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In staying with last week’s greatest-heist-of-all-time theme, it seems only fitting to dedicate a post to GEOHOT–real name: George Hotz. A twentysomething member of the Silicon Valley glitterati, Hotz humbly came to be known as one of the most famous hackers of all time, inadvertently igniting the hacking wars of the Summer of Lulz. Hotz…

What do a Kindle Fire, a Google Nexus 7, and a two-year old HTC Incredible have in common? They all run some version of Google’s popular Android mobile operating system, though you wouldn’t necessarily see the similarities immediately…

It hasn’t been a great couple of months for social gaming company Zynga. Zynga, which derives much of its revenue from Facebook-based games like Farmville and Mafia Wars, suffered mightily from Facebook’s less-than-triumphant May 18 IPO. Zynga’s shares lost almost 14% of their value, and were so volatile that they twice tripped automated “circuit breakers,”…

The value of the dollar has certainly dipped in the past few years, but there’s a number of new currencies that might have investors clamoring for a more digital kind of coin.

It’s nearly Valentine’s day and love is in the virtual air. A million questions abound: Will he ask me to go on that raid with him in World of Warcraft? Can someone with only a +2 bonus to Charisma really charm her way into a date? How long will it take to build my romantic…