Information Age

How Verizon Wireless Spies on You

by Electronic Frontier Foundation •  • 1 Comment

To better serve advertisers, it silently modifies users’ web traffic on its network so that other sites can assemble a deep, permanent profile of its users.

Hewlett-Packard Reports a Miracle

by Wolf Richter •  • 3 Comments

After 11 straight quarters of declining sales, they tick up for the wrong reason, and net profit plunges nearly 30%. But no problem. “I’m very pleased with the progress we’ve made,” bragged CEO Meg Whitman.

‘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.