• Free Windows? Not a Chance

    Free Windows? Not a Chance
    Microsoft last week doused speculation that it would make Windows free across the board.
    "We've not had any conversations [about] Windows 10 being a loss leader for us," Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer, said at a technology conference sponsored by Credit Suisse on Thursday. "[But] we've got to monetize it differently. There are additional opportunities for us to bring additional services to the product and do it in a creative way."
    Turner was short on specifics, but spelled
  • Congress must end Obama's reforms - Jacksonville Daily News

    Congress must end Obama's reforms
    Jacksonville Daily News
    Second, he has essentially rewritten our immigration laws and called it executive privilege. Third, there was an interesting article in the Daily News on Nov. 23, titled “Winners and losers,” that proves that President Obama's executive orders do not ...
  • NSA spy program targets mobile networks worldwide

    NSA spy program targets mobile networks worldwide
    The NSA has conducted a covert campaign to intercept internal communications of operators and trade groups in order to infiltrate mobile networks worldwide, according to the latest revelations from documents supplied by Edward Snowden.The U.S. National Security Agency ran two hitherto undisclosed operations, the Wireless Portfolio Management Office and the Target Technology Trends Center, operating under the aegis of a program called Auroragold, according to an article Saturday in The Interce
  • Portland Comes Down Hard on Uber Drivers, Threatens Large Fines

    Portland Comes Down Hard on Uber Drivers, Threatens Large Fines
    Uber just launched in Portland, Oregon on Friday, and it’s already raising the ire of local officials.
    Ars Technica reports that the City of Portland plans to levy hefty fines against Uber drivers operating within the city without a valid taxi permit. According to a press release, Portland’s city government “is prepared to issue civil and criminal penalties against Uber and its drivers for operating without required permits and inspections.”
    According to the press release, Uber drive
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