Amazon Goes To Brazil Amazon's gearing up a Brazilian launch for the Kindle this summer. Their strategy? Sell their product for far cheaper than the local competition, take a hit in import duties, and watch the profits roll in.
Updated Fri Feb 24, 2012
Iran's "Second Internet" Rivals Censorship Of China's "Great Firewall" Iran is unveiling a nationwide "Halal Intranet" this spring that will try to seal the nation off from the corrupting influences of Google, Facebook, and Twitter. But can it work?
Updated Thu Feb 23, 2012
TASER's New Police Glasses-Cam Lets Citizens See What Cops See TASER, best known for their electric shock guns, has a new product: Tiny, sunglass-mounted cameras that upload live footage from a cop's POV to the cloud. The idea? They will help prevent police brutality lawsuits and increase accountability.
Updated Thu Feb 23, 2012
Department Of Homeland Security Tells Congress Why It's Monitoring Facebook, Twitter, Blogs The House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Counterintelligence and Intelligence was not pleased. (Insert "angry" emoticon here.)
Updated Thu Feb 16, 2012
Unmanned Drones Go From Afghanistan To Hollywood Get to know the motion picture location scouting companies and real estate agencies using unmanned drones for aerial shoots in California--much to the chagrin of the FAA, the LAPD, and an agency representing crane operators.
Updated Wed Feb 15, 2012
Meet Radio Free Europe's Tech Justice League The Broadcasting Board of Governors is turning to Silicon Valley to help revitalize Radio Free Europe and the Voice of America. A new innovation commission includes big names from Facebook, Twitter, TED, and the media.
Updated Wed Feb 15, 2012
Mobile DTV Brings Live Television To Cars, Buses Smartphones with HDTV reception chips and in-car television sets are big business in Taiwan, China, and Brazil. Now the travel-friendly tech behind mobile DTV is making its way to the United States.
Updated Tue Feb 14, 2012
Why 2012 Will Be Cybercrime's "Hell Year" We're barely six weeks into 2012, and the year is turning out to be one of the worst for cyberattacks in recent memory. Here are a few reasons why.
Updated Mon Feb 13, 2012
Anonymous Successfully Attacks CIA Website, Russian TV Given Scoop Anonymous is allegedly responsible for taking CIA.gov offline; the site has been inaccessible for more than an hour.
Updated Fri Feb 10, 2012
Inside INTERPOL's New Cybercrime Innovation Center INTERPOL, the international policing agency, is opening a massive innovation center in Singapore in 2014. At the center, law enforcement will learn all about the latest cybercrimes... and have access to cutting-edge forensics laboratories and research stations.
Updated Thu Feb 9, 2012
Google Maps Help Predict Meth Labs Before They Open The same maps that can help you find your way to the mall can help the police predict where meth labs will pop up next. Here's a look inside the strange, fascinating world of geospatial predictive analysis.
Updated Mon Feb 6, 2012
Super Bowl Command Center Monitors Parking Gripes, Terrorist Threats The private company behind the Super Bowl's official Social Media Command Center isn't just tweeting fans transit tips, they're monitoring social media for game-day threats by would-be terrorists. And Madonna.
Updated Fri Feb 3, 2012
FBI Spying On... FarmVille? The FBI just announced plans to ramp up their social media monitoring, data mining, and analysis. The surprising thing is that they haven't done so already.
Updated Mon Jan 30, 2012
Why Your Company Needs To Hack Itself Computer security expert Jeremiah Grossman thinks that traditional cybersecurity doesn't have what it takes to fight off today's wired intruders; he advocates companies and governments invite hackers to find weak spots in their systems.
Updated Sun Jan 29, 2012
Here's Why You Should Care (A Lot) About The Supreme Court's GPS Ruling You might not be suspected of trafficking cocaine and your car might not have a warrantless GPS placed in it by police. But the legal issues raised by the Supreme Court matter for everything you do online (and off).
Updated Wed Jan 25, 2012
Hashtag Hail Mary: Social Media Blitzes The Super Bowl Advertising is always big business at the Super Bowl. Now companies like GM are working with Facebook, Twitter, iPhones, and Androids to make it even bigger.
Updated Mon Jan 23, 2012
Beijing Calling: The Trouble With China's New English-Language News Network The Chinese government has dreamed for years of creating an English-language news network that could successfully compete with CNN or Al Jazeera for global eyeballs. The TodayChina network is China's third attempt to start a BBC of its own. Will the third time be the charm?
Updated Mon Jan 23, 2012
Facebook's New... Newsrooms? Over the weekend, Facebook quietly registered a series of "newsroom" domains. Could a new journalism project be next for the social media giant?
Updated Mon Jan 23, 2012
The Return Of LiveJournal LiveJournal, one of the web's most popular early blogging sites, is launching a comeback in the United States. Their plans for 2012 include massive changes for users. Oh, and "Game Of Thrones" creator George R.R. Martin is a big user.
Updated Fri Jan 20, 2012
Anonymous #OpMegaUpload Attacks Justice Department, MPAA, RIAA This evening, hours after Megaupload was busted by federal authorities, Anonymous began a massive retaliatory attack that forced the websites of the Justice Department, the U.S. Copyright Office, the MPAA, and the RIAA offline.
Updated Thu Jan 19, 2012
