Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer To Retire Within 12 Months
Says, "We need a CEO who will be here longer term for this new direction"
Science & Technology
Airbnb and Its Enemies: Who's Afraid of a $10-a-Night Sofa?
The popular short-term rental site angers everyone but its participants.
Union of Concerned Scientists Expert Says Al Gore "Got it Wrong" in Recent Interview on Climate Change
Hurricane scale is not going to get another category, despite what the former vice president said to The Washington Post
The Independent: Britain Runs Secret Monitoring Station in the Middle East
Intercepts data that is shared with American intelligence services
Student Suspended for Refusing Tracking Chip Returns to School
Program has since been discontinued due to ineffectiveness
Yemen Requests Armed Drones from the US
Maybe leaders should ask their citizens what they think.
Teenager Charged With Animal Cruelty After 4chan Manhunt
Posted Vine video of himself kicking a cat
China Invests Heavily in Bitcoin
Even as the U.S. government tries to stifle the alternative currency
The FISA Court Didn't Even Know NSA Was Collecting Some Domestic Communications
FISA Court memo release shows the overseeing agency didn't know all the details of how surveillance actually worked
Cops Once Again Overreact to Angry Tweet
A college student frustrated with the registrar's office vented online and shazam!
Beware of Warrior Cops
With the Drug War winding down, they're finding new excuses to use their military-grade toys.
Biden's Son is Being Evaluated at Texas Cancer Center
Family members are with him, including the vice president
Zuckerberg Announces Plan To Make the Internet Accessible To Everyone
Partnering with technology companies around the world
James DiMaggio's Family Wants Paternity Test, Believe He Was Hannah Anderson's Father
The kidnapping and murder suspect left to the grandmother of the Anderson children
Man Who Hacked Zuckerberg's Facebook Account Receiving Donations From Other Hackers
Facebook usually compensates people who report flaws
Gov. Brown Not Stopping High-Speed Rail Because of Judge's Ruling
Judge didn't specifically order them to stop yet, so on it goes
Supreme Court Justices Still Don't Quite Grasp Email
Just the folks we need deciding 21st-century privacy issues
White House Says it Wouldn't Force Reporters to Destroy Computers
Or rather, it finds it "difficult to imagine a scenario" in which they would.
Manning Will Be Sentenced Wednesday Morning
Judge will declare length of prison term at 10 a.m.
