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"Prosecutors do not acknowledge nuance," Watt told me today. "They turn everything into a very clear-cut moral issue, where everything is nicely packaged into a premeditated act."

Guest Post President Obama's former campaign's director of digital analytics, Amelia Showalter, is now a kind of political sabermetrician-for-hire.

Intel's earnings reflect a slowdown in PC sales as tablets rise.

Congressman Jim Matheson (D-Utah) has introduced a bill - H.R. 287 - to the United States House of Representatives which would give the Entertainment Software Rating Board's rating scheme - heretofore a voluntary, self-r...

SurveyMonkey initiates one of the largest capital raises by a private US internet company to show employees and investors some returns.

Microsoft's anti-virus product failed to be certified by the AV-Test institute. The company responded, saying the tests didn't accurately reflect customer impact.

Sponsored Post Samsung Digital Imaging is holding a global competition inviting 32 Instagram stars from 8 countries to prove that their city is the most photogenic!

Social-video sharing network Keek.com raises $18 million to support explosive global growth.

Guest Post Here's a primer on a hot new area of games from the organizer of the NeuroGaming conference.

Bessemer Venture Parters ("BVP") has made do with having the reputation as the "down to earth" venture capital firm. But 2012 was a record year, and BVP is ready to shout it from the rooftops.

There are a lot of ups and downs coming out of Nokia, which is laying off or transferring 1,120 members of its IT department.

Guest Post Home automation technologies have been promising to change our lives for decades. Finally, Wi-Fi and mobile devices may be able to deliver on that promise. But Belkin's WeMo line of products shows we're not th...

Grown-ups have FitBit and Up and assorted other fitness trackers to monitor their own health. Now babies have their own "smart scale" that lets parents "monitor, understand, and share" their kids' growth.

Find college too expensive? Enstitute has an intriguing apprenticeship program to replace higher ed.

"We've been approaching the US market very cautiously almost with a bit of fear," Dawlat told me. "We're a little French company, but the growth we're seeing now ... this is completely mind-blowing for us."

Technology seems to have permeated every aspect of our lives, and food is no exception.

Amazon has launched a new HTML5 mobile web store for its library of 22 million MP3 tracks that's specifically optimized for iPhone and iPod touch, the company announced today.

This week's eShop updates are (almost) all about the 3DS, with emblems to awaken, Nemos to find, and groups of Japanese pedestrians to hurl through the air.

I was impressed by Sony's new Xperia Z smartphone at CES, and it looks like it will soon have a tablet companion.

With the help of lasers and a camera, Google is working on a way to solve Google Glass's keyboard problem.

Yelp will soon add hygiene scores to reviews in several cities, emphasizing the need for dining establishments to earn high marks for cleanliness.

Not content to let Asus and Samsung have all the fun, Lenovo this morning announced a Chromebook laptop of its own for education buyers. The computer is slightly tweaked version of Lenovo's existing ThinkPad X13e running...