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In Fitting Mission Impossible-Style Conclusion, Flame Malware Self-Destructs
Sorry, we can't help ourselves. (http://commons.wikimedia.org/) Could the Flame malware infection be any more straight out of a spy movie? Answer: nope. Ars Technica reports that attackers have now...
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Nobody Voted in That Facebook Policy Poll
(pulse2.com) Well, well. Color us shocked. Remember that Facebook policy poll that we reported on last week? In the post, we guessed that no one would actually take the time to vote, and apparently we...
View ArticleVimeo Awards Show Proves by Example that Imperfection Is Interesting
Perfection is overrated. It’s boring and predictable and uninspiring. But imperfection? Now that’s fun. Take for instance last night’s 2012 Vimeo Awards show. Within the first few minutes, the audio...
View ArticleGroupon is Now Giving Groupons…for Groupon
Remember Groupon? It’s the daily deals company that went public in November, much to the excitement of the investment banks who helped take a chunk of the company’s cash and fantastic drunks who enjoy...
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Bad News, Bros: Woman Are the Tech Demo That Matters
This girl is your future demo. (flickr.com/littledebbie11) Just because wisdom is conventional doesn't mean it's right, and just because dudes 18 to 25 are considered the prized tech demographic...
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Guy With Video Startup Meets Sean Parker on Airtime, Figures Check Is in the...
Mr. Patel sent this purported screenshot of his Airtime chat with Sean Parker. Chicago-based startup founder Romil Patel writes in to brag that he went on Airtime for the first time, ran into Sean...
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China’s Crackdown on Internet Anonymity: Tell Us Your Real Name Or Stay Off...
Warning for dissidents at the Happy Dragon. Yesterday, China's authoritarian government unveiled yet another set of restrictions that might soon be levied on Internet users. In a document prepared by...
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Pinterest Hires a Googler to Serve as Head of Legal
I suspect I spy copyrighted content. (screenshot) As anybody in the music business can tell you, every crew needs a suit. And Pinterest just picked up a high-profile one to handle any legal issues that...
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U Mad, Pinterest? Mark Zuckerberg Is Now On The Fancy
Zuckd! This morning, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg joined high-end photo-sharing site The Fancy under the name "zuckd." I guess you could say: fancy recognize fancy? In that time, the Facebook CEO has...
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Michael Ian Black Does a Reddit IAmA, Fares Better Than Woody Harrelson
Michael Ian Black (Getty Images) Reddit's "IAmA" question-and-answer sessions can be thorny territory for celebrities brave enough to wade into the seething, snarking masses. Redditors who catch the...
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Instapaper Debuts Ad on The Howard Stern Show
(Photo: howardstern.com) Instapaper's Marco Arment just made his first big advertising buy with a spot on Howard Stern's satellite radio show, which aired last week. "I am a huge fan by the way, and...
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It Is 2012 and Pregnant Women are Still Discriminated Against by VCs
(Photo: Technorati) Upon navigating to the front page of the New York Times website this weekend, we were happily surprised to discover that a piece about women in technology occupied the feature spot....
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Sorry Silicon Valley: Your Floating, Lawless Tech Incubator Is Still Two...
The utopian tech community of Blueseed. (Image: blueseed.co) The libertarian contingent in Silicon Valley has long been fascinated by the possibilities of living independently in international waters,...
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Thrillist’s JackThreads Introduces ‘The Jills,’ a Customer Service Team to...
Mr. Lerer (Photo: Lerer Ventures) JackThreads, the members-only shopping site for sartorially savvy fellows, launched a new feature last week that may appeal to those whose shopping habits are...
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SOPA and PIPA Hang Over Personal Democracy Forum
Rep. Issa discussing CISPA, which he supports, at the Personal Democracy Forum. One of Andrew Rasiej's favorite jokes is that legislators don't know the difference between a server and a waiter. The...
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Here’s the Geekiest Wedding Ever: Another Facebook Cofounder Gets Hitched
If any would-be tech titans are taking notes, apparently the new relationship model goes IPO first, then marriage. Facebook cofounder and engineer Andrew McCollum didn't take the leap quite as quickly...
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Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club Gets the Swag Treatment: Tons and Tons of Duracell...
Jay-Z (Photo: JustJared) Rapping mogul Jay-Z has 99 problems but an uncharged cell phone is certainly not one of them. In January, Mr. Carter signed up to be a spokesperson for Duracell's Powermat...
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Guess Which Superangel Helped Adore Me Raises $2.5 M. for Quiz-Based Lingerie
Mr. Hermand-Waiche. (Photo: Google+) Two months ago, Betabeat interviewed Morgan Hermand-Waiche, cofounder of the virtual lingerie subscription service Adore Me, for a profile of superangel Fabrice...
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The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman Responds to Lawsuit Threat By Raising $25K for...
There were some other parts to Mr. Inman's response. (theoatmeal.com) Popular webcomic The Oatmeal has reportedly been threatened with a lawsuit for making allegedly defamatory statements about...
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Sovereign States Need to Up Their Twitter Game
This morning, The New York Times exposed the story behind the @sweden Twitter account, an official page owned by the Swedish government that features a different citizen every week. Though Twitter...
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