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Captchas, those sometimes-illegible code words designed to foil spammers, can be easily decoded by bots, a Stanford University research team has found. The Stanford team has created Decaptcha, software that makes captchas readable by computers by cleaning up the text … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. The gang at Twelve South, the company responsible for iPhone cases like the BookBook and stands for the iPad and MacBook Pro, has just unveiled … Continue reading →

While still at Facebook, Asana co-founders Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein developed a prototype task manager that helps groups cut down on email chains and meetings. After watching the prototype take off within Facebook, they left the giant social network … Continue reading →

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on four particular stories of interest today. Barnes & Noble … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. You had me at: “Do you need a reliable, sexy vehicle to get you to the renaissance fair?” This home-made, surprisingly slick car ad comes … Continue reading →

Social networks are an information gateway that allow people to share and connect in ways that were never previously possible. They can also be a pretty clever way to rob your neighbors. Burglars are starting to realize the criminal possibilities … Continue reading →

One of the largest textbook publishers in the world is making its digital course offerings more data-driven and individualized. Pearson announced Tuesday an extensive partnership with Knewton, a startup that specializes in adaptive learning technology. The technology personalizes the presentation … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that Americans enjoy using social media while they watch TV. But which shows are accumulating the most social buzz this season? We thought it time to break down the stats in a new weekly chart. The best … Continue reading →

Miami Heat owner Micky Arison has been fined $500,000 for venting on Twitter about the NBA lockout. The fine — believed to be the largest ever levied against an owner by the NBA — came after Arison responded to a … Continue reading →

We’ve seen many expensive gadget makeovers, but this one probably takes the cake for being over the top: An iPad 2 dressed in gold, diamonds and bones of a 65-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex. Stuart Hughes’s iPad 2 Gold History Edition, as … Continue reading →