FBI seizes over $27 million in bitcoins, likely from Silk Road suspect

When we left off earlier this month, the FBI had acknowledged that it seized over 26,000 bitcoins as part of its case against the Silk Road, the infamous Bitcoin- and Tor-fueled illicit marketplace. But on Friday, an anonymous source at the FBI told Forbes that the agency has now also seized 144,000 bitcoins,...

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Facebook Reverses Stance — Again — On Violent Viral Video

Sometimes figuring out the fine line between free expression and overly objectionable content is harder than you’d think. Just ask Facebook, which on Tuesday reversed a stance it took just 24 hours previously and removed from its network a violent video that had been circulating wildly. On Monday,...

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Still have to write that thank-you note? Pay a robot to do it for you

Bond Gifts has hired a handwriting robot to create custom cards via an app.  by Casey Johnston The Bond Gifts writing robot. A robot that can mimic human handwriting has been put to work creating notes you can send from your iPhone. The cards are generated by Bond, an...

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Report: Apple’s next, probably-iPad-focused event happens October 22

AllThingsD is rarely wrong about these things.  by Andrew Cunningham The old iPad 4 will supposedly be replaced by something more in line with the design of the iPad mini. Chris Foresman "Sources familiar with the matter" are telling AllThingsD that Apple's next product announcement will be taking place on...

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Civ II’s “Eternal War” continues on reddit more than a year later

The 11-year conflict has spawned a community that's united 12,000 players.  by Casey Johnston How a redditor conquered a futuristic America with a Celtic army. stumpster Fifteen months ago, the Internet, and more specifically, reddit, gave us The Eternal War. Reddit user Lycerius had been playing the same game of Civ...

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Obamacare site hits reset button on passwords as contractors scramble

Three years wasn't enough time to get this massive IT effort past the finish line.  by Sean Gallagher Getting to this page on the Healthcare.gov site is just the start of the battle for would-be insurance customers. Sean Gallagher Amid all the attention, bugs, and work happening at...

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Hijacking of AV firms’ websites may be linked to hack on Network Solutions

DNS redirection caused companies to lose control of sites and e-mail traffic.  by Dan Goodin Wikipedia At least three high-profile websites that receive services from Network Solutions have been hijacked in recent days in attacks that are prompting speculation that the compromises are the result of a security...

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Older Samsung phones banned from US as trade order goes into effect

Samsung won't get a last-minute reprieve from Obama like Apple did.  by Joe Mullin Samsung will be barred from importing some of its older phones thanks to a limited exclusion order that Apple won at the International Trade Commission. The exclusion order came out two months ago and kicks in...

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MadCatz $250 M.O.J.O. aims to be the high-end Android miniconsole

Beefy internals match the beefy-for-the-space price.  by Kyle Orland Say what you will about Android-based microconsole efforts like Ouya and Gamestick, but the $100 devices hold a distinct price advantage over more powerful consoles from the bigger manufacturers. Gaming peripheral maker MadCatz is giving up a lot of that pricing advantage...

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