Reverend Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH road show flew into Silicon Valley this week to chastise top tech corporations for being overly white and Asian males. Jackson, who was hosted by Intel Corporation at their Santa Clara campus, lectured
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) film school has received a $10 million gift from Former EBay Inc. President Jeff Skoll to launch the Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment, “dedicated to promoting social change through entertainment and performing arts.”
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
Pope Francis traded the white skullcap–or “zucchetto”–he was wearing for an identical one offered by one of the hosts of a variety-show who was present for his General Audience on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The Italian program “Le Iene” (The Hyenas)
Social network newcomer Ello is an invite only service that wants to be the “Facebook Killer” by refusing to engage in any intrusive advertising and data mining. Playing directly to tech hipsters, Ello’s front page states: “Your social network
Governor Jerry Brown has apparently had a change of heart and has agreed to one–and, thus far, only one–debate of the 10 that have been proposed by his Republican challenger Neel Kashkari. The hour-long September 4 debate is reportedly the
WASHINGTON, DC–Teddy Roosevelt may have given William Howard Taft the shaft after first giving him his big break. But the baseball team in the nation’s capital, more than a century after Taft’s presidential predecessor exceeded him in the November vote
What’s a gnome Werth? On eBay, possessors of the one-day-old Jayson Werth garden gnome demand as much as $199.99. But the plastic doodad commands bids at just above the $50 mark. You can ask for anything. People don’t have to
The Washington Post reports that Sean Labar, 26, and Shelby Myers, 24, who have been selling “Keep-the Name” T-Shirts in Richmond, Virginia, had the biggest supporter of keeping the “Redskins” name stop at their corner to buy T-shirts this weekend:
Time published a story May 27 entitled: “Meg Whitman Has the Hardest Job in Silicon Valley,” that claimed Meg Whitman, in cutting headcount and shrinking the size of Hewlett Packard (HP), is being too aggressive. Virtually every sector of HPs businesses
NEW YORK (AP) — Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches, including this week’s revelation that hackers stole consumer data
The data breach at eBay that allowed hackers to gain access to the private information of 145 million accounts may go down as the second-largest online security breach in history, according to a report from Reuters. In October of last
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
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
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
Rev. Jesse Jackson, who critics say has benefited financially by targeting companies, accusing them of racism, and then collecting their gilt and guilt-edged donations or benefited from contracts given to firms that paid him for referrals, is planning to target
I won’t defend Los Angeles Clippers’ owner, Donald Sterling, for his racial attitudes and beliefs. But I will defend his right to hold them. One’s thoughts are his own private property. And until a jack-booted squad of Thought Police kick in your door
Amnesty legislation may hurt Silicon Valley women, blacks, and Latinos in the high-tech industry even more, as they are already being hired in fewer and fewer numbers. However, that has not stopped tech companies from conning the mainstream press into
Authorities say unemployment and drug addiction have spurred an increase in the destructive practice of cutting off the knobby growths at the base of ancient redwood trees to make decorative pieces like lacey-grained coffee tables and wall clocks. The practice
The team behind Miley Cyrus’s Bangerz tour is reportedly meeting to respond to a flood of complaints by parents that the tour is too explicit for her still-young fan base. Cyrus left her Hannah Montana persona behind starting last year
As new owner Jeff Bezos begins his tenure as the head man for the Washington Post, Wonkblog editor Ezra Klein is reportedly making plans to exit the paper after being denied funding for a pet project. Klein built a media
(AP) Winning bid tops $100,000 for Zimmerman flag artORLANDO, Fla.Bidding has closed on eBay for artwork created by George Zimmerman. The winning bid was $100,099.99 Saturday for a painting depicting a U.S. flag in shades of blue with the words
(AP) Online shopping popular, but won’t save seasonBy MAE ANDERSONAP Retail WriterATLANTAMore Americans are deciding to shop online this holiday season instead of heading to crowded stores. But that alone won’t save what is turning out to be a ho-hum
SANFORD, Fla., Dec. 16 (UPI) — Bidding on eBay for a signed painting of an American flag by stand-your-ground shooter George Zimmerman was just shy of $100,000 Monday night. The top bid at 10 p.m. EST was $99,966. A total
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) received at least 7,868 complaints of DHS “employee criminal misconduct” in the first half of fiscal year 2013 alone. This information is based off a DHS OIG
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 11/19: Healthcare.gov Hacking Threats; this stunt shows what strangers can learn from your social media posts; suspect taunts authorities on Facebook; Wikipedia versus PR firm; family’s week without social media;
On Wednesday, the White House’s Chief Technology Officer said he would not consider an item in his online shopping cart on Amazon.com to be “a sale.” This week, the Obama administration, though, said it would count healthcare plans put in online shopping
On Sunday, The New York Times ran a lengthy ode to the journalistic investments of technological entrepreneurs, who have been pumping cash into both established and start-up journalism enterprises. As the Times pointed out, Pierre M. Omidyar, founder of eBay,
A woman from Melbourne, Florida learned that the law can be heartless. Violating a law that prohibits pets from wandering leashless, she received a ticket in excess of $200. One of her pets was a kitty cat in a specially
(AP) Ticketmaster puts resale, unsold tickets in 1 spotBy RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business WriterLOS ANGELES Fans of popular artists or sports teams are painfully aware how difficult it is to find good seats to live events at affordable prices. With a
(AP) Easy to find autographs of college stars for saleBy RALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football WriterNEW YORKA simple search on eBay reveals Johnny Manziel is far from the only college football player whose autograph is for sale. Pick a star
As the New England Patriots offer exchanges to fans who have purchased Aaron Hernandez’s jerseys, the former Patriot tight end’s jerseys have been selling on eBay for more than twice the original cost. As ABC News reports, one seller, “Ben Kent,
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal heated up Wednesday when Greg Roseman, Washington D.C. Metro Area Contracting Officer and Deputy Director of the IRS, invoked his constitutional Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid answering questions in front of the
Russian President Vladimir Putin is officially a jewelry thief. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Putin brazenly stole his Super Bowl ring in 2005. The 4.94-carat ring is worth more than $25,000. “I took out the ring and showed it
Michael Broderick, a friend of Andrew Breitbart’s and an early contributor to Big Hollywood, has spent over a year gathering signatures on a poster for HBO’s “Band of Brothers” miniseries first signed by six members of Easy Company, the series’
A bill called the Marketplace Fairness Act has been advanced in the Senate by a vote of 74-20 after being strongly endorsed by Barack Obama. The bill would let states tax online purchases so internet businesses would be forced to
The weekend’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/21 cover a CISPA internet blackout, hacking and hijacking on Twitter, social media-driven journalism, swatting, DDoS attack, news punking, and skyscraper gaming. Summary of stories: another call from Anonymous for
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/16 focus on the impact of social media and cell service in times of disaster, the lasting sometimes ill-effects of sexting, recent hacking threats and issues, free speech and online
An eBay user with a passion for the Second Amendment stirred the Web yesterday by auctioning a signed photograph of Jim Carrey to help pay for a gun to protect his family. “Astrobuzz” wasn’t pleased by the comic’s recent anti-gun comments
Ebay seller freeperdan has done it again. For Obama’s 2013 inauguration, the artist has uncorked yet another masterpiece featuring a nude Obama with a unicorn and pancakes. Freeperdan has a long history of creating such paintings, always with similar themes.
