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Batman, Superman and the rest of the Justice League of America are about to start fighting the famine in the Horn of Africa as part of We Can Be Heroes, a massive effort by DC Entertainment, Time Warner and three … Continue reading →

A team of engineers, drawn from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, have rebuilt Google to “focus on the user” and re-jigger Google’s recent Search Plus Your World changes, which put results for Google+ pages above sometimes more relevant pages like those … Continue reading →

Maria Ogneva is the head of community at Yammer, where she is in charge of social media, community programs, internal education and engagement. You can follow her on Twitter, her blog, and via Yammer’s Twitter account and company blog. If … Continue reading →

If you’re a cop and want to use a GPS device to track a suspect, you better have a warrant, the Supreme Court said Monday. In the decision, the court found that GPS tracking qualifies as “search” under the 4th … Continue reading →

The founder of file-sharing site Megaupload — which was shut down last Friday after the New Zealand police raided the man’s home at the request of the U.S. FBI — is still in custody Monday after a judge said he … Continue reading →

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) announced her resignation from Congress Sunday via a YouTube video posted on her website. Giffords, who is still recovering from being shot in the head during a public event last January, ultimately decided to resign … Continue reading →

Wide receiver Kyle Williams of the San Francisco 49ers made two costly mistakes in Sunday’s NFC Championship game that likely cost his team a spot in Super Bowl XLVI. But the real drama happened after the game, on Twitter. Outraged … Continue reading →

UPDATE: The @javpasquel Twitter account was deleted sometime around 12 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday. Wide receiver Kyle Williams of the San Francisco 49ers made two costly mistakes in Sunday’s NFC Championship game that likely cost his team a spot … Continue reading →

New nano-antenna technology means doctors are on their way to having the medical tools used aboard Star Trek‘s fictional USS Enterprise. Star Trek‘s Dr. Leonard McCoy was the renowned chief medical officer of the Starship Enterprise. The only thing McCoy … Continue reading →

Hacktivist group Anonymous made the rounds over the weekend, attacking sites from CBS.com to (once again) Universal Music. In what looks like hacking-spree retribution following the FBI’s shut down of file-sharing site Megaupload, Anonymous didn’t just take CBS.com offline on … Continue reading →