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Digital security firm Symantech has discovered a new type of viral exploit that tries to crack open a user's Bitcoin wallet and steal its contents--the virtual answer to the old-fashioned bank heist. But what's a Bitcoin, and why would anyone want one when there are gold bricks and paper dollars still ripe for a swindle?

With bandwidth-heavy streaming apps such as Netflix, HBO Go, and Pandora out on the market, users are consuming more data than ever before on their smartphones. According to a new report by Nielsen out today, average U.S.

Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill yesterday that takes direct aim at online privacy.

Forget Facebook's status updates, and Twitter's social sharing in iOS: An Apple patent application hints at a future where a character-measuring iPhone app can tell you if you're near your pals--or even a potential soulmate. Apple's already patented extensively in the location-based app space. And hints of a "Find My Friends" API code have been found in the iPhone's OS.

What are the major milestones in productivity throughout history? Here's a timeline of key events that helped increase human efficiency, including the commercial diary, Henry Ford's Model T car, and the invention of the world wide web. 1791 Benjamin Franklin’s posthumous autobiography described the founding father’s system for the pursuit of “Order”.

For the latest (mic-stand-kicking) edition of our future-gazing series Crystal Ballin' we spoke with Ian Hogarth, CEO of Songkick. "In my vision of the future, hipsters aren’t obsolete," he tells us. "I think that you're always gonna need human curation

A solid mobile strategy will include several ways to connect with consumers via their mobile devices. Here are some key approaches and why you should be using them.

Pity the poor programmer whose software doesn't automatically sync every digital thing you own across all of your devices instantly. Thanks to Apple, if you're not in the cloud soon, you're buried. People have been yammering for years about how, eventually, everything is going to have to move to the cloud.

Back in April, I wrote an article about QR Codes and the post exploded with comments. I have some pretty intelligent readers out there! I wanted to gather all the information from these informative comments and present them here in a concise format so we can all find the information quickly and easily. Ways You Use QR Codes In my article, I asked if readers were already using QR Codes in their businesses

What items can't you live without on the road? Inc. asked readers what technology and comforts they can't live without when crossing the country for business travel.

Meet the 2.0 car service: Uber is a start-up that lets you book a stylish ride from a smartphone app. Imagine your flight arrives four hours later than expected.

Golf remains one of the best ways to nurture business relationships, near your office or on the road. But when you travel to play with business connections, it's important to bring the comforts of home in terms of golf gear. Here are six different products business travelers can't golf and travel without

For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his could-based file-sharing platform in college.

Jonathan Kaplan has launched The Melt, a chow chain backed by James Beard award-winning designers, Michelin Star award-winning chefs, kitchen workflow engineers, and millions of dollars from Sequoia Capital. The Flip Cam was pretty awesome, too.

1. Google offers, the business model backbone behind Google Wallet NFC credit cards, kicks off tomorrow