An anonymous reader writes in with news about a new tool for whistleblowers/ “The ‘strongest-ever’ whistleblowing tool for sources to speak anonymously with journalists, partly developed by the late Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz, has been launched by the Freedom of The Press Foundation. Before his suicide in January 2013, Swartz had been working on a…

‘A great success story for the open source methedology’……

A hexacopter filmed the rocket from above — then below — when it hit a new all-time high…….

It’s half a ton big and it came from outer space. At least that’s what Russian scientists say. Yet when they try to weigh it, it breaks into pieces…….

We’ll show you the love Microsoft won’t … by offering a whole extra year of bug fixes……

colinneagle writes “The timing for this study is interesting, given the arrests of two teenagers believed to have bullied a 12-year-old classmate until she committed suicide, but Microsoft found that 94% of parents said they allow their kids unsupervised access to at least one device or online service like email or social networks. The average…

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis say it may someday be possible to perform a single test to screen for a wide range of cancer types…….

The end goal for eBay, according to CEO John Donahoe, is to build a digital “payments OS.”……

Violent robberies NOT funny, ‘more than tasteless’, attorneys insist……

Flipcase, which uses the new iPhone 5C’s punched case, hits the iTunes store. Just tap the holes to place your pieces…….