FACEBOOK FALLOUT: Y Combinator's Paul Graham Just Emailed Portfolio Companies Warning Of ‘Bad Times’ In Silicon Valley  —  Facebook has flopped on the public markets, and now we have vivid evidence of how badly Silicon Valley is reeling in the fallout.  —  Paul Graham, cofounder of Silicon Valley's …

Face To Face: How Airtime Will Re-Humanize The Internet  —  One minute into using Airtime I was laughing with someone I'd never met.  That's something special when despite all the asynchronous connection, the Internet threatens to make us feel lonely.  On Airtime, you experience together thanks …

R.I.P. Zune  —  Microsoft is sending Zune to the pasture where Microsoft brands go to die.  It's the end of the road for a name that once symbolized Microsoft's grand plans to curb Apple's entertainment ambitions.  —  In a flurry of announcements that Microsoft made Monday at the E3 games conference …

Apple to update most of its Mac lineup and multiple accessories at WWDC  —  While Apple has major software announcements planned for the upcoming World Wide Developers Conference - including iOS 6, an updated version of iCloud, and OS X Mountain Lion - Apple is also planning some incredible hardware announcements.

Apple and Google Expand Their Battle to Mobile Maps  —  Google's Eric Schmidt, left, and Apple's Steve Jobs, right, in 2008.  The relationship deteriorated as their companies competed.  —  Since they got together in 2007, the iPhone and Google Maps have seemed like ideal digital bedfellows.

Facebook comments, ads don't sway most users: poll  —  (Reuters) - Four out of five Facebook Inc users have never bought a product or service as a result of advertising or comments on the social network site, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows, the latest sign that much more needs to be done to turn …

Apple Denied Ban On Samsung Tablet Computer Sales In U.S.  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) was denied its renewed request for a ban on U.S. sales of Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer while the case is still before a federal court of appeals.  —  U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose …

Samsung teases Series 5 Hybrid PC, a Windows 8 tablet with magnetic keyboard dock and pen support (update: hands-on photos)  —  You wanted Windows 8 tablet / laptop mash-ups, you got 'em!  On the heels of some rather inventive product launches from Acer and ASUS here at Computex …

Rethinking Privacy in an Era of Big Data  —  Some years ago an engineer at Google told me why Google wasn't collecting information linked to people's names.  “We don't want the name.  The name is noise.”  There was enough information in Google's large database of search queries, location …

‘Gadget’ in the middle: Flame malware spreading vector identified  —  In our FAQ on Flame posted on May 28, 2012, we postulated there might be a still undiscovered zero-day vulnerability in Flame:  —  “At the moment, we haven't seen use of any -days; however, the worm is known …

Windows RT on Snapdragon S4 hands-on and Rob Chandhok interview (update: video)  —  We just got a hands-on demo of Microsoft Windows RT running on Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 development tablet here at Computex 2012 in Taipei.  The verdict?  It's smooth as silk on a 1.5GHz dual-core APQ8060A with 2GB of RAM …

Intel's Computex Keynote: We're Investing in Touch, Putting User Experience First  —  Today at Computex, Intel SVP of Sales and Marketing Tom Kilroy gave a keynote addressing the company's latest advances in mobile technology, including its just-released Ivy Bridge platform for Ultrabooks.

Yer A Wizard, Sony: PlayStation Introduces Wonderbook, The AR Ebook For Kids Complete With Harry Potter Content  —  Although the vast majority of Sony gaming content is focused on adult/teen titles, a new title called Wonderbook is particularly interesting.  Using an augmented-reality book …

Samsung demos Series 5 Ultra Touch and Series 5 Ultra Convertible Ultrabooks, we go hands-on  —  Well, look at what we have here!  We just swung by Samsung's booth at Computex, and the outfit is showing off not one, but two touch-enabled variations of its Series 5 Ultrabooks.

Gamifying The Job Search: Identified Hits 10M Users, Nabs $21M In Series B Funding  —  “People crave feedback on their professional lives,” say Brendan Wallace and Adeyemi Ajao, co-founders and co-CEOs of Identified, a young San Francisco-based startup that has been hard at work at gamifying the job search.

World's Oldest BitTorrent Site Shuts Down  —  Founded in 2003, UK-based FileSoup was one of the original torrent sites.  —  When the site started there was no Pirate Bay, no Torrentz, and isoHunt wasn't searching .torrent files yet.  FileSoup outlived many of the sites that sprung up around …

Ad Networks Bypass iPhone Privacy Rules  —  Mobile ad networks are using new techniques to target iPhone users by circumventing Apple Inc.'s earlier efforts to protect user privacy.  —  Apple last summer said it would stop allowing app makers to use a unique identifier embedded in iPhones …

After Vitrue, Oracle acquires social media monitoring firm Collective Intellect  —  The social media monitoring, CRM and marketing space is certainly heating up.  First, Oracle acquires Vitrue for $300 million, and then Salesforce.com buys Buddy Media for nearly $700 million.

More On Meebo: Price Is Around $100M, Product Team To Work On Google+ Publisher Tools, Layoffs Hit Sales  —  Meebo, the seven year-old chat service that morphed into a website toolbar and ad platform, is indeed selling to Google.  The company confirmed the news a few minutes ago, and we've since dug up some more details.

Microsoft promises a ‘sneak peek’ at the future of Windows Phone on June 20th  —  Microsoft previously announced its Windows Phone Developer Summit early last month, but the company didn't reveal exactly what it was planning to show.  We received an updated invitation today that hints Windows Phone 8 might be on the agenda.

DeNA Continues China Push, Partners with Renren on Mobile Games  —  Japanese social gaming giant DeNA (TYO:2432) is announcing today that it is allying with Chinese social networking site Renren (NYSE:RENN) in an effort to bring more mobile games to the service the Mobage social gaming platform.

Microsoft SmartGlass: Xbox Live Companion on steroids?  —  As many of my readers know, I'm not a video game fan, nor I am I a big TV fan.  So sitting virtually through a two-hour E3 keynote address, chock-full of video game first-person-shooter previews...kill me now (pun intended).

The Security Paradox Of IPv6; Shoring Up The Holes  —  Guest post written by Danny McPherson  —  Danny McPherson is Chief Security Officer for VeriSign.  —  IPv6 presents a security paradox.  —  The capabilities IPv6 provides will enhance online security - but the shift …

Facebook Bringing Its Mobile News Feed Redesign To the Web, With Larger Photos And Text  —  If you liked the larger photos that Facebook introduced to its mobile news feed last month, here's some good news: It's bringing a similar redesign to its Web interface.

Dell unveils Inspiron 14z Ultrabook, multimedia-friendly Inspiron 15R and 17R  —  It's the season of the student-friendly Ultrabook, and Dell is no exception to the rule.  The company may have released an Inspiron 14z last year, but it's now repurposing that name for its first Inspiron Ultrabook.