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2012: Siri Is a Stunner, Amazon Is Amazin’ and Security Gets Spendy

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 8, 2011 at 8:59 pm PT

Tech prognosticator Mark Anderson is back in New York with his annual predictions for the world of tech in 2012.

Here’s Gowalla CEO’s Non-Denial Denial Email to Investors About Facebook Acquisition

Kara Swisher in Social on December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT

Let’s put this one in the “done” column, shall we?

Terror-Fighting Start-Up Palantir Technologies Just Raised $68 Million — But From Whom?

Arik Hesseldahl in News on September 8, 2011 at 3:16 pm PT

An SEC filing shows the secretive data analytics firm has been busy raising money. Again.

Cyberwar: It’s Not Just Fiction Anymore

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 16, 2011 at 3:22 pm PT

After surviving numerous devastating wars throughout history, humanity is well acquainted with war in the physical realm. But we’re still unfamiliar with the concept of cyberwar, except perhaps in movie thrillers. That’s all about to change.

Former Top Editor Makes Another Talent Raid on AOL’s Engadget for New Competing Gadget Site

Kara Swisher in Media on July 7, 2011 at 9:24 am PT

I love the smell of blog wars in the morning! Acting as Facebook often does to Google, a new site started by former Engadget editor Josh Topolsky just hired away yet another passel of tech journalists from the giant gadgets news and reviews organization. It is Topolsky’s second major talent raid since he left his editor-in-chief job there in March, for a new gadget property aimed at unseating Engadget.

China's Blood-Stained Property Map

Josh Chin and Juliet Ye, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 29, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

China’s property sector, with its forced evictions and sometimes bloody confrontations, has long been described as something akin to a war zone. Now a team of online volunteers, led by an anonymous Chinese blogger, has launched a map-based project that brings that simile into stark relief.

Viral Video: New "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Trailer Arrives

Kara Swisher in News on April 24, 2010 at 12:11 am PT

The rabid fans of the sparkly-vampire-in-love story have more to chew on with the latest trailer for the newest in the movie series, “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” The third installment, due on June 30, seems to be about a big war between vampires and other vampires, with some werewolves tossed in. Also a lot of longing stares between Bella and Edward. Essentially, the same old same old vampires.

Beijing: “Google is Not God”

John Paczkowski in News on March 25, 2010 at 9:41 am PT

Google’s principled stand in China has very quickly turned into an ugly clash with the country’s government. On Wednesday, The People’s Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, lobbed a searing editorial at the company, decrying its arrogance and accusing it of collaborating with U.S. intelligence agencies. Its title: “Google is Not God.”

Project Alesia: News Corp.'s Roman Battle Cry–Does That Cast Googlers as the Gauls? (Plus Video!)

Kara Swisher in News on December 23, 2009 at 11:23 am PT

While Internet companies such as Google use baked goods as names for their key strategic initiatives–recent ones related to its Android mobile operating system were called Donut and Eclair, for example–aggressive media giant News Corp. is definitely not going for sweetness in its unusual selection of a code name for its high-profile digital content effort. That would be Project Alesia, a moniker that comes from a vicious siege in ancient times widely considered to be one of the more decisive battles in history. And that is apparently what top News Corp. execs think is the best way to describe their plans for stopping the decimation of premium content in the digital age and transforming their business to take advantage of new means of distribution.