European stocks rose early in their session, but have retreated a bit this morning. They were set for their first rise three days, but it appears persistent fears about the China growth are weighing on the market. US stock futures are weakening late this morning as well after earlier trading higher.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 14:28

Chaouki Bekrar (center) and Vupen's team of hackers at the Pwn2Own hackathon in Vancouver in March. (Photo credit: Ryan Naraine) This story appears in the April 9th issue of Forbes magazine. At a Google-run competition in ­Vancouver last month, the search giant’s famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. Both [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 14:08

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is headed toward a modestly positive open this morning, as Wall Street preps for another round of housing data. Specifically, February existing home sales are expected to have risen to an annual rate of 4.6 million from 4.57 million in January. The [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 13:35

BP already has a significant portion of its oil output coming from its Russian subsidiary TNK-BP, and more relaxed regulation could help the company expand into Arctic regions well in the future.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 13:22

  Image via CrunchBase Consumer Reports came out today and released a preliminary report casting doubts on Apple’s The New iPad due to temperatures.  Similarly, Consumer Reports had cast doubts on the iPhone 4 upon its release.  What is going on? Consumer Reports issued a preliminary report on The New iPad today with [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 13:17

Think $600 is amazing? Think different. Apple's stock will hit $1,650 before the end of 2015. Here's why.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 09:22

Here's an update on my story from Saturday that sparked a lot of attention. Stickatude.com seems to have removed the offending anti-Obama bumper sticker that was clearly racist even though the site's owners said it wasn't. It took a couple of days, but Stickatude has taken away the bumper sticker. [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 06:08

How one guy who barely spoke English landed in the Bay area, sold Persian rugs to venture capitalists -- and became one of the most successful angels in tech.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 06:03

A percent sign. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On March 1st PIMCO launched an ETF version of the world’s biggest mutual fund, The PIMCO Total Return Fund. The ETF trades under the symbol TRXT, and can be purchased for around $100 per share. There has been a fair amount of negative press surrounding the launch, which [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 01:44

So, kudos to the Kony Capitalist, Jason Russell. In Kony 2012, this master propagandist brilliantly tapped into the Atrocity Tourist hunger for new and graphic African horror, while giving Atrocity Tourists new and spendy ways to expiate their guilt and activate their western savior complex. As Russell demonstrates, anytime you can talk about an [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 01:11