Dina Pule is feeling the love, and she’s not happy about it. South Africa’s communication minister says she has been the target of a 10-month “smear campaign” by the Sunday Times, which included a proposal of “love” from a friend...
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In South African Digital TV Shift, Claims of Love Offers and Graft
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Eclipsing the Sun: Murdoch’s British Tabloid to Erect Paywall
Britain’s best-selling daily, The Sun, is putting up a paywall later this year. That means fans of the tabloid — known for topless “Page 3″ girls and headlines like “Harry The Nazi” (when Prince Harry wore a Nazi outfit to...
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Forget the Batphone. Here Comes the Merkelphone
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is getting a new phone. In fact, she’s buying almost 10,000 of them, for something in the neighborhood of $31 million. This summer, the German government will get the first of about 9,600 hack-proof handsets. The...
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The Inner Balance app coaches you through breathing exercises designed to reduce stress.
Inner Balance Promises Stress Relief for IPhoners: Rich Jaroslovsky
In a classic “Seinfeld” episode, George’s father adopts what’s supposed to be a stress-reduction technique. Except that, instead of reciting it softly to himself, he bellows to the rafters: “Serenity now!” The Inner Balance Trainer is a $99 device from...
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Yuri Milner, co-founder of investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, predicted three websites that will survive until 2113.
Three Websites That Will Last 100 Years: Yuri Milner Predicts
Yuri Milner, the Russian investor whose early bet on Facebook made him a billionaire, thinks three websites will endure for 100 years. Not surprisingly, the world’s largest social network was one of them. The other two he named are Google...
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Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla, with the Firefox logo during a news conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Mozilla’s Fox Tries to Steal Spotlight and Outrun Google’s Android
While many European technology companies have pared back their presence at this week’s Mobile World Congress, Silicon Valley’s Mozilla is leaving a noticeably bigger footprint. The maker of the popular Firefox web browser sent about a hundred employees — which...
Read more »Europe’s Airwave Auctions Wrong, Says Deutsche Telekom Chief
When a government is buried in debt, making money from thin air sure sounds like a good idea. The U.K. and the Netherlands were among the latest European countries to sell wireless frequencies — the right to use certain airwaves...
Read more »Netflix Sees the Need for Speed in Becoming Next HBO
What took HBO decades to build, Netflix thinks it can achieve in a much shorter time. As the online streaming service tries to become the next HBO by focusing more heavily on original content, such as the critically acclaimed “House...
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The control room at Exelon Corp.'s Limerick nuclear power generating station in Pennsylvania.
Control-Systems Bugs Jump After Stuxnet Nuclear Plant Attack
Control systems are a dream for hackers and Hollywood script-writers. They run power plants, dams, train lines and traffic lights — and they’re becoming more vulnerable to attacks that can inflict spectacular, physical destruction. According to research released today by...
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still hasn't recovered from a series of past mistakes that he attributed to "arrogance."
Netflix Still ‘on Probation’ With Customers, Hastings Says
More than a year after triggering a cyber-revolt among his subscribers, Netflix Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings said he’s only halfway to redemption. “You might say we’re on probation at this point, so we’re out of jail,” Hastings said during...
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