Author: Adam Clark Estes

Amazon Is Reportedly Building a 3D Smartphone You Can Control with Your Eyeballs

Reuters

The Wall Street Journal says that Amazon is expanding its hardware offerings with a whole new line of gadgets, including a lame-sounding "audio streaming device" and a pair of next gen smartphones.

By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 29, 2011

New York Post Prepares for Phone Hacking Investigation

Staff is asked "to preserve and maintain" documents related to phone hacking

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 29, 2011

Of Course Flickr Has a Porn Problem

Porn has always been a problem for user-generated websites

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 29, 2011

Why Google's Scrambling to Catch Up in the Patent War

Google just bought over 1,000 patents from IBM, but they'll probably need to buy more

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 29, 2011

A Glimpse into the Future of Gaming: Apple Edition

The Cupertino kids are winning the mobile market and working on a 3D screen

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 29, 2011

This Week's Winners and Losers in the Phone Hacking Scandal

Things went very well for James Murdoch; Rebekah Brooks on the other hand…

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

MTV News Explains the Internet in 1995

Kurt Loder was actually quite right about the cyberspace being a big deal

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

Meet the Iranian General 'Secretly Running' Iraq

An American official says of Qassem Suleimani: "He is indeed like Keyser Söze"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

EPA Proposes First Fracking-Related Pollution Rules

The new regulations aim to cut down soot and smog emissions at natural gas drilling sites

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

Madoff Victims Win $1 Billion Settlement

A trustee the victims accused Tremont of ignoring "red flags" during the Ponzi scheme

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

Libyan Rebels Say Their Military Chief Is Dead

Rumors suggest that Abdel Fattah Younis held secret talks with Qaddafi, his old boss

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

News of the World Targeted a Second Murdered Girl for Hacking

A phone given to the grieving mother of Sarah Payne may have been hacked

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

Did LulzSec Trick Police Into Arresting the Wrong Guy?

One tech blogger thinks that the group's spokesman duped Scotland Yard

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 28, 2011

British Government's Resolution to Phone Hacking: 'Seminars'

Lord Justice Leveson wants journalists' help in a year-long inquiry into press practices

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

American Spies Have Their Very Own Phone Hacking Scandal

The government isn't sure if it's tracking Americans' every move

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Anti-Freeze in Pilots' Blood Baffles Air Force

The F-22 fleet has been grounded for 90-days due to strange blood tests

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Summer's Eve Is Pulling Their Talking Vagina Ads

After a mild uproar, the feminine hygiene company decide to nix their latest campaign

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

British Police Arrest a Top Anonymous/LulzSec Leader

Scotland Yard says they have "Topiary" in custody

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Anonymous and WikiLeaks Renew Their War Against PayPal

The two organizations joined forces to encourage a boycott of the web site

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Teenager Gets Three Years in Jail for Four Beheadings

A Mexican judge gave the young U.S. citizen the maximum sentence

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Publisher Drops Michael Hastings's Book on Afghanistan

The New York Post says the reversal is "one of the bigger book-publishing mysteries"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

A Peek Inside James O'Keefe's Very Weird World

The New York Times Magazine profiles the 27-year-old moviemaker and media hater

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Mystery Shrouds James Murdoch's Future at BSkyB

Everybody wants to know if BSkyB will ask James to step down as chairman Thursday

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 27, 2011

Trimming the Times: India's Rich; You're Cooking with Trash

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Congressman Arrested (Again) at White House Protest

Police took Rep. Luis Gutierrez into custody during a protest against deportations

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Getting Kicked Out of an Apple Store Is Not Easy

A stunt comedian tried everything, but Apple employees are just too tolerant

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Facebook's Privacy Approach Satisfies at Least One Person

A Connecticut attorney general is dropping a complaint about facial recognition

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Elizabeth Warren Is Leaving the CFPB August 1

News comes a week after Obama failed to nominate her to run the agency she created

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

JPMorgan Expert: Debt Downgrade Would Cost U.S. $100 Billion

A Reuters poll found a majority of economists think a downgrade is inevitable

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Hackers Respond to Hacking Arrests with More Hacking

Anonymous cracked two government websites and America's cybercrime chief resigned suddenly

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Break in News Corp. Scandal Allows Time for Damage Control

New details emerge form the paper's last days as scrutiny mounts at the Daily Mirror

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Why Robert Bork (Indirectly) Kept Netflix Off Facebook

Here's a really big hint: It has something to do with privacy

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 26, 2011

Trimming the Times: Mutton Busting; Urban Evolution

A guide to what's in The New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

ABC Abandons Checkbook Journalism, Almost

Embarrassed, the network says it's putting the brakes on paying big licensing fees

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Airlines Are Making Millions from a FAA Shutdown

The agency is losing $30 million day in taxes after Congress failed to pass a funding bill

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Facebook's Secret iPad App Looks a Lot Like Twitter

TechCrunch found a version of an iPad app hidden in the Facebook iPhone app

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Officials Won't Know Why Amy Winehouse Died for Weeks

After an inconclusive autopsy, the cause of the singer's death remains unexplained

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Hugo Chavez Wants to Rule Venezuela Until 2031

The Venezuelan president says he's cancer-free and ready for another 20 years in office

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Locals Say NATO Bombed a Hospital in Libya

Conflicting reports emerge about NATO's weekend bombing around Libya

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Norway Shooting Death Toll Drops Dramatically

Police reduced the death toll number to 76 after missing persons reports

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Players Approve Deal to End the NFL Lockout

Players are expected to approve a new collective bargaining agreement today

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Norwegian Shooter Faces Only 21 Years in Prison

Judge denies Breivik a public hearing in which he can wear a uniform

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 25, 2011

Trimming the Times: Apple in China; a Centenarian Trumpeter

A guide to what's in the New York Times for those worried about hitting its pay wall

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

A Zoo's Worth of Robotic Animals

A German firm has designed birds, penguins and even humans

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

NASA's Heading to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

The intriguing announcement comes just 24-hours after the final shuttle landing

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

Anonymous Off to a Rocky Start With Journalists

The hackers say they're working with the media on NewsCorp.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

There Are Only Eight Ways to Cover a Heat Wave

It's hard to think when it's hot, including coming up with new ways to say, "It's hot!"

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

Google's Coming for Your Money

The search giant grew by giving stuff away for free; that's about to change

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

News Corp.'s Legal Headaches in the United States

Subpoenas are on the way from the FBI and shareholder suits are multiplying

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 22, 2011

Parliament Wants James Murdoch to Answer to the Police

The former of James Murdoch's former employees say he lied to Parliament

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 21, 2011

Pentagon to Officially End Ban on Gays in the Military

The repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell will be certified

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