Tech we're looking forward to in 2014: a realist's guide to CES  —  The annual Consumer Electronics Show is all about showing off what's in the future of hardware and gadgetry.  But although there are thousands of announcements and prototypes to sort through, most of what's announced at CES …

Path receives additional $25M in funding led by Indonesia's Bakrie Global Group, an “up round” according to CEO  —  Exclusive: Path Closes $25 Million Funding, Led by Indonesia's Bakrie Global Group  —  Path, the private social network, said it had finally closed a $25 million Series C round …

Obama administration to end contract with CGI Federal, company behind HealthCare.gov  —  The Obama administration has decided to jettison CGI Federal, the main IT contractor that was responsible for building the defect-ridden online health insurance marketplace and has been immersed in the work …

Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite/Neo Pictures, Specifications and Benchmark results (Update)  —  You guys may have heard about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 3 Lite and if you really have, then you probably know about its specifications too, courtesy of GSMArena.

FOBO Launches In San Francisco To Become The Fastest, Easiest Way To Sell Your Consumer Electronics  —  By now you probably know that Craigslist sucks as a way to sell stuff.  You have to contend with spam emails, buyers who promise to purchase your goods but flake, and people who show …

HP to launch inexpensive Android smartphone for emerging markets as soon as next week  —  HP, the world's biggest PC manufacturer, is set to launch its smartphone as soon as next week  —  We've gotten word from inside HP that the company is set to release an inexpensive Android smartphone aimed …

Overstock makes $124K from 780 Bitcoin orders a day after giving the cypto-currency a thumbs up  —  Overstock.com is helping Bitcoin makes its rise.  —  Overstock.com took a gamble on Bitcoin that quickly seems to be paying off.  —  The company made $124,000 through 780 Bitcoin orders within less …

Supreme Court to Hear Aereo Case  —  The Supreme Court has granted review to broadcasters' challenge to the legality of startup Aereo, in a case that may not only determine the future of digital streaming of station signals but of network television itself.  —  Without comment …

Dropbox says its outage is due to a ‘routine internal maintenance’ issue, denies any security breach  —  Cloud storage service Dropbox is experiencing intermittent outages this evening.  Around 6:00pm PST, accessing the service either by Web or through its mobile apps not possible.

Female Founders  —  I was accused recently of believing things I don't believe about women as programmers and startup founders.  So I thought I'd explain what I actually do believe.  Some accused me of being sexist—of being biased against female founders.  To anyone who knows Y Combinator that would seem a pretty implausible claim.

Court Rules That Yelp Must Unmask the Identities of Seven Anonymous Reviewers  —  Over the past few years, seven people have been so dissatisfied with the service they received from Hadeed Carpet Cleaning of Alexandria, Virginia, that they took to Yelp to air the details of their dissatisfaction.

Yikes!  Target's data breach now could affect 110M people  —  Target's data breach is a bit broader than once believed.  —  The major retailer on Friday announced that up to 70 million customers have had their personal information stolen as part of the company's payment card data breach.