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A group of students at Columbia University recently showed how they could hack, with relative ease, an HP LaserJet printer and convince it to overheat. Naturally, the Internet pounced on such a sensational story, first reported by MSNBC. In full … Continue reading →

A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple in Australia: an appeals court unanimously decided Wednesday that Samsung can go ahead with sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, possibly as soon as Friday. … Continue reading →

When potential dates, employers and friends glance at your online social profiles, what do they see? EyeTrackShop, a startup that runs eye-tracking studies for advertisers, helped Mashable find out by applying its technology to the profile pages of popular social … Continue reading →

Each day, Mashable highlights one noteworthy YouTube video. Check out all our viral video picks. A New Jersey mall abruptly transforms into a stage for a short musical about Santa. One man breaks into song about how “you’re never too … Continue reading →

By now, you’ve probably seen the latest status update on Facebook’s IPO, and it’s a doosey: When the company goes public it will raise $10 billion, bringing its valuation to $100 billion While the value of raising $10 billion is … Continue reading →

Spotify is kicking off its first-ever U.S. press conference in New York City on Wednesday, promising a big announcement about a “new direction” for the company. Although the company declined to comment on what to expect at the “What’s next … Continue reading →

On Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission officially rapped Facebook’s knuckles in a broad-reaching settlement on privacy, alleging the social network misled its users on what they were sharing and with whom. The settlement, which lays out a number of specific … Continue reading →

Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 has been released by Simon & Schuster in ebook format for the first time for $9.99. In the famous novel, originally published in paperback in 1953, reading is outlawed and books are burned (Fahrenheit 451 … Continue reading →

Has someone on your holiday list dropped the hint for a social pet? Or maybe a new social refrigerator? Don’t be surprised if it happens, which brings us to the question: Is it time to drop “social”? Ironic as it … Continue reading →

Berg, a design studio based in London, has unveiled a small printer that lets you create a personalized, paper-and-ink newspaper from your social feeds. The cube-shaped Little Printer is designed to be cute: It has a stenciled, child-like face, red … Continue reading →