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Elance and oDesk have announced that they are merging. Each will continue to operate individually (for now). They have not yet revealed what their new, combined, company name will be. It is expected that the deal will conclude sometime in the next four months. Elance is a marketplace for online work. It is somewhere that freelancers can go in order
The way the tech news is popping makes you wonder if it is really the holidays. Wow lots of tech we talk about the huge hack on Target. The amazing 10k Mac Pro and a host of other tech news of the day.. What do you think of the new intro? Subscribe Today: Audio | Video (HD) | Mobile Video | iTunes Download the Audio Show File Geek
Those of you who did some of your holiday shopping at Target may want to check on your credit or debit card. Hackers have stolen data from around 40 million credit and debit cards that were used at Target stores. Target became aware of the problem after credit card processors alerted them to it. The processors noticed a surge in
Its the "little trash can that could". The newest generation Mac Pro is finally available for those needing a powerhouse computer; yet many have switched to PCs earlier in the year because of performance issues. Will this new computer make up for it? Does Apple even care? The new Mac Pro is available in 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12-core
Parents of small children may find it fun to make use of a Santa Tracker. Typically, the TV news will include updates on Santa's journey on Christmas Eve as part of their weather report. Now, you can check out two Santa Trackers right from your desktop. The Official NORAD Santa Tracker is from the North American Aerospace Defense Command. It
Perhaps unsurprisingly given Google's now somewhat defunct plans for GoogleTV, YouTube has been one of the glaring omissions from the Roku platform. But not any longer. Roku has announced that a YouTube channel is now available on the Roku 3 in USA, Canada, UK and the Republic of Ireland. Older Rokus will be getting the channel next year, though the exact timing
It has been reported, many times, that the HealthCare.gov website has problems. Perhaps a former Microsoft executive can help fix it! The Obama administration has tapped Kurt DelBene to manage HealthCare.gov. He will serve as an unpaid senior advisor. DelBene will serve in this role starting December 17, 2013, and will continue until the end of June of 2014. There
Rovio has rolled out version two of its Star Wars iteration of the popular Angry Birds game. With that now firmly in the market, and receiving updates, it seems the company is going to be killing off the first version. Today the Finnish game maker has released what it claims is the final installment for the first game. Thirty new
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This is the time of year when many people consider donating money to charities. Now, you can do that directly through Facebook. This week, Facebook started rolling out a brand new feature called Donate. It allows Facebook users to do more than simply click “like” to indicate that they support a particular charity. The Donate feature is being used on
Last week I was at Ford for a press event. I got to talk directly to Ford CEO Alan Mulally (he was interested in my Google Glass). I didn't ask about the Microsoft offer because that was covered in the press bombardment earlier -- which he side-stepped the answer. But now, Microsoft is facing a new issue as a top
Kevin Ashton coined the phrase "The Internet of Things" back in 1999, but a decade later most of the on-line gadgets in my house are still recognisable as being technology. My fridge is still a fridge, my front door still needs a key and my house doesn't talk to me. That was the situation until a couple of weeks when
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