Meg Whitman's First Full Quarter at HP Didn't Go so Well

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Meg Whitman has yet to prove herself, as Hewlett-Packard's Q1 earnings missed expectations, reporting first quarter net revenue of $30.0 billion, down 7% from the prior-year period.

By Rebecca Greenfield

3:02 PM ET

Lintroducing Linstapaper, Your One-Stop Jeremy Lin News Source

To keep track of all the Linsanity, Wall Street Journal reporter and programmer Jeremy Singer-Vine created a one-stop Internet shop for all the Web's Jeremy Lin related offerings: Linstapaper. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

1:31 PM ET

Today in Research

An Off Switch for Pain; Charging Cell Phones with Fingers

Discovered: An off switch for pain, a finger-powered cell phone charger, what your ear of choice says about your brain, the clouds are coming for us, and buckyballs in space. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

12:59 PM ET

How to Use an iPad Like a Rock Star

Even though it's less than two years old, the iPad's role in transforming every industry from aviation to education to media is nearly complete.

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By Adam Clark Estes

11:44 AM ET

The Reality of Augmented Reality

On the gut level, reactions to Google's recently leaked top secret augmented reality eyeglasses can be split into two broad camps: the WTF!?! crew (concerned with privacy) and the WHOA!!! crew (excited about the future). 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

9:57 AM ET

The Lighter Side of Foxconn

We know all about the doom and gloom over at Foxconn, but during Nightline's trip to the iFactory on ABC last night, we learn about some of the perks of working at the industrial campus.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 21, 2012

Today in Research

Fructose Got a Bad Rap; Waterworld: A New Type of Planet

Discovered: Fructose doesn't deserve its association with obesity, a new type of Super Earth, a case for extending the smoking ban, and movies make kids want to drink. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 21, 2012

Pentagon Plans $7 Million Real Life 'Avatar' Remake

We can't wait to check out the military's new DARPA-funded reenactment of the insanely successful James Cameron movie Avatar.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 21, 2012

What the Army Is Doing on Pinterest

After discovering that the United States Army had a profile on Pinterest, we talked to the Army's social media operation to get some insight into what made them jump on the latest Internet trend. Hint: It has to do with ladies. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 21, 2012

The Pirate Bay's Downloading Ship Vows Never to Sink

Everyone's favorite law-dodging, file-sharing site The Pirate Bay isn't bothered one bit by a recent High Court decision that threatens to ban the service in the United Kingdom. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 21, 2012

Stat of the Day

Cell Networks Lost $13.9 Billion to Social Media Apps in 2011

Proving yet again that the Internet offers free alternatives for things one used to have to pay for (see: the newspaper), a new report today says that cell phone networks lost $13.9 billion worth of revenue to free social media apps in 2011. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 21, 2012

The Future of Hacking Sounds Pretty Ridiculous

Since the downfall of LulzSec, hackers have been busy coming up with wild ideas to outdo their many attention-grabbing stunts from 2011.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 21, 2012

It's Not Just Google: Everyone Tracks Everyone on the Internet

Currently Google and Microsoft are battling it out via passive aggressive statements over who is in the wrong in this whole user privacy tracking ordeal, when of course, both of them, along with the rest of the tech giants, are doing the same wrong things. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Feb 21, 2012

Silicon Valley's Baby CEOs Are Younger and Richer Than You

"While little data on the phenomenon exists, venture capitalists say they are funding more chief executives under age 21 than ever before," reports Reuters' Sarah McBride.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

Internet Explorer Also Has a Google-Tracking Problem

Not limiting its tracking to iDevices, Google has also bypassed Internet Explorer's privacy settings, getting around the search engine's cookie restrictions, according to Microsoft.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

Pinterest Gets More Copyright Friendly

With all the talk of Pinterest acting as one giant copyright infringement hub, the up-and-already-arrived social network has given sites a way to opt out of pinning.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

Today in Research

What's Inside the Moon; The End of Moore's Law

Discovered: What the moon's insides look like, the tiniest transistor of all time, climate change is killing alpine chipmunks, and get ready for test-tube hamburgers. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

The Problem With Suing Apple

Aside from the satisfaction of winning, prevailing in a class action lawsuit against Apple doesn't accomplish much of anything.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 20, 2012

How Things Have (and Haven't) Changed at Foxconn

After a mass suicide threat, media exposes from both This American Life and The New York Times and factory audits from Apple and the Fair Labor Association, Foxconn has had about six weeks to shape up.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 17, 2012

MegaUpload Indictment Reveals Site Wasn't That Mega

Looks like the piracy going on over at file sharing site MegaUpload was less rampant than expected, reveal documents from the site's indictment.  

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 17, 2012

Today in Research

Gecko Foot Glue; When Alcohol Is a Health Food

Discovered: Glue from gecko feet, alcohol as a health food, sleeping your way to memory loss, and pregnant women should get dogs. 

 

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