Daily Archives: November 17, 2012

Top Female Exec At A Hot Tech Company Says She Was Fired For Having Breast Cancer

November 17, 2012
Top Female Exec At A Hot Tech Company Says She Was Fired For Having Breast Cancer

Susan Vinci-Lucero Susan Vinci-Lucero, breast cancer survivor. See Also Judge Lashes Out At Porn Companies For Making Empty Lawsuit Threats Companies Are Telling Employees What NOT To Do On Twitter Meet The Two Women Now Running Microsoft’s Most Important Business A few months ago, Susan Vinci-Lucero was the senior vice president of marketing and...

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The 3 Best Places To Legally Watch Free Movies Online

November 17, 2012
The 3 Best Places To Legally Watch Free Movies Online

Email More Shutterstock See Also How To Get A Push Notification When Someone Unfollows You On Twitter Apple’s Latest Patent Will Make Your iPhone Less Annoying New LTE iPad 4s Are In The Apple Store But Aren’t For Sale Yet You don’t need to become a poster child for Hollywood’s antipiracy campaigns and get...

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New York Angel Investor Chris Dixon In Final Stages Of Talks To Join Andreessen Horowitz

November 17, 2012
New York Angel Investor Chris Dixon In Final Stages Of Talks To Join Andreessen Horowitz

According to sources, well-know New York techie Chris Dixon is in the final stages of discussions to become a partner at the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. While the deal is not yet complete, Dixon seems likely to become the firm’s latest addition. It’s not clear what his area of specialty will...

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Anonymous attacks over 650 Israeli sites, wipes databases, leaks email addresses and passwords (updated)

November 17, 2012
Anonymous attacks over 650 Israeli sites, wipes databases, leaks email addresses and passwords (updated)

When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) this week began taking military action in the Gaza strip against Hamas (as the IDF announced on Twitter), Anonymous declared its own war as part of #OpIsrael. Among the casualties are thousands of email addresses and passwords, hundreds of Israeli Web sites, government-owned as well as privately owned...

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When is it time to stop calling yourself a freelancer and become an entrepreneur?

November 17, 2012

Self-employed. Freelancer. Entrepreneur. Business owner. However you label it, these people are making an independent living by themselves and their businesses they have built. These “labels” often blend into one another: those who are self-employed consider themselves business owners, business owners consider themselves entrepreneurs, freelancers consider themselves self-employed. For those who enjoy making a living from...

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New malware variant recognizes Windows 8, uses Google Docs as a proxy to phone home

November 17, 2012
New malware variant recognizes Windows 8, uses Google Docs as a proxy to phone home

Windows 8 may block most malware out of the box, but there is still malware out there that thwarts Microsoft’s latest and greatest. A new Trojan variant, detected as Backdoor.Makadocs and spread via RTF and Microsoft Word document marked as Trojan.Dropper, has been discovered that not only adds a clause to target Windows 8...

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Wow! Check out the battery life on this MiFi Liberate!

November 17, 2012
Wow! Check out the battery life on this MiFi Liberate!

I’ve been a MiFi user for years, and only dumped my original hotspot in August when I upgraded to an LTE phone and decided I’d use the phone as a hotspot. It’s been a passable solution, but when I was trying out the latest Novatel MiFi Liberate I realized how much I missed having...

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Australia wants $29M in back taxes from Apple

November 17, 2012

Apple’s well-documented accounting acrobatics have saved it from larger tax bills in its home country and abroad, but apparently not in Australia. On Friday the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Australian government billed Apple Australia for a whopping $28.5 million in taxes it hadn’t paid for fiscal year 2011. Apple’s Australia division made nearly...

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Android this week: Nexus 4 reviewed; Droid DNA here; live TV on Galaxy Note 2

November 17, 2012
Android this week: Nexus 4 reviewed; Droid DNA here; live TV on Galaxy Note 2

This week saw the Nexus 4 go on sale in the Google Play store only to quickly be sold out with more stock “coming soon”, according to Google. Many potential customers had signed up for notifications of the sale but never received any such communications. The ordering process wasn’t smooth for those who did...

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Gift Guide: Jabra Solemate

November 17, 2012
Gift Guide: Jabra Solemate

I use the Solemate. That’s the highest recommendation that I can give a product. I use the Solemate around my house. The sound easily fills rooms. I travel with the Solemate to compensate for hotels’ lowly clock radios. With Bluetooth and clever storage for a 3.5mm cable, it is always ready for an impromptu...

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