Alibaba IPO Friday, Biggest IPO in History, Investor Risks (video)

Alibaba IPO: Are the Risks Too Big to Ignore?

Regulators haven’t done enough to protect investors from a risky corporate structure Chinese companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd are using to go public, U.S. Senator Robert Casey, said in a letter to the SEC. Bloomberg's Leslie Picker and Mia Saini have more on "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg-Sept17)

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Alibaba's top brass can't lose, even if shareholders suffer
Fortune
If you're thinking about buying Alibaba shares once they start trading on September 19, keep this warning in mind: The management of the Chinese ...
Alibaba's Billion-Dollar Winners: Who's Selling In The Biggest IPO Ever - Forbes
5 Winners and 5 Losers of the Alibaba IPO - TIME
What time is the Alibaba IPO? - Fortune


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Yahoo's Stock Rises Even More As Alibaba Revises Its Offering Price
Forbes
In anticipation of the Alibaba IPO, Yahoo stock has risen over 20% in the past month or so. Given the strong reception to the roadshow, Alibaba ...
Chinese Giant Alibaba Is Ready to Become the Next Google - Wired


BBC News
NewsCorp: Google is a 'platform for piracy'
BBC News
It calls Google a "platform for piracy" whose power "increases with each ... Google is in a long-running dispute with the Commission over competition ... But competitors, includingMicrosoft, German publisher, Axel Springer, and ... Yahoo! Finance UK and Ireland Murdoch renews hostilities with Google ...
News Corp Calls Google a 'Platform for Piracy' - Wall Street Journal


DailyTech
Facebook discusses new location-privacy settings in Apple's iOS 8 (Q&A)
CNET
Apple's new mobile OS gives you more control over when an app can access your device's location. Facebook says it wants to make sure users ...


Opposing Views
Facebook's Name Policy Won't Accept Chase Nahooikaikakeolamauloaokalani Silva
Huffington Post
Last week, the social media platform froze Silva's account because of a policy that suspends accounts suspected of fake names. Facebook says they ...


ABC News
Despite Facing Backlash, Facebook Refuses To Change Controversial Policy
Huffington Post
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco drag queens are sparring with Facebook over its policy requiring people to use their real names, rather than ...

Google lets Apps users bypass admins and install third-party Marketplace tools
PCWorld
In a move that could prove unpopular with IT administrators, Google has granted rights to end users of its Apps workplace email and collaboration ...


NDTV
Reports of another wave of layoffs rekindle bad press for Microsoft
PCWorld
Microsoft's massive staff reduction, which shocked many when it was announced in July, is back in the spotlight with a pair of reports that the ax will ...


The Hindu
Google's Android One Platform About More Than Just Phones
Forbes
Google announced the launch of its Android One platform on Monday, September 15, targeting the low-end smartphone segment in emerging markets ...

Forbes
Apple TV Is Now Armed And Ready To Be The Hub For The Smart Home
Forbes
Apple Apple is getting close to rolling out its smart home plans in a big way. The company today pushed out a little noticed update to its set-top box, ...
Apple Puts Focus on Security - Wall Street Journal
Apple will no longer unlock most iPhones, iPads for police, even with search warrants - Washington Post
Bug forces Apple to delay launch of HealthKit fitness apps - CNET

IBNLive
With new tablets and e-readers, Amazon smolders
Fortune
Amazon Fixes The Biggest Problem With Kindle - Huffington Post
Amazon Unveils Seven New Kindle Tablets and E-Readers - NBCNews.com

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate U.S. Military Contractors - Businessweek: "Chinese-backed hackers infiltrated the computer networks of airline, shipping and information technology companies responsible for transporting personnel and weapons for the U.S. military, a Senate investigation found."

First Look At The Next Version Of Microsoft Office
Microsoft is working on its next version of Microsoft Office, and screenshots of the software have ...

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How to Protect Your Company From Data Breaches (video)

How to Protect Your Company From Data Breaches: Video - Bloomberg:
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How to Protect Your Company From Data Breaches - Verizon's Eddie Schwartz discusses how to avoid data breaches with Angie Lau on Bloomberg Television's "First Up." (Source: Bloomberg May 26)

Report: Apple plans to introduce a connected home platform at WWDC
PCWorld (blog)
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in a week, and ... And big tech companies already want in: Look no further than Google's ...

Apple focuses on music creation, travel writing in latest 'Your Verse' iPad ads
Apple Insider
Apple on Sunday released two new spots for its "Your Verse" iPad campaign touting the tablet's music creation and travelogue capabilities with stories from composer Esa-Pekka Salonen and travel writer Cherie King. Composer and principal conductor of the ...

Apple asks US court to make Samsung remove infringing features

Computerworld
IDG News Service - Following up on a jury verdict, Apple has asked a court in California to order Samsung Electronics to stop using features that were ...

Google 'Right To Be Forgotten' Ruling Unlikely to Repeat in US
NBCNews.com
... Security Agency secretly broke into communications on Yahoo and Google abroad and targeted overseas ... "The right to be forgotten is a great idea philosophically, but it is wrong to put the onus on Google or Facebook," she said.

Google, Costco and Facebook Best Employers in the US: Glassdoor Poll
NDTV
Google, Facebook and wholesale retailer Costco offer the best pay and benefit packages in the United States, according to employee ratings compiled ...

A Look At Amazon's Burgeoning Robot Army
Inventorspot
Currently, Amazon utilizes around 1,000 robot workers on its facility floors. ... In short, it looks like Google's not the only one building a robot army.

Facebook: We should know about the 4 new privacy
Views Times
Facebook has finally caved to public pressure and agreed to improve its privacy settings, but the tighter security for its traditional features also comes ...

Apple iPhone 6 is coming: What you should know
KENS 5 TV
Going into an iPhone launch there's never much doubt about whether Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) latest addition to the key lineup will sell better than its ...

Google's current stance on patents with Android would have prevented Google from ever having ...
Apple Insider
This might remind you of Apple's Siri, or the development of the NCSA web ... Out of the ashes of the Dot Com Crash, Yahoo and Microsoft rapidly began earning ... Over the ten years since that Yahoo deal, Google has maintained an ..... 

Yahoo's Ad Business Ain't Dead Yet - Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) | Seeking Alpha
By Alex Cho
Some environments are a little more ad-friendly, like the Facebook homepage, whereas other environments aren't as easy to advertise on, like Yahoo ...

Everything Is Broken — The Message — Medium: "Once upon a time, a friend of mine accidentally took over thousands of computers. He had found a vulnerability in a piece of software and started playing with it. In the process, he figured out how to get total administration access over a network. He put it in a script, and ran it to see what would happen, then went to bed for about four hours. Next morning on the way to work he checked on it, and discovered he was now lord and master of about 50,000 computers. After nearly vomiting in fear he killed the whole thing and deleted all the files associated with it. In the end he said he threw the hard drive into a bonfire. I can’t tell you who he is because he doesn’t want to go to Federal prison... This story isn’t extraordinary at all. Spend much time in the hacker and security scene, you’ll hear stories like this and worse...." (read more at link above)

U.S. Case Offers Glimpse Into China’s Hacker Army - NYTimes.com: "One man accused of being a hacker for the Chinese military, Wang Dong, better known as UglyGorilla, wrote in a social media profile that he did not “have much ambition” but wanted “to wander the world with a sword, an idiot.” Another, Sun Kailiang, also known as Jack Sun, grew up in wealthy Pei County in eastern China, the home of a peasant who founded the ancient Han dynasty and was idolized by Mao. They and three others were indicted by the United States Justice Department this week, charged with being part of a Chinese military unit that has hacked the computers of prominent American companies to steal commercial secrets, presumably for the benefit of Chinese companies...."

Intel Vs. Qualcomm: Who Has The Better Roadmap For 2015? - Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) | Seeking Alpha: "Intel will gain market share as a result of aggressive pricing and performance gains. However, I don't think Intel's graphics and modem solution will match Qualcomm's in 2015."

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Humans, Robots, Asimov's Laws

Yes, we NEED Asimov's Laws --

Do We Need Asimov's Laws? | MIT Technology Review: "In 1942, the science fiction author Isaac Asimov published a short story called Runaround in which he introduced three laws that governed the behaviour of robots. The three laws are as follows:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
He later introduced a fourth or zeroth law that outranked the others:
0. A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm...." (read more at the link above)

Free phone service FreedomPop unveils $20 'Unlimited' plan - CNET: "Firm launches paid "Unlimited Everything" plan, adds LTE phones to offerings to mark its move to Sprint's LTE network."

U.S. may act to keep Chinese hackers out of Def Con hacker event | Reuters: "....Washington could use such visa restrictions and other measures to keep Chinese from attending the August Def Con and Black Hat events to maintain pressure on China after the United States this week charged five Chinese military officers with hacking into U.S. companies to steal trade secrets...."

Apple, Google, Intel And Adobe Settle The Employee Rip Off Suit
Forbes
Apple Apple, Google Google, Intel Intel and Adobe have agreed to settle the civil suit alleging that they ripped off their employees by having ...

Microsoft Surface Pro 3: 10 Tablets Paved Its Way
InformationWeek
About 40% of Americans own a tablet or e-reader, but that didn't happen overnight. These 10 devices shaped the evolution of the modern tablet.

Apple hits 52-week high as Beats buzz builds
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Apple Inc. shares hit a 52-week high Friday as the company geared up for its big developer conference and ...

Amazon plays hardball -- and puts the hurt on consumers
CNET
If the average Amazon-loving book buyer were to go to the company's ... said had conspired with Apple to fix e-book prices in an attempt to keep Amazon from ... In a post on Facebook titled "Four of the most important paragraphs I'll ever ... ComparingMicrosoft's Surface Pro 2 to the new Surface Pro 3.

Apple iPhone 5c 8GB launched in India for Rs 37500: Will Apple's new gamble pay off?
Firstpost
Finally, Apple has launched the 8GB version of its iPhone 5C in India for Rs 37,500, a move aimed at capturing a larger share of the burgeoning ...

Google Glass Fans Fight Restaurant Ban With Bad Reviews
Mashable
It's only been a few months since the infamous anti-Google Glass bar incident in San Francisco, and now it looks like some users of the device are ...

Microsoft Fought the FBI, But the FBI Won
Top Tech News
Government requests like those from the FBI for Microsoft's enterprise customer data are extremely rare, so the firm says it seldom has to litigate ...

Apple looking to ban sale of Samsung products
CNET
Early-May trial verdict found Samsung infringed three Apple mobile patents. Apple ...Apple is looking to ban the sale of Samsung gadgets yet again.

Apple iPhone 6 is coming: What you should know
USA TODAY
Going into an iPhone launch there's never much doubt about whether Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL ) latest addition to the key lineup will sell better than its ...

Meteor shower disappoints stargazers, but not too much
Washington Post
All in all, many people suggested, it was better to have searched for meteors early Saturday morning and not seen them than never to have looked at all. Published reports had indicated that a cascade of shooting stars might streak through the morning skies ...

Roombots Self-Assemble into Furniture
EE Times
PORTLAND, Ore. -- In what the lead researcher calls a "crazy" project conjoins dual round robots with three degrees-of-freedom--called Roombots -- which self-assemble into the type of furniture of your choice. Conceived at the Biorobotics Laboratory ...

Aliens Exist And Will Be Found Pretty Soon, Say Scientists
Forbes
It used to be that if you asked an astronomer if there was intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, you'd get some sort of hedged response involving the vastness of the universe and statistical probabilities that you'd expect from a diligent scientist. I've asked ...

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Chinese Hackers Suspected In Nortel Breach

Chinese Hackers Suspected In Long-Term Nortel Breach
Wall Street Journal

For nearly a decade, hackers enjoyed widespread access to the corporate computer network of Nortel Networks Ltd., a once-giant telecommunications firm now fallen on hard times. Using seven passwords stolen from top Nortel executives, including the chief executive, the hackers—who appeared to be working in China—penetrated Nortel's computers at least as far back as 2000 and over the years downloaded technical papers, research-and-development reports, business plans, employee emails and other documents, according to Brian Shields, a former 19-year Nortel veteran who led an internal investigation. ...

Wall Street Journal

Motorola's First, Intel-Powered Ice Cream Sandwich Revealed (Images): . . . some imagery and a few details pertaining to a phone that will allegedly beMotorola's first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset. What's more, this unnamed device will also be one of Motorola's first pieces ofIntel-powered hardware

Nimbula Supports VMware, But Not As Cloud Partner
InformationWeek
Nimbula Director 2.0 shakes hands with VMware's ESXi, but only for the purpose of building Amazon-like clouds. By Charles Babcock InformationWeek Nimbula, the company that includes two key designers of the Amazon EC2 cloud, introduced Monday the second ...

HP Upgrades ProLiant Servers For Converged Data Centers
InformationWeek
By Charles Babcock InformationWeek HP on Monday announced its ProLiant Generation 8 server architecture as a key building block of its data center of the future, one built to enable greater automation through Converged Infrastructure.

Words With Friends Led to Hookup for 10 Percent of Players
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn Words With Friends players are, well, some players. A Zynga poll of more than 100000 users found that one in 10 players say they have hooked up with someone as a direct result of the game, Business Insider reported.

Samsung Weighs LCD Spinoff
Wall Street Journal
By KYONG-AE CHOI SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. is considering spinning off its liquid-crystal-display operations into a separate company, it said Tuesday, in a bid to strengthen the competitiveness of the business, which has been mired in losses due to ...

Whistleblowing Site Cryptome.org Infected With Drive-by Exploits
PCWorld
By Lucian Constantin, IDG News Cryptome.org, a website dedicated to disclosing confidential information, was compromised last week and was used to infect PCs running Internet Explorer through drive-by exploits. The security breach was discovered Sunday ...

Teen hacker claims smut site hack: 'I didn't do it for money'
Register
By John Leyden • Get more from this author A teenage hacker claims to have broken into the Brazzers, the hardcore porn portal, before making off with hundreds of thousands of user login details. The 17-year-old Morocco-based hacker uploaded a sample of ...

Taking on Apple with industrial-strength e-textbooks
Fortune
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt February 14, 2012: 9:00 AM ET One of the things the tech press missed last month when Apple (AAPL) summoned them -- satellite trucks and all -- to Manhattan's Guggenheim Museum for the unveiling of its new textbook authoring ...

DOJ Approves Google's Acquisition of Motorola Mobility
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius The Department of Justice on Tuesday approved the pending merger of Google and Motorola Mobility, finding it unlikely that the two companies will use their patent holdings to give themselves a competitive advantage.

Wow Stuff teases robotic toy it calls the “greatest toy in the universe”
SlashGear
When it comes to toys, pretty much everything claims to be the coolest thing you've ever seen. They have to. That's how they lure in weak-minded parents who succomb to their child's every request. But based on the fact that this particular toy is the ...

Review: 'The Darkness II' Not Worth Embracing
ABC News
When the demonic first-person game "The Darkness" was released in 2007, it was a twisted breath of fresh air among all the war simulators and space-marine romps. AP video game reviewer Lou Kesten called it an "intriguing mix of stealth and first-person ...

ABC News

Valentine's Day and 5 other great Google doodles (+video)
Christian Science Monitor
The Valentine's Day Google doodle animation is sure to melt anyone's "Cold, Cold Heart." But is this Valentine's Day doodle the best Google doodle video? Here are five of our past favorites. By Megan Riesz / February 14, 2012 Google wishes its users a ...

HTC will launch Playstation certified devices
Inquirer
By Chris Martin Unnamed sources have confirmed the news with Pocketlint, which will make HTC the first firm outside of Sony to get the stamp. It will mean its smartphones and tablets will have access to Playstation game titles.

Motorola's first Ice Cream Sandwich, Medfield handset leaked?
CNET
by Don Reisinger February 14, 2012 5:48 AM PST At Mobile World Congress later this month, a host of new smartphones will be on display. But it could be that one of Motorola's newbies has been leaked already. Mobile blog PocketNow yesterday revealed a ...

Schilling's company launches first video game
CBS News
(AP) NEW YORK — A teenage Curt Schilling got a paper route so he could afford an Apple II just like the one his Little League coach owned. Three decades later with cash to spare from his baseball career, the retired pitcher has invested nearly $35 ...

LHC energy boost will aid hunt for Higgs boson
BBC News
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will increase the energies of the bunches of subatomic particles called protons that it smashes together. The boost should improve the collider's chances of discovering "new physics" and definitively ...

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Online daters no good at spotting liars
Telegraph.co.uk
People using online dating sites are no good at spotting when someone is lying because they want it all to be true, according to researchers. Lovelorn users are so desperate to believe people who describe themselves as tall, dark and handsome that they ...

Telegraph.co.uk

Where now for Mars exploration?
BBC News
It's the planetary scientists who probably have the glummest faces a day after President Obama announced his 2013 budget request for Nasa. Planetary science loses 20% of its current $1.5bn budget, with Mars exploration taking the single biggest hit, ...

BBC News

Two More Ex-Governors Say Port Authority Has Long History of Problems
Transportation Nation
By Bob Hennelly | 02/14/2012 – 8:04 am Former Governor Elliot Spitzer was Governor from June 2007 until March 2008. He says the latest Port Authority audit by Navigant Consulting was unfair to his successor Governor David Paterson and Paterson's pick ...

A Spotify playlist for Valentine's Day: songs for the brokenhearted
NOLA.com
By Alison Fensterstock, The Times-Picayune Just in case there was any doubt left as to whether there is anything the Internet doesn't know about you, it was reported this week that the data-crunchers over at the Facebook analytics team - in honor of ...

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Twitter, LinkedIn Used By More Recruiters Than Facebook [STUDY] - AllTwitter
mediabistro.com
By Lauren Dugan on February 13, 2012 5:00 PM When it comes to landing a job, everyone and their grandmothers will tell you you have to have at least one eye on social these days. Your public profiles will be searched and scrutinized before any job...

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Magically remove unwanted moving object from your pictures with Remove by Scalado
androidandme.com
Sick and tired of obnoxious people moving in and out of your pictures? Remove by Scalado may be exactly what you need! Remove is a new camera technology that enables users to remove any moving object from a picture after it has been taken.

Unknown if deaths of 3 dolphins are related
Philadelphia Inquirer
AP BRIGANTINE, NJ - Experts said Monday that they did not know whether the recent deaths of three dolphins found along the Jersey Shore were related. Officials with the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine were notified Sunday afternoon about a ...

Connecting to the Cloud!
DABCC.com
If you read my blog regularly, you know that cloud services is one of our top priorities at Citrix. After all, the cloud is a key technology for powering mobile workstyles that enable people to work from anywhere on any device.

AT&T Increases Upgrade Fee
MyFox Houston
HOUSTON - AT&T ups its fee for those who want to upgrade their phones. Find out how much it'll cost you – this and more in today's Tech Minute… MySpace, the previous king of social networking, made a surprising announcement on Monday.

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New Photo Technology Lets You Get Rid Of The People You Don't Love...
By John Biggs
No, silly, this isn’t about murder – it’s a program to remove people from a photo! Scalado has created a photo-taking system that allows you to selectively remove people in a photo. How does it work? It basically interpolates the “clean” version of the scene by watching the moving, live objects. It’s not rocket science, but it’s pretty cool ...
TechCrunch

TECHNOLOGY RED ALERT: SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY H V AN ...
By Sam Biddle
It's not easy being Chuck Grassley. First, some jerk makes fun of your inability to spell on Twitter. Then, you continue to use Twitter without learning how to use a keyboard. Then you're hacked. But will an iPhone change everything?
Gizmodo

HealthWatch: Technology Leading To More Voice Problems « CBS ...
By bdisbrow
Pop singer Adele's voice problems are getting lots of attention, but vocal-cord issues are growing among non-singers as well -- fueled by new technologies that have us all talking more.
CBS San Francisco

4 Key Success Factors in Sustainable Technology | GreenBiz.com
By Leslie Guevarra
What do Accenture, Deloitte, IBM and Logica have that sets them apart from other global firms competing in the field of sustainable technology? New research from Verdantix identifies their common success factors.
Computing & IT | GreenBiz.com

New Spin-On Hardmask Technology Using Nanocrystals to Impact ...
A Free To Access Nanotechnology Information Site, Sections Include A Nanotechnology Journal, Nanotechnology News, New Nanotechnology Products, Nanotechnology Suppliers/Companies, Nanotechnology Experts, Nanotechnology ...
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Seaman board discusses technology upgrades | CJOnline.com
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CJOnline.com is the website of the Topeka Capital-Journal newspaper. It's the Number One source of news, sports, weather and entertainment information, as well as cars, jobs and real estate advertising for the northeastern Kansas area.
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U.S. utility Duke eyes Chinese CCS technology - News - Point Carbon
U.S. utility Duke eyes Chinese CCS technology. 13 Feb 2012 23:50. Duke Energy has signed an agreement with China's largest power producer that could lead to the installation of Chinese carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at its ...
Point Carbon - News

The Creators Project, 2 Day Arts & Technology Event in San Francisco
By Rusty Blazenhoff
This large-scale technology and arts festival is part of an ongoing global initiative formed by VICE and Intel that supports “visionary artists, musicians, and filmmakers who are using technology to push the bounds of creative expression.
Laughing Squid

Technology In Schools: In Some Cash-Strapped Districts, Kids Bring ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
This piece comes to us courtesy of Mind/Shift. At Mankato Public School System in Minnesota, students bring their homework, their lunches, and books to school like most students across the country.
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