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Zuckerberg's 2011 personal income tax bill: $1.5 billion
That's 'billion', with a 'b'
If all goes according to plan, Facebook founder, chairman, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's share of the profit in his company's upcoming initial public offering will result in him facing a tax bill of around $1.5bn for 2011.…
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Study links dim wits to conservative ideology
US, UK research: Thick kids more likely to become bigots
British and American children who are less intelligent are more likely to grow up to be conservative and/or bigots, according to new research published in Physiological Science.… 
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Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash
Expert pilot, experimental aircraft
Steven Appleton, the long-time CEO at memory chip maker Micron Technology, died this morning in a crash of an experimental plane in the company's hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was 51 years-old and one of the youngest CEOs and chairman in the Fortune 500.…
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Opinion poll: Anti-regulatory 'hype' unwarranted
Rival small-business boosters, Obama foes disagree
One advocacy group has published a survey it says proves that US small-business owners aren't unduly concerned with government regulations. Another group says that the first group's opinion poll is tainted by bogosity.…
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Facebook post-IPO: Free not fee will make Zuck a buck
Dam friction-less sharing and the company is toast
Open ... and Shut No sooner did Facebook file its S-1 in preparation for an IPO than speculation kicked into high gear on how Facebook could possibly sustain its $75bn to $100bn valuation. After all, despite its hugely impressive revenue and profit numbers, key components of its revenue model – like advertising revenue – are decelerating. So should we expect Facebook to impose a paywall on some or all of its users, as MyLife.com chief executive Jeff Tinsley suggests it could?…
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European revolt over ACTA treaty gains ground
Poles stall, Slovenian ambassador calls for protests
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) treaty, signed by most European countries last week, may not be a done deal after all, as governments across the continent face a storm of protest.…
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US adds more jobs than expected in January
Lots of IT workers get pink slips
The US economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January and the unemployment rate has ticked down two-tenths of a point, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…
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Apple iPhones, iPad back in German online store
Take 'em down, put 'em back – a busy morning for Apple IT
A German court has suspended the injunction that required Apple to remove its iPhone 4 and 3Gs, and iPad Wi-Fi + 3G from its online store in that country.…
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Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down
8 March cutoff following Operation Ghost Click
Half of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet's command-and-control infrastructure.…
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Dead gamer sat unnoticed for nine hours in net cafe
Stiff competition
A Taiwanese gamer sat dead in a chair at an Internet cafe for up to nine hours before fellow players noticed the poor guy had popped his clogs.…
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