Twenty-First Birthday of the World Wide Web

It was Tuesday, actually. But interesting, in any case. At Wired, " Aug. 7, 1991: Ladies and Gentlemen, the World Wide Web ." When...

Drone Pilots, Waiting for a Kill Shot, 7,000 Miles Away

At the New York Times, " A Day Job Waiting for a Kill Shot a World Away ": HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — From his ...

Investors Flee Facebook

At the New York Times, " Facebook Delivers an Earnings Letdown ": SAN FRANCISCO — Unhappy with Facebook’s first financial report a...

Using Twitter to Identify Psychopaths

From Kash Hill, at Forbes (via Instapundit ): People’s nasty traits have a way of revealing themselves on social networks: in writing. Or r...

Suspect Arrested in Pennsylvania Child Abduction Attempt

Every parents nightmare. At the Philadelphia Inquirer, " Man, 34, surrenders in attempted abduction of girl ."

Monday Malware Hype Fizzles as Few Lose Internet Access

This story was all the rage last week, about how hundreds of thousands of Internet users would be locked out of access because of a secret m...

Apple Preps Launch of New Smaller iPad

At PC World, " Report: Apple Preps iPad Mini to Battle Nexus 7, Kindle Fire ." And at WSJ, " Apple Preps for Smaller Tablet: ...

Facebook Changed Your Email Contact Information at Your Profile Page Without You Knowing About It

My facebook URL is www.facebook.com/American.Power. I don't like Facebook all that much, and I set my privacy settings to what experts r...

Microsoft Tablet Launched to Rival Apple's iPad

At the Wall Street Journal, " Microsoft Unveils Surface Tablet to Rival iPad ": HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Microsoft Corp. on Monday unve...

Depression-Era Neon Lamp Burns Continuously for 77 Years at L.A.'s Clifton's Cafeteria: Owner Estimates More than $17,000 in Electric Bills

Another one of those amazing stories, at the Los Angeles Times , " At Clifton's Cafeteria, someone left a light on. For 77 years ...

Regulators to Investigate Facebook IPO

Could be insider trading. At the Los Angeles Times , " Facebook IPO flop drawing increased scrutiny ." Plus, at the Wall Street Jo...

Joshua Micah Marshall: Talking Points Memo 'Is Not a Website'

This is an interesting report, from Nieman Journalism Lab, " When is a website not a website? For Talking Points Memo, the turning poin...

A Fascinating Look at How Trojan Condoms Are Made

An amazingly interesting report, at Business Insider, " Inside Trojan's Factory, Where They Make More Than 1 Million Condoms Every ...

Facebook Co-Founder Eduardo Saverin Renounces U.S. Citizenship to Avoid $1 Billion in Taxes

Look, that's a lot of money. I don't really care about this Saverin kid, but clearly his case shows that folks like this aren't ...

Apple's Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and Nations, Avoids Billions in Taxes Annually

Two things of note: (1) It's completely rational for Apple to establish accounting units outside of California, despite having its main ...

Porsche 911 Designer Ferdinand Porsche Dead at 76

This is a fascinating obituary, at the New York Times , " Ferdinand A. Porsche, Designer of the 911, Dies at 76 ": The Porsche 911...

Internet Company BBH Labs Under Fire for Exploiting Homeless as Mobile WiFi Hotspots

Actually, if the company had actually paid the homeless people some good money, I doubt it'd be a big deal. But $20 a day? That's le...

George Friedman Resigns as CEO of Stratfor

This would normally be an inspirational level of personal responsibility, although in this case I think Friedman has a point. Stratfor got p...

Porsche 911 Test Drive With WSJ's Dan Neil

This is cool: PREVIOUSLY : " Test-Driving the 2012 Porsche 911 ."

BBC Tracks Down Notorious Internet Troll

Sometimes you just gotta smack down these f-kers. Via Althouse :