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First, the obvious: Go Daddy runs horrible, sexist Super Bowl ads. PETA members and others who think animals should be treated kindly are fully justified in canceling their Go Daddy accounts because of founder Bob Parsons’s elephant shooting this past … Continue reading →

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Shoutz Quick Pitch: Shoutz is … Continue reading →

When Mark Hurd resigned from Hewlett-Packard in August 2010, it was a shock to the PC industry. HP’s board forced Hurd out when he faced allegations of sexual harassment against employee and reality-TV star Jodie Fisher. The alleged activity was … Continue reading →

Millions of people have been invited to New Year’s Eve events through Facebook this year. Social planning startup Hotlist aggregated more than 127,000 of those events to determine which are, at least by their RSVP numbers, the most popular. Good … Continue reading →

While the world rings in 2012, a team at NASA will be eschewing the festivities to keep a close eye on the moon. Or rather, a close eye on two spacecraft, GRAIL 1 and 2, which will be finally reaching … Continue reading →

After hackers broke into its website on Dec. 24, Stratfor has partnered with an identity protection service in an effort to give subscribers some measure of comfort. The company will offer its members 12 months of global identity protection for … Continue reading →

You can now add Go Daddy’s name to the list of companies that actively oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act. In the space of a little more than a week, the company has gone from backing the controversial plan, to … Continue reading →

Biscotti TV Phone Box Click here to view this gallery. A cookie-shaped, easy-to-use, $199 video-conferencing solution is impressive, but wrapping it up in packaging that resembles a mash-up between Apple’s design elegance and Henny Youngman‘s penchants for one-liners is an … Continue reading →

Three appeals court judges unanimously upheld a controversial federal law on Thursday — one that grants immunity to phone companies that give government officials access to users’ online communications. “It is disappointing that today’s decision endorsed the rights of telecommunications … Continue reading →

It seems like every single year is “the year of gaming,” if only because the genre keeps getting bigger and bigger. Everyone thought 2006 was going to be the high water mark with the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo … Continue reading →