Google hits back against BT with patent lawsuits
(Reuters) – Google Inc and its Motorola Mobility unit struck back on Wednesday against BT Group Plc, filing patent lawsuits against the British telecommunications group...
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Facebook Shuts Down ‘Bareback Page,’ Devoted To Unprotected Gay Sex, After More Than 20,000 ‘Like’ It
A controversial Facebook page devoted to the practice of unprotected sex between consenting male partners (known as “barebacking”) has sparked a dialogue in the gay...
Ford’s open-source kit brings era of smart car apps
OpenXC will set the hacker community loose on Ford’s car computer systems – expect a host of apps to improve vehicles’ performance and efficiency MIRROR,...
Square scandal highlights growing pains at tech start-ups
(Reuters) – When Square Chief Operating Officer Keith Rabois left his job last month, citing legal threats from a young colleague with whom he had...
Kids using coding skills to hack friends on games, expert says
Children as young as 11 years old are writing malicious computer code to hack accounts on gaming sites and social networks, experts have said. A...
Last-stand Neanderthals queried
We may need to look again at the idea that a late Neanderthal population existed in southern Spain as recently as 35,000 years ago, a...
The 14-Inch HP Chromebook Is Official, Could Become a Big Seller
It was outed a week ago, but Google and HP are making it official, there’s a new HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook. The new device is now...
Man in Jail for 5 Years over Insulting Kuwaiti Ruler on Twitter
Insulting the emir in the Arab state of Kuwait has landed a man in jail. The allegedly slanderous comments have been made on the Twitter...
Google settles French newspaper links dispute
Google has agreed to create a 60m euro ($82m; £52m) fund to help French media organisations improve their internet operations. It follows two months of...