if you ever meet a perfect version of yourself constructed by aliens from radio transmissions, don’t shake their hand. For those who don’t know, this refers to a story in the Feynman Lectures on Physics. Here’s my version; I’ve taken some liberties. Imagine you’re on the phone with an alien who speaks English, except they [...]

Earlier this morning, San Francisco-based mobile app security provider Appthority announced? that it has raised $6.25 million in a Series A financing round led by Venrock and US Venture Partners. Gunderson Dettmer also participated in this round. Venrock’s Ray Rothrock and US Venture Partners’ Steve Krausz will join the Appthority board. The company’s product helps [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday pardoned an Afghan woman serving a 12-year prison sentence for having sex out of wedlock after she was raped by a relative. Karzai’s office said in a statement that the woman and her attacker have agreed to marry. That would reverse an earlier decision by [...]

FILE- In this Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, Afghan doctors, unseen, dress the tortured ear of Sahar Gul, 15-year-old at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse [...]

So if you live out in China, and were counting down the days until you could get your hands on a legit Lumia 800 (or the 610), you’re almost there. Nokia’s slab of Windows Phone, renamed the 800C was unveiled by China Telecom today as we’d heard, and will launch in stores fully next month. [...]