Exclusive: Watch Steve Jobs' First Demonstration of the Mac for the Public, Unseen Since 1984  —  It's January, 1984.  Steve Jobs, nattily attired in a double-breasted suit, is demonstrating Apple's breakthrough personal computer, Macintosh, before a packed room.

Google and Samsung reach global patent cross-licensing agreement covering “the two companies' existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years”  —  Google and Samsung reach global patent license deal  —  In a move that could have big implications …

For some, Twitter is becoming less about relevancy and more about one-liners  —  Valley of the Blahs: How Justin Bieber's Troubles Exposed Twitter's Achilles' Heel  —  At some point, Twitter and the rest of social media became less about wanting to share the news and more about wanting to be the news.

How a Math Genius Hacked OkCupid to Find True Love  —  Chris McKinlay was folded  —  into a cramped fifth-floor cubicle in UCLA's math sciences building, lit by a single bulb and the glow from his monitor.  It was 3 in the morn­ing, the optimal time to squeeze cycles out of the supercomputer …

Foxconn Weighs Plan for U.S. Plant  —  Taiwanese Tech Manufacturer Would Make Displays at U.S. Facility  —  TAIPEI— Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. , which assembles gadgets for Apple Inc. and other global technology firms, is evaluating a plan to build an advanced display manufacturing plant in the U.S., its chairman said.

51 Startup Failure Post-Mortems … On his many failed experiments, Thomas Edison once said … And so while we have dug into the data behind startups that have died (as well as those acqui-hired) and found they usually die 20 months after raising financing and after having raised about $1.3 million …

Michaels investigating possible “data security attack” after fraudulent credit card purchases lead back to its stores  —  Sources: Card Breach at Michaels Stores  —  Multiple sources in the banking industry say they are tracking a pattern of fraud on cards that were all recently used …

Hackers Steal Law Enforcement Inquiry Documents from Microsoft  —  Recent Phishing Attacks Compromised Employee Email, Social Media Accounts at Microsoft  —  [Update] Microsoft on Friday said that attackers breached the email accounts of a “select number” of employees …

How WordPress has embodied and benefited from the principles of open source  —  The Four Freedoms  —  Eleven months before the U.S. declared war on Japan, President Franklin D. Roosevelt said “As men do not live by bread alone, they do not fight by armaments alone.”

As smart home standards make slow progress, middleman services to tie devices together emerge  —  The dumb state of the smart home  —  Consumers are ready to connect their homes, but their appliances aren't  —  Shane Dyer is surrounded by a dozen or so home appliances made by a dozen or so different manufacturers.

KPCB founder Tom Perkins compares “rising tide of hatred of the successful one percent” to Nazi war on Jews  —  Silicon Valley Legend Compares Techie Backlash to Nazi Rampage  —  Silicon Valley has never been known for its appreciation of subtleties.