Day: October 16, 2013

Mark Cuban wins insider trading case brought by SEC

After being accused of selling his stake in Mamma.com based on confidential information, the billionaire investor is cleared of the government’s charges…….


Dodo announces NBN pricing

The M2-owned budget telco has revealed its NBN pricing, with the cheapest plans to date and an unlimited offering as well…….


China, that untapped land of amazing profit for the West – EXCEPT IBM

Big Blue notches up SIXTH quarter of poor growth……


Ask Slashdot: As a Programmer/Geek, Should I Learn Business?

An anonymous reader writes “During my career I’ve always been focused on learning new technologies and trending programming languages. I’ve made good money at it, but I’m not sure what the next step is. I don’t want to do this for the rest of my life. I’m not sure how to find a good way…


Netflix to test extra features for its original shows

The company says it will experiment with extras with its original programming first, then will think about bringing them to other parts of its catalog…….


Nokia, Indian upstart square up to Google’s mighty mapping empire

Time to clean up this one-horse……


Rail-mad Japanese marry aboard Tokyo commuter train

Often overflowing with passengers, the famous Yamanote Line makes way for a special event…….


Blizzard Wins Legal Battle Against WoW Bot Company

New submitter gamersunited writes with news of Blizzard Entertainment’s defeat of another company that created bot software to automate World of Warcraft characters. Ceiling Fan Software faces a judgment of $7 million, and must disable any active licenses for the software. They’re also forbidden from transferring or open-sourcing the bot software, and from facilitating its…


NSA chief tightens up retirement plans

The head of America’s national spying agency Gen. Keith Alexander and his civilian deputy John ‘Chris’ Inglis are expected to resign their positions in the coming months…….


SanDisk Q3: Smashes expectations with record revenue, strong profits; dishes out dividend

The flash memory maker reports record revenue and strong profit results for the third quarter. The company also issued a fourth-quarter dividend to shareholders…….