Information Age

‘To Protect the Press,’ Spain Tries to Muffle the Internet

by Don Quijones •  • Comments Off on ‘To Protect the Press,’ Spain Tries to Muffle the Internet

The law hounds the new media, from blogs to Google, to protect the loyal mainstream press from insolvency and irrelevance. Other governments are ogling similar laws.

Google Glass Hacked, Can Record Everything You Stare At

by Wolf Richter •  • Comments Off on Google Glass Hacked, Can Record Everything You Stare At

You don’t need to break a code; you don’t need to capture a server. “Hardcore hackers wouldn’t even bother with it,” says one of the hackers. “They’d find access too easy.”

The untimely end of San Francisco’s Tech and Housing Bubbles

by Wolf Richter •  • Comments Off on The untimely end of San Francisco’s Tech and Housing Bubbles

“Recently, the billionaire venture capitalist Vinod Khosla went hunting for one-bedroom apartments in San Francisco….” And then he opened his mouth.

Cloud Wars: Now Even the CIA Slams IBM’s Technology

by Wolf Richter •  • Comments Off on Cloud Wars: Now Even the CIA Slams IBM’s Technology

Our spoiled American tech heroes yearn to get those big-fat contracts with the Intelligence Community. But it seems IBM is far better at financial engineering than actual engineering.

I Just Got PayPal’s New Absolutely-No-Privacy-Ever Policy

by Wolf Richter •  • Comments Off on I Just Got PayPal’s New Absolutely-No-Privacy-Ever Policy

Sunday, when no one was supposed to pay attention, PayPal sent its account holders an innocuous-sounding email with the artfully bland title, “Notice of Policy Updates.” PayPal didn’t want people to read it – lest they think the NSA is by comparison a group of choirboys.

IPO Highflyer Hits Sidewalk After Smart Money Bails Out

by Wolf Richter •  • Comments Off on IPO Highflyer Hits Sidewalk After Smart Money Bails Out

The IPO scene is sizzling: 25 pre-IPO startups, dogged by puny revenues and hefty losses, have “valuations” from $1 billion to $10 billion. But post-IPO debacles, even in the immensely hyped Cloud and Big Data sector, are already hitting the sidewalk.

Cracks In The Tech Bubble (That Doesn’t Exist)

by Wolf Richter •  • Comments Off on Cracks In The Tech Bubble (That Doesn’t Exist)

It’s “a technology everyone is going to have,” said a Bay Area real estate broker as he explained why realtors use drones to shoot aerial videos of high-end properties. And it’s illegal. But no one is going to be able to stop it, he implied.