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Boris Nemtsov Posthumous Report Claims Over 200 Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

Slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s recently-released report, titled Putin. War, catalogues his country’s involvement in Ukraine. The report claims there are more than 200 Russian military personnel operating in Ukraine. Nevertheless, PayPal shut down an account that allowed people to donate funds to pay for the report’s mass printing.

eBay May Dump 3,000 Jobs in PayPal Spin-off

eBay May Dump 3,000 Jobs in PayPal Spin-off

Reports that eBay may lay off three thousand employees in preparation for its spin-off of PayPal should come as no surprise. For the last two years, the hot tech stock market eBay’s has gone went sideways. Despite its PayPal subsidiary

Berkeley Hecklers Expose Fraud of Free Speech Movement

Berkeley Hecklers Expose Fraud of Free Speech Movement

Joel Pollak’s description of the Berkeley mob that stopped a speech by PayPal and Facebook billionaire Peter Thiel on Wednesday unleashed flashbacks. Fourteen years ago at the University of California’s flagship campus, a similar mob, including many looking like they

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Major US Websites

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Major US Websites

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a group of hackers believed to be loosely affiliated with the Syrian government, launched a Thanksgiving day widespread cyber attack on major news sites, including the Los Angeles Times, UK Daily Telegraph, Forbes, and others. The

Hewlett-Packard Plans Break-up from Strength

Hewlett-Packard Plans Break-up from Strength

For the first two years after Meg Whitman became the crisis CEO at Hewlett-Packard (HP) in late 2011, she had tofight off investor pressure constantly to break-up the company by spinning off its consumer-driven personal computer and printer businesses to

Peter Thiel: 'Liberal Consensus' in Education 'Crazy'

Peter Thiel: 'Liberal Consensus' in Education 'Crazy'

PayPal co-founder and author Peter Thiel argued that the “liberal consensus” of the American education system should be questioned on Friday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.”   Thiel stated that the “liberal consensus” that controls the American education system creates problems of

With iPhone 6 Discounting, 'Apple Pay' Better be a Blockbuster

With iPhone 6 Discounting, 'Apple Pay' Better be a Blockbuster

The highly respected Pacific Crest Securities downgraded Apple stock on September 10th, citing stagnant iPhone growth, “lack of compelling features” on the new Apple Watch, and not enough investment “potential for upside (earnings) estimates.”  As I wrote on September 9th, with

EBay Asks Users to Change Password After Breach

EBay Asks Users to Change Password After Breach

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and there is no evidence

eBay Recommends Password Change Following Cyber Attack

eBay Recommends Password Change Following Cyber Attack

US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database with customer names, passwords and other personal data earlier this year. The California company said it was notifying its customers, and urging them to change passwords to protect their

EBay Asks Users to Change Password After Breach

NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial or

Bitcoin Is Not Going Away

Bitcoin Is Not Going Away

New York Times editorialwriter Joe Nocera had a field day onFebruary 28th raging against “TheBitcoin Blasphemy,” which he claimed is libertarian “sacrilege” since it is “unconnectedto any currency or any government.”  Itis enlightening that the leftist thought police at the Times

Young Libertarian PAC Wants to Join 2014 Elections

Young Libertarian PAC Wants to Join 2014 Elections

A PAC that views itself as youth-driven and grass-roots called the Liberty Action Fund is planning on throwing its support behind former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas  and other like-minded candidates. The Liberty Action Fund is an offshoot of Young Americans

Bitcoin: Gold 2.0

Bitcoin: Gold 2.0

Bitcoin is the name of a group of peer-to-peer payment networks that serve as an open-source form of digital currency that was originally introduced in 2009 by a software developer with the alias of “Satoshi Nakamoto.”  Bitcoin currency is created as rewards to “miners”

Battle commences for 'mobile money'

Battle commences for 'mobile money'

Global financial groups battled Monday to control the lucrative future of “mobile money”, which will enable people to use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit cards. MasterCard, Visa and online payments service PayPal struggled for a