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Someone Is Willing To Pay $4000 A Share For Facebook 2

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

As someone who can't remember the heady days of the 1990s-era tech bubble, I'm not used to tech IPO craziness. But this is a whole new level of insanity. Some people are willing to pay anything to "be a part of history". The Wall Street Journal's Jacob Bunge reports: Knight Capital Group,...

Texting study

University Of Michigan Study Finds Texting To Be More Truthful 3

By Corey Cummings May 18, 2012

A recent study funded by the National Science Foundation revealed that text messages often...

BREAKING: Germans Bidding $74 For Facebook Shares 4

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Business Insider, by way of Bloomberg, reports that German investors are bidding up shares in the...

Firefox reset button

Mozilla: Firefox Reset Button “Like Magic” 5

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

Mozilla developers are testing a “reset” button for the popular Firefox browser, aimed at users...

Google To Assert Control Over Android 6

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

It’s old news that developers are getting fed up with fragmentation on Google‘s Android...

All Eyes Turn To Wall Street Hours Before Facebook Begins Trading At 11:00 EST 7

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Call it what you want to call it: a baptism by fire, tech’s gauntlet throw-down in the world of...

Facebook IPO

Facebook To IPO At $38 A Share Tomorrow, Confirms $100+ Billion Valuation 8

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just announced final details of its hotly anticipated IPO. The company will...

The Pirate Bay Is Back, And An Anonymous Defector Claims Responsibility For The DDoS Attack 9

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Writers Note: This piece is a followup to one I wrote yesterday but got published today. It...

Stalker IPhone App Conceals Picture Taking Activity, Is Seriously Called Stalker 10

By Corey Cummings May 18, 2012

This week London-based company Zeta Agency has unveiled a new, creeptastic app for the iPhone...

July 9 Is Not Going To Be Internet Armageddon 11

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

In November of last year, the FBI rounded up a ring of Estonian nationals who have now been charged...

Internet Explorer Teams With 20th Century Fox To Promote Prometheus 12

By Corey Cummings May 18, 2012

In yet another move to make the Internet Explorer brand hip and relevant, the team behind the...

Google Minus? New Study Says Google’s Social Network Is Practically Deserted 13

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

How is Google Plus like Pripyat, Ukraine, or Bodie, California? Well, for starters, they're all...

Torrent Site “The Pirate Bay” Taken Down By Mysterious DDoS Attack 14

By Jason Rowley May 18, 2012

Anyone who's ever visited The Pirate Bay (or "TPB") knows that the site experiences occasional...

Bitly Reportedly Raising Funds To Branch Into Search 15

By Jon Christian May 18, 2012

Link-shortening dynamo Bitly is reportedly prepping to launch a viral search engine, and is working...