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• — They're here. They're geeks. Get used to it

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 12:30)

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turns out, geeks are inheriting the earth. Thanks to ubiquitous consumer electronics and the prominence of technology executives like Facebook Inc's Mark Zuckerberg and the late Steve Jobs of Apple Inc, it's no longer an insult to be called a geek. The geek -- broadly speaking, the tech-obsessed, socially-awkward type who spends more time online than offline -- is more respected than ever, according to a survey by Modis, the technology staffing arm of Adecco SA, the world's biggest staffing company. ...

• — Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 12:06)

  

  — Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividends

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 12:06)

  

  — SpaceX's Dragon makes historic space station dock

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 11:50)

  SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to dock its own cargo capsule at the International Space Station, marking what experts have hailed as a new era for private spaceflight.

  
  

• — Project Glass spotted on more Google employees [video]

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 11:30)

  Google recently wrapped up its Google+ Photographer’s Conference in San Francisco. During the event, a number of Google employees, including co-founder Sergey Brin, wore the company’s Project Glass prototype, and even a shared a video and a photo album of point-of-view images taken with the device. The augmented reality head-mounted display prototypes are being tested outside the walls of Google’s Mountain View campus as the company continues to refine the devices. Details surround the glasses are few...

• — NJ Assembly bans unsolicited text message ads

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 11:09)

  Annoying, unsolicited text message advertisements could soon be banned in New Jersey.

• — After just two months, new iPad share tops original

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 10:15)

  Usage of Apple’s third-generation iPad in the United States has passed the original iPad model after just over two months of availability. According to a recent report from software analytics firm Localytics, Apple’s latest iPad captured a staggering 14% of the U.S. iPad market in just four days when Apple sold more than 3 million devices during the tablet’s debut. Now, a week and two months after the third iPad launched on March 16th of...

• — Dell in talks to buy Quest Software: report

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 09:56)

  (Reuters) - Dell Inc is in talks to buy Quest Software Inc, the network security software maker that had earlier agreed to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $2 billion, Bloomberg reported, quoting sources. Quest shares were up 5 percent at $26.45 in early trading on Friday on the Nasdaq. Shares of the company, which now has a...

• — SpaceX becomes the first private company to dock with the International Space Station

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 09:23)

  After delays almost too numerous to count, the SpaceX Dragon finally launched into the great unknown on May 22, and made its way to the International Space Station. This morning, at approximately 9:57 a.m. Eastern, the vessel docked with the ISS, marking … Continue reading →

• — Google Play matures with in-app subscriptions

     (Friday, 25 May 2012 09:20)

  Google is facing growing competition for its Google Play market, as Amazon, Facebook and even China Mobile Ltd. develop stores to sell Android apps. It’s what we’d expect from an open source system such as Android, but that doesn’t mean Google won’t fight for dominance. Apps have become part a powerful platform for commerce, and Google hopes to generate as much revenue as possible from Android.