Soon-to-be-former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer — never one to hide his feelings for the firm he’s been at for decades — once again gives us a video moment to remember…….

chicksdaddy writes “Pay-as-you-drive programs are all the rage in the auto insurance industry. The (voluntary) programs, like Progressive Insurance’s Snapshot use onboard monitoring devices to track information like the speed of the automobile, sudden stops, distance traveled and so on. Safe and infrequent drivers might see their rates drop while customers who log thousands of…

We’ve put together another 15 must-see slow motion videos shot on the iPhone 5S using the new time-bending feature…….

Now that we have the full picture of Valve’s efforts to bring PC gaming to the living room (SteamOS, dedicated hardware, and a fresh controller design), people are starting to analyze what those efforts will mean for gaming, and what Valve must do to be successful. Eurogamer’s Oli Welsh points out that even if Steam…

The 1964 Ears V6-Stage is a tour de force of in-ear headphone design, and they’re hand-crafted in Portland, Ore…….

ifchairscouldtalk writes “Pasta maker Barilla is in hot water over its chairman’s anti-gay comments. Guido Barilla said his brand would ‘never feature gays in ads’ because Barilla does not agree with them. He added, ‘[if gay people] like our pasta and our advertising, they’ll eat our pasta, if they don’t like it then they will…

Icefog, a Mac version of Windows malware, is a year old but only recently discovered by Kaspersky. It was used experimentally in the far east, bundled with the legitimate program Img2icns…….

dryriver sends this story from The Guardian: “The introduction of fake zooms, parallax, sliding and other changes in Apple’s new iPhone and iPad software has a very real effect on people with vestibular disorders. … It makes frequent use of zoom and slide animations; the home screen boasts parallax, with icons apparently floating above subtly…

Twitter may not be able to easily monetize Twitter diplomacy, but it’s emblematic of how much influence 140 characters and broadcasting across the Internet can have…….

Nerval’s Lobster writes “In its second announcement of the kind, Microsoft revealed [Friday] that it received more than 37,000 requests for information on customers of its Skype, Azure and other services from law enforcement agencies around the world. The count does not include requests made using “National Security Letters” issued by the FBI or other…