NSA Reforms: A Step In The Right Direction Or PR Stunt?


The complexity of privacy discussions in a hyper-connected world of free services was made clear this morning. In a speech that was high on rhetoric but short on details (which will be made clear in...
    






Four Reasons Merck’s R&D Restructuring May Not Save The Drug Giant (Or The Industry)


Last Friday, Wall Street Journal reporters Peter Loftus and Jonathan Rockoff broke the story that Merck is planning a dramatic R&D restructuring.  The goal is to look externally for more programs...
    






Which Is More Important: Military Drones Or A Cure For Cancer?


The U.S. government has an answer: drones. Drones and other weapons of destruction are vastly more important than healing people – or at least that’s what one might think, based on our government’s...
    






The Fascinating Method By Which Megaupload Deleted Copyright Content Without Ever Deleting Copyright Content


I have to say that I think this is rather clever really. Not helpful to people who were trying to get copyright material taken down off the Megaupload service, of course, and it forms part of the...
    






Tommo Strikes Back at SNK Playmore in NeoGeo X Row


Over the weekend, NeoGeo rights holder SNK Playmore issued a statement claiming that Tommo had violated the license agreement the two have in place. As a result, SNK issued a statement demanding that...

Apple Patents Gesture UI Manipulation of 3D Objects for iOS


Termed “Working with 3D Objects”, the new patent that got approved was a feather in Apple’s cap. Via this methodology consumers may create and handle 3D objects with efficiency. It could be displayed...

Microsoft is About to Terminate its Tag Technology


The year 2015 has been set as the future time when the Tag barcode service by Microsoft will meet its doom. However, there is hope since all is not lost. It will continue in a different form under...