Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.
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Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Joins Kno Board

The online education start-up grabs a new director.
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Online Shopping on the Side

Walt reviews Digital Folio, free software that lets you gather online shopping products to compare retailer prices.
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Viral Video: Om Nom Nom Nom

Here’s This Week in Tech, or TWiT, in which tattoos, cupcakes and — oh, yeah — tech was discussed.
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Adobe Acquires Electronic Signature Start-Up EchoSign

Adobe has bought EchoSign, an electronic signature start-up, for an undisclosed price. The San Francisco-based company said it will integrate EchoSign — which has three million users — into its document exchange services platform, as part of a push toward a paperless workflow.

Google’s Eric Schmidt Shows Off Movie Studio, a Tablet Video-Editing App

Speaking at Mobile World Congress, the Google executive says that contrary to critics, devices are actually improving human connections. His talk is just getting started. Click here for live coverage from Mobilized’s Ina Fried.

Security Software, Taxes and Wi-Fi for iPads

Walt answers readers’ questions on security software, a computer for preparing taxes and Wi-Fi for iPads.

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MasterCard Appoints New Head of Mobile Payments

MasterCard Worldwide has appointed Mung-Ki Woo to the position of Group Executive of Mobile. Woo will be responsible for commercializing and developing mobile payments for MasterCard around the world. Most recently, Woo was VP of Electronic Payments & Transactions at France Telecom, where he led the “Orange Money” mobile payment program, which was commercially available in several African countries, and deployed Orange’s mobile contactless payment services in Europe. Before that, he was CTO of a French interbank organization that specialized in electronic money systems.

Microsoft Sells Eight Million Kinects–Well, Not Really, but Close Enough

Microsoft is saying it has sold eight million Kinect sensors to surpass expectations. But it’s not that straightforward.

Jawbone: You Won’t Pay a Penny for Our Thoughts

Headset maker Jawbone thinks it has found another nifty use for its electronic earwear. The company is using D: Dive Into Mobile to announce Thoughts, an iPhone app that lets road warriors dictate a quick thought that gets delivered as an audio file to whomever they like. The audio file gets sent to a recipients’ Thoughts app, or via email or a text message link.

A Web Ad That Tells You It's Stalking You

FTC Gives Ed Felten Freedom to Tinker