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Facebook co-founder buys New Republic magazine
Chris Hughes, one of the co-founders of Facebook and a former online strategist for Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign, has purchased a majority stake in The New Republic, the magazine said on Friday.
NCAA March Madness Live App for iPhone: Top 5 Free Sports Apps for Your Brackets
March Madness will descend upon college basketball fans around the world as the NCAA Division I men's national tournament is at hand. In 2011, the games were free to watch online, but the NCAA official March Madness Live app now offers access to those same games for $4. Audio for all the games is free, but not for the videos. It's a good deal if you can't stand to miss all the action. There are five other apps we have for you if you're a sports junkie.
What Is March Madness And How Does It Work? Video Explains NCAA College Basketball Tournament
This video explains what March Madness is and exactly how the NCAA college basketball tournament works for all those uninitiated folks out there looking to get in on all the fun.
Anonymous Hackers Replace Police Supplier Website With ‘Tribute to Jeremy Hammond’
Anonymous hacktivists announced via Twitter that they had successfully hacked the website of New York Iron Works, a police-equipment supplier, and replaced the homepage with a tribute of love to arrested hacker and Chicagoan Jeremy Hammond. Anonymous also claimed responsibility for several other hacks on March 8, including knocking Peruvian government website http://policiainformatica.gob.pe/ offline, and posting the personal information of FBI agents in a public online message board in what the...
Chris Brown And Rihanna Back Together? Breezy Seen With Karrueche Tran At The Club [PHOTO]
Controversy doesn’t seem to stop this celebrity couple from having a good time. Chris Brown and his girlfriend Karrueche Tran were spotted out on the town in Hollywood last night.
Kony 2012: Why and How a 30-Minutes Documentary Video on Ugandan Warlord Went Viral
Many of you might have already heard, read, or seen that 30 minutes video about Kony 2012. It is a campaign to make Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a famous man in hopes that governments around the world will take notice and do something about the crisis that has been going on in Uganda for over 26 years under Kony’s regime.
Laptop-Shooting Dad Tommy Jordan: ‘I Still Stand Behind What I Did’ [VIDEO]
Tommy Jordan, the laptop-shooting dad, who emptied the bullets in his handgun into his daughter's laptop and posted the video to Facebook, said that both he and his daughter, Hannah Marie, made mistakes that day but that he stands behind what he did.
Marine Corps Ads Depict Sympathetic Side of America's Fierce Soldiers [VIDEO]
New ads depicting the Marine Corps show a softer side of some of America's toughest fighting force.
Campaign Against Ugandan Warlord Sweeps Internet
A video calling for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army militia group in Uganda, swept across the Internet this week, attracting a wave of support on Twitter and Facebook along with a skeptical backlash against a little-known team of filmmakers based in San Diego.
Online Security: Why It's Taxing Our Brains
For a while it was just your mother's maiden name, then your first pet, the street you grew up on or the make and model of your first car. As passwords and security questions multiply, so does the potential for things to go wrong, possibly locking you out of your own life.
Accused Irish LulzSec Hacker Worked in Security
One of the people accused by authorities of being at the core of Lulz Security, perhaps the most feared hacking group on the planet, led a nonprofit group in Galway, Ireland, dedicated to making websites more secure.
Konami Joins Zynga's New Games Service
Japan's Konami Corp (9766.T) and two other game makers have joined Zynga's new gaming network, potentially drawing players to the fledgling service that Zynga hopes will reduce its dependence on Facebook.
Facebook Alumni Flex Muscles, Dabble in Politics
Facebook's original friends are moving into politics.
Facebook Adds Women, Minority-Owned Banks for IPO
Facebook Inc added several women- and minority-owned investment banks to the roster of underwriters for its initial public offering, following in the footsteps of General Motors Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, which did the same during their own offerings.
Apple iPhoto for iOS: A Complete Guide to the New Photo Editing App
iPhoto for iOS endows Apple users with control over their photos like they've never experienced. There are six major components to iPhoto for iOS; here, we detail each part of the new iPhoto and explain how to use it.
Stephen Colbert Second Breakfast Segment Pays Homage to ‘Lord of the Rings’ [VIDEO]
For too long we’ve been stuck with strict, government approved time slots for cramming things into our face slots.
International Women's Day 2012: It's About More Than Girl Power, Flowers
International Women's Day is celebrated every March 8 to honor women who have made a difference in the world. While women have come a long way in the 100 years since the holiday was established, progress in many countries has been slow.
Invisible Children: Anonymous Hackers Back Kony 2012 Uganda Movement [VIDEO]
International online geek-hacktivist collective Anonymous threw their support behind controversial activist non-profit organization Invisible Children and their current project Kony 2012, which is quickly spreading online in the form of a 30-minute-long call to arms against Ugandan guerilla leader Joseph Kony. In Anonymous's video declaration of support they name April 20, 2012 as a day of action.
Daylight Savings Time 2012: Should The U.S. End DST? [POLL]
Daylight Savings Time 2012 means longer days and some few sunlight. It also means a lot of sleepy, grumpy people adjusting to their new schedule and calling for change. Does the practice of Daylight Savings Time need to stop? Should it continue year-round? Or is it just fine the way it is? Vote in our poll to let us know.
Facebook Suffers Technical Difficulties in Europe, Asia
World’s No. 1 social networking site Facebook was unavailable for almost 2 hours in Europe and parts of Asia on Wednesday morning. Facebook referred to it as “technical difficulties” and was able to fix it quickly.
Apple Announces All-Time Most Popular iOS Apps: Guess What Are They?
Apple has announced the list of its all time popular iOS apps for iPhone and iPad – both free and paid. The list was released after the App store hit 25 billion downloads.
Forbes 2012 Billionaires: Top Ten Richest People in the World [PHOTOS]
Forbes magazine published its celebrated list of the world's wealthiest people Wednesday, with Carlos Slim bagging the number one spot for the third year running.
‘The Bachelor’ 2012: Ellen DeGeneres Gets In On The Action [VIDEO]
“The Bachelor” gets an Ellen DeGeneres treatment.
Chris Brown's Girlfriend to Rihanna: 'I'm Angelina, You're Jen'
Is she or is she not? Speculations over Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together have been going on ever since the singers came back together for the music single Birthday Cake, two years after Rihanna walked out of an abusive relationship with Brown.
Stop Kony: Invisible Children’s ‘Kony 2012’ Campaign Gains Criticism
Kony 2012, a 29-minute documentary about Joseph Kony's atrocities in Uganda which went viral on social media, is now gaining criticism.
OSCE urges Tajiks to end shutdown of Facebook, sites
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has urged Tajikistan to end a local shutdown of Facebook and several Russian-language sites that had published material critical of the nation's veteran leader.
Facebook Adds 25 more Underwriters for IPO
Facebook Inc added 25 banks to help underwrite the company's initial public offering, meaning most of Wall Street will have a role in the share sale, according to an amended IPO filing on Wednesday.
Netanyahu's Nuclear 'Duck' Inspires YouTube Spoof; but Jon Stewart Says Iran's ‘Cancer’ Metaphor is Better
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu was sportive enough to post a YouTube viral video which spoofed his address to the chief American-Israel lobby group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), on his official Facebook page.
Facebook Gets $8 Billion Financing, Adds 25 Underwriters
Facebook Inc. has named 25 underwriters and received multi-billion dollar package of financing, according to an amendment to its S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Apple's Announcement: Which iPad Is Right For You? What To Know About Storage Space Before You Buy
With the new iPad hitting stores on March 16, tech geeks are sure to be rushing in their pre-orders. Referred to as the “post PC” device, the upcoming gadget packs full HD quality into a portable 9.7-inch screen.


