An App for Monitoring Mobile Malware Around the Globe

Lookout’s hackers-turned-start-up-guys have launched an Android app for real-time spying on mobile malware and spyware.
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Amid Increasing Competition, Fitbit Scores $12 Million in Funding

Will the new funding help Fitbit get in shape for what is gearing up to be a tough competition in wearable fitness?
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High Court Backs Privacy Rights in GPS Case

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police must obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS tracker to a suspect’s vehicle, voting unanimously in one of the first major cases to test constitutional privacy rights in the digital age.

Web Video Viewers Forget About Michael Jackson

Remember when Michael Jackson was one of the biggest things on the Web? So 10 days ago. Cable TV and gossip magazines are still cranking out as much Jackson stuff as they can, but Web video viewers have moved on.
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D7 Tech Demo: What’s in Greg Harper’s Bag?

In this session of D7, Greg Harper, president of Harpervision and co-founder of Gadgetoff, always sure to bring the novel and the wacky, will present a plethora of gadgets the technophile has collected. Harper says that in total, he brought “$20,000 [worth] of portable tech gadgets” with him. (Note to the Four Seasons Aviara: Increase security.) He’s known for doing these demos, at which he pulls out one interesting product after another from his cornucopia of gadgetry–to the astonishment of the crowd! Papa Harper’s got a brand new bag, and we’re about to find out what’s inside….
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