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It’s hard to imagine selling it all for scrap, Walton said. “It must have cost a fortune to put together a thing like that,” he said.

RT @Techmeme: Formerly Nexus-only Google Now Launcher out for all Android 4.1+ devices (@andrewwrites)

RT @Techmeme: Formerly Nexus-only Google Now Launcher out for all Android 4.1+ devices (@andrewwrites)

RT @mims: Broadband internet is a utility. Countries that treat it as such are better off. Why can't Americans understand this?

People Apparently Called the Police Because Facebook Went Down

Stanford breakthrough might triple battery life

911 Calls About Facebook Outage? Maybe Not, L.A. Sheriff's Office Says

Windows XP falls below 25% market share while Windows 8.1 loses share for the first time

With the launch of its CDN, it’s clear Apple is just as webscale as Facebook or Google

Nearly 40 million Twitter users never log in directly to the site or mobile app - via @Nuzzel

Elon Musk: AI could be more dangerous than nukes - via @Nuzzel

EmDrive Is an Engine That Breaks the Laws of Physics and Could Take Us to Mars - via @Nuzzel (Wrong! -Leo)

Can you tell which of these paragraphs was written by veteran PC Magazine columnist John Dvorak and which by a robot?

Breaktime is over - now get back to work!

RadioShack, despite its best efforts, lost over $539 million in 2012 and 2013 combined, more than wiping out profits from the previous three years. The company said in its annual report that it experienced growth in sales of “prepaid wireless, portable speakers, music accessories, and AC adaptors.”

Police told KHOU-TV that Google has spotted three allegedly pornographic images of children in Skillern's email and had tipped off the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

“Please know that despite the fact that wedding couples love Hudson and our inn, your friends and families may not,” reads an online policy. “If you have booked the inn for a wedding or other type of event . . . and given us a deposit of any kind . . . there will be a $500 fine that will be deducted from your deposit for every negative review . . . placed on any internet site by anyone in your party.”

Although Wojcicki wouldn't discuss any future plans, one source says that YouTube is, in fact, already pairing some of its stars with Hollywood producers to create longer-form programs that could be cut into 11-minute segments to work both on YouTube and on TV. "Traditional content, I think it works on YouTube. I don't want to say it doesn't work," Wojcicki says carefully, "but it doesn't always take advantage of the fact that it's a new and different medium."

RT @Gizmodo: Researcher hacks airplanes through in-flight entertainment system:

RT @Gizmodo: Researcher hacks airplanes through in-flight entertainment system:

RT @jhagel: Studies prove that readers are the best people to fall in love with via @jranck

RT @pkedrosky: This Synology “synolocker” story is important, with Bitcoin ransomware. Home network security overlooked issue.

RT @waltmossberg: Commentary: It's Time for Open, Shared Home Wi-Fi

RT @waltmossberg: Commentary: It's Time for Open, Shared Home Wi-Fi

Verizon Wireless CEO fires back at FCC over throttling brouhaha - via @Nuzzel

The agreement shows Apple and Samsung may be nearing a conclusion to what has been a drawn-out and occasionally nasty worldwide patent fight, which has sprouted alongside the booming market for touch-screen smartphones. Apple has accused Samsung of copying its iPhone designs, while Samsung has countered that Apple is using pieces of its wireless-transmission technology without permission. Neither side won an overarching decision harming the other’s sales, and judges repeatedly urged the companies to settle rather than play out their dispute in court.

Microsoft wants to make a retail splash near Apple’s iconic 5th Ave. cube

The Hesse era at Sprint was a 7-year struggle with Nextel and bad network decisions