Petraeus competency

The scary thing about the Petraeus affair: The CIA director and a Phd in counterterrorism are too incompetent to secure their own email.

Greg Koenig via Twitter

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Samsung Bets on Flexible Displays

As the battle for dominance in the smartphone and tablet-computer market intensifies, South Korean conglomerate Samsung is pushing ahead with plans to start mass production of displays using plastic rather than glass, a move that will make mobile devices unbreakable, lighter and bendable.

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How Not to Get Boxed In by Apple and Google

For a tech start-up to get to 100 million users is a remarkable feat, one that took Facebook more than four years. Online storage firm Dropbox on Tuesday announced it had achieved that milestone in nearly the same time.

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An Open Letter to YouTube Channels

History has shown that any time a new technology or platform arises, it takes creators time to understand and unleash the true power of the medium.

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Apple Gives In to Employee Perks

When it comes to keeping employees happy, Apple Inc. appears to be taking some inspiration from Google Inc.

Anti-Virus?

The more pictures I see of this gun-toting, tatted-up, McAfee guy, the more I understand why PCs have so many viruses.

Nick Bilton, via Twitter

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Facebook Stock Costs Will Wipe Out Profit

At its current level of profitability, it will take Facebook Inc. until mid-2013 at the earliest to earn enough operating income just to offset its annual stock-compensation costs.

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Verizon Wireless Pays Another Big Dividend, Avoids a Tax Hike

Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile network, will pay its shareholders an $8.5 billion dividend before the end of the year, after a $10 billion payout in 2011.

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Kodak Reaches Financing Deal With Bondholders

Eastman Kodak Co. reached a deal with bondholders for $793 million in loans that could take the onetime photography icon out of bankruptcy proceedings on the condition it sell a trove of patents for a certain amount, said people familiar with the discussions.

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Cisco Calls Patent Trolls Racketeers

Cisco Systems Inc. has unveiled a new strategy for dealing with so-called patent trolls: Accuse them of breaking the law.