed sell stop orders being triggered. Weak-handed long liquidation was also featured ahead of results from a very important U.S. central bank meeting. Comex August gold last traded down $16.70 at $1,366.40 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted down $17.60 at $1,367.50. ...

Modern Art On The Old Frontier Two George Catlin Exhibits Reveal A Lost American Avant-Garde

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:38 -0400

Painting was George Catlin's second career. He trained as a lawyer, practicing law for several years before deciding that that time had come for America to develop an indigenous art form, independent of European influence, and that he was the man for the task. In the spring of 1830, he headed for the frontier with canvas and brushes. Two concurrent ...

Instead of Free Trade Have the Transatlantic Trade Talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:38 -0400

Has the intellectual debate about free trade been won? The close-to-consensus answer among several scholars discussing that question at Cato last week is "yes." The better answer is "wrong question." After all, how much does it really matter that free traders have won the intellectual debate when, in practice, trade policy is distinctly anti-intellectual and free trade is the ...

The Microsoft breakup that never happened

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:21:45 -0400

Computerworld - Thomas P. Jackson, the former federal judge who in 2000 ruled that Microsoft should be split into two companies as punishment for monopolistic business practices, died Saturday at his Maryland home. He was 76. Jackson's demand that Microsoft divide was overturned by a federal appeals court in 2001, in part because the panel believed public comments Jackson made during and ...

Govt claims spying programs stopped plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:43 -0400

The deputy director of the FBI claimed Tuesday that a controversial electronic surveillance program revealed in media reports earlier this month helped thwart a plot to blow up the New York Stock ...

Its official Jack Lews new signature

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:42 -0400

The Treasury Department on Tuesday unveiled Lew's official new signature, which will soon grace the bottom right corner of every bill in your ...

In Paris Boeing unveils the 787-10 Dreamliner

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:11:26 -0400

(Credit: Boeing) Boeing today announced the 787-10 Dreamliner, the third (and longest) plane in the often-troubled 787 family, and an aircraft that the aviation giant said will be the most fuel-efficient in the industry. The unveiling was timed to the Paris Air Show, which is being held this week in Le Bourget, France. That show is the aviation industry's biggest event of the year, ...

Chuck Jaffe Fox commentator paid $50000 to tout stock

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:06:38 -0400

Most investors can't tell the difference between "sponsored investment research" and independent analysis, and that's exactly what the "sponsors" -- typically small companies paying for a marketing campaign that will inflate their stock activity and value -- are counting ...

The Fed Three pitfalls the Fed faces on path to tapering

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:06:38 -0400

"Market participants have come to accept that the Fed is not going to purchase securities ad infinitum and that the wind-down process will probably be implemented later this year," said Ward McCarthy, chief financial economist at Jefferies & ...

G-8 agrees to proposals to tackle tax evasion

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:06:37 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (MarketWatch) -- The Group of Eight leading industrialized nations agreed to a set of proposals to tackle tax avoidance and evasion that calls for countries to change laws to stop firms shifting profits across borders and urges greater transparency about the true ownership of ...

How to recover your iTunes account ID

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:41 -0400

If you have forgotten your iTunes ID, meaning you can't play DRM-protected music or otherwise access your account, there is an easy way to look it ...

Miami officials propose law changes to allow Uber service

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:40 -0400

If changes to the city's strict transportation laws are implemented, the San Francisco-based black car service gets to start sending out cars in ...

110 years ago the Model A got Ford into gear

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:40 -0400

Once upon a time, the Ford Motor Company was a startup -- and it was burning through cash like mad. Then a gent from Chicago ponied up $850, and the first Model A was ...

Huawei reportedly open to acquiring Nokia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:38 -0400

(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Huawei would consider snapping up Nokia, which could help it boost its smartphone gains in Europe and the U.S., a company executive said on Tuesday. ...

Cutting tool gadget thinks outside the plastic wrap box

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:37 -0400

(Credit: Lekue) Leftovers. There are always leftovers. Obviously, dealing with leftovers is a nice problem to have. With a quick peek into the fridge, yesterday's meal can quickly become today's snack. But it's getting them into the fridge that's the hard part. There are storage containers in every shape and size, yet somehow that never seems to fully save all the ...

Project Zero tiltrotor shows off battery-powered flight

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:36 -0400

Finmeccanica subsidiary showed off an exotic tiltrotor aircraft called Project Zero that's powered by lithium batteries. It flies, but project manager Jianye Zhang wouldn't say how far or how ...

Samsung Galaxy Ring circles up with Virgin Mobile for $180

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:36 -0400

(Credit: Virgin Mobile) Those eyeing Virgin Mobile's prepaid phones now have another Android 4.1 smartphone to choose from. Starting Tuesday, the Jelly ...

Flying bicycle with built-in tent cruises at 4000 feet up

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:35 -0400

flying bicycles . The latest entry in the wheeled-air-machine category comes from British company XploreAir. It's a bicycle, flying machine, and camping tent all built into one device. ...

BlackBerry Q10 finally landing on ATT June 21

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:03:33 -0400

June 21 . The physical keyboard-toting gadget will cost the industry standard price of $199.99. With an expertly designed typing surface that's based on BlackBerry's legendary Bold line of handsets, the Q10 features keys that are billed as 30 percent larger. In my experience with the device, I can certainly vouch that punching out messages on the keyboard is both fast and ...

Time to make the doughnuts is over

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:45 -0400

NEW YORK -- Don't expect to see Dunkin' Donuts revive its famous "Time to make the doughnuts" ad campaign anytime soon.Paul Carbone, chief financial officer for Dunkin' Brands Group Inc., said at the Jefferies Global Consumer Conference Tuesday that the company gets asked all the time when it's going to bring back the ad starring the perpetually tired baker who gets ...

Going To Techweek in Chicago Look Casually Chic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:30 -0400

Chicago next week? This 3-day innovation conference and technology expo is taking place on June 27-29th at the massive and historic, Art Deco Merchandise Mart located on the banks of the Chicago River. Expect a fantastic lineup of ...

SAPVoice Why Employee Skills Must Become the New Social Contract

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:30 -0400

All of which gives companies a chance to ignore the deeper problems of a global economy. But companies can't afford to do that. They have an insidious problem lurking under the surface of high stock prices: a shortage of employees with the right skills coupled with a less loyal workforce. Product life cycles are too short and competition is too volatile to go back to the days of long-term ...

Why Google Is Crazy For Spending A Billion Dollars For Waze

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:29 -0400

Waze , a company unfamiliar to most people. My first reaction was, "Are you crazy, Google?" followed immediately by, "Why so little?" Living (and driving) in the land of freeways and Sig Alerts, I discovered the social navigation app Waze through friends a while back on the way from Los Angeles to Palm Springs. Like all groups traveling together in L.A., we were all in ...

Apple iWatch Perception Is Reality

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:29 -0400

developer conference last week, when talking about the new Mac Pro Apple was showing off. Clearly, the perception that Apple can't innovate anymore is not only bothering investors, but the company as well. A new product, such as ...

Think You Cant Always Get What You Want

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:29 -0400

is a bit more challenging. Here is what's worked for me as both an entrepreneur and a parent: 1) To run a company and grow it aggressively, it's not just about the "IDEA", but about the team you have in place (as I've shared in previous blog posts.) You can have the greatest "IDEA", but without the ability to execute it, it's all just pie in the sky. You ...

Even After E3 The Used Games Debate is Far From Over

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:28 -0400

Attendees photograph the new Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4) console on the first day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California, June 11, 2013. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) The overriding narrative of E3 2013 was ...

American business groups claim India hurting US jobs economy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:09:35 -0400

WASHINGTON: A group of major American business organisations and advocacy groups launched a new alliance against what they allege as India's "discriminatory" economic policies, including intellectual property issues, which they claim ...