Thursday, January 10, 2013

'Worst CEO' list calls out Zynga's Pincus, Zuckerberg's 'hoodie mentality'

Best of CES 2013: In pictures | Better business-government teamwork needed to categorically fight cyberthreats

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'Worst CEO' list calls out Zynga's Pincus, Zuckerberg's 'hoodie mentality'
Zynga's Mark Pincus made the annual "Worst CEOs" list compiled by Dartmouth College professor Sydney Finkelstein, which also nearly included Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Andrew Mason of Groupon. Read More


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Best of CES 2013: In pictures
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Better business-government teamwork needed to categorically fight cyberthreats
The Business Roundtable, the association of 210 chief executive officers whose companies account for more than $7.3 trillion in annual revenues and 16 million employees, today said that cyberthreats to their businesses have become so severe, a new way of sharing real time security information needs to be set up among companies and with the U.S. government. Read More

Amazon's cloud hiccups, again
Less than a month after a 12-hour-plus outage on Christmas Eve, Amazon Web Service's Elastic Block Storage (EBS) service in its US-East availability zone experienced elevated error rates for about 45 minutes today. Read More

FCC will move to give more spectrum to Wi-Fi
The FCC plans to allocate more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi to improve performance in crowded public places and in homes, looking to head off a future spectrum crunch. Read More


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Botnets for hire likely used in attacks against US banks, security firm says
Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack campaign against U.S. financial institutions -- thought by some to be the work of Iran -- are using botnets for hire. Read More

The iPhone meets Taxi Driver
An iPhone user shows off his mad skills in this Taxi Driver take-off, of sorts. He won't be missing many calls, except for when the Apple phone does fly off of his contraption. Read More

US spots $120M for lab to tackle rare earth shortages
With China once again playing games with the rare earth materials it largely holds sway over, the US Department of Energy today said it would set up a research and development hub that will bring together all manner of experts to help address the Read More

New specs ease connections by wire or wireless
The Wi-Fi Alliance demonstrated the emerging Miracast wireless display technology at International CES here Tuesday by sending live computer game animation from a smartphone to a 27-in. television. Read More


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This webcast looks at the realities of taking desktops to the cloud in a reliable, manageable way. It explores the role of virtualization and hosted services while examining the intricacies of Microsoft licensing. It's a must-see event for anyone looking to leverage the realities of DaaS. View now.

10 wireless charging technologies on display at CES 2013
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Cool iOS accessories for iPhone and iPad unveiled at CES 2013
New gadgets simplify printing, powering up, photo sharing and more for iPhone and iPad users Read More

CES2013: First look at Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix convertible notebook
CES2013: First look at Lenovo's ThinkPad Helix convertible notebook Network World's Keith Shaw gets a tour of the new ThinkPad Helix ultrabook from Lenovo, which features a detachable keyboard (turning it into a tablet mode), digitizer pen, and a full HD 11.6-inch screen. From: networkworld Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:03 More in Science & Technology Read More

DoCoMo readying smartphone for kids that blocks Google
NTT DoCoMo is launching a new educational Android phone for Japanese children, but the kids will have to wait to learn about Google. Read More



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