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The President of the United States Visits Intel Again (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 26 at 3:10 pm PT

President Obama likes Intel. And why wouldn’t he?

U.K. Arrests Two More Suspected Members of LulzSec

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 2, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Police in the U.K. make the second pair of arrests in as many days in their ongoing investigation into the activities of the LulzSec and Anonymous hacker gangs.

Amazon Seeks Greater Fulfillment by Adding Distribution Centers

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 7, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

Amazon is expanding its warehouse capacity at an insanely aggressive pace, having already announced five new distribution centers so far this year, including two since yesterday.

Arizona Confirms LulzSec Docs Are Authentic, Worries About Officer Safety

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 24, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

The documents dumped to BitTorrent by LulzSec contain the names and home addresses of eight Arizona State cops. Officials there are worried that the release endangers the safety of its officers.

LulzSec Goes All Wikileaks on Arizona State Cops

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 23, 2011 at 5:59 pm PT

LulzSec dumps a load of documents belonging to the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Apparently they don’t like a controversial immigration law there. Also, the group has yet another rival gang that aims to bring them down.

Video: Obama Visits Intel in Oregon, and a Silicon Lovefest Ensues

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 18, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

A year ago President Obama’s Administration tried to take chipmaker Intel to court over allegations that it was violating antitrust laws. Now Intel CEO Paul Otellini and the leader of the free world are the best of pals.

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Ring, Ring. Hi, It's Google

Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 23, 2010 at 9:33 pm PT

Google Inc., which helped popularize the idea of automated ad sales on the Web, has been quietly turning to an old-fashioned tool–phone calls–to compete in the hot market for local business advertising.

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New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians

Conor Dougherty, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 25, 2010 at 6:45 am PT

Hugo MN–In this suburb of St. Paul, the new library branch has no librarians, no card catalog and no comfortable chairs in which to curl up and read. Instead, the Library Express is a stack of metal lockers outside city hall. When patrons want a book or DVD, they order it online and pick it up from a digitally locked, glove-compartment- sized cubby a few days later. It’s a library as conceived by the Amazon.com generation.

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Are "Sext" Messages a Teenage Felony or Folly?

Nathan Koppel and Ashby Jones, Reporters, the Wall Street Journal in News on August 25, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

State lawmakers around the U.S. are struggling to decide if teenage “sexting”—the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive photos by cellphone—is a serious crime, or juvenile folly run amok. About 20 states have enacted or proposed measures that deal with teenage sexters.

Viral Video: Quayle Hunting for Office

Kara Swisher in News on August 12, 2010 at 12:11 am PT

BoomTown loves political dynasties from any party with about as much enthusiasm as I have for tossing sheep on Facebook. Which is to say, none at all. Nonetheless, it was an odd blast from the past to see this offspring spring into the public eye–as in Ben Quayle, former VP Dan Quayle’s son, who is running for Congress in Arizona.