Grace Hopper , Amazing Grace of computer history, gets Google Doodle

Grace Hopper, known as "the first lady of software," is celebrated for her computer genius, with a Google Doodle on what would have been her 107th birthday. The doodle would have been deeply appreciated by Grace Murray Hopper. She rose through the naval ranks to achieve the title of rear admiral. She was a pioneering Navy computer programmer who coined the term "bug" to describe computer woes. When she retired in 1986, she was the nation's...

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Rudy Gay traded from Raptors to Kings

The Rudy Gay era in Toronto appears to be over. According to multiple reports, the Raptors on Sunday agreed to ship the veteran swingman to the Sacramento Kings in a multi-player blockbuster swap, along with Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray. In exchange, the Raptors will reportedly get Chuck Hayes, Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons and Patrick Patterson. Yahoo! Sports reporter Adrian Wojnarowski first broke the news on Twitter Sunday...

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'A work of complete fiction': History Channel's revamped

The first part in the History Channel's two-part miniseries , Bonnie & Clyde, aired on Sunday night , and it was at times a beautiful mess – at least according to the critics. The miniseries , which stars Emile Hirst as Clyde Barrow and Holliday Grainger as Bonnie Parker , takes considerable liberties with historical accuracy, accoding to several reviews, casting Bonnie as a failed actress and Clyde as a criminal who can see into the future. The...

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Maple Leafs crumble against Bruins

Deleting six front-line players does not declaw these Boston Bruins. Particularly when the Maple Leafs get lost in their den, wander aimlessly on coverage and get eaten in short-handed situations. The B’s continue to get the better of the Leafs in the calendar year 2013, winning last season’s regular series, pulling off the Game 7 playoff miracle and now taking the first two meetings on this schedule. Despite a wild week of injuries...

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Is there a 'dark side' to Amazon drones, Google robots?

I've got Amazon.com drones in my future.I use Amazon's Prime delivery service for everything from rechargable batteries to art books to beef jerky, and so I was quite taken aback when CEO Jeff Bezos showcased a drone delivery system called Prime Air on 60 Minutes this past weekend. The idea is that packages below five pounds could be delivered straight from Amazon distribution centers to customers within 30 minutes using drones. For now,...

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Padora Following Script that could keep crushing shorts

I'm not sure why I let this stuff bother me so much. I guess, at the end of every hard-earned day ... if I expect to still find some reason to believe, I need to cue up Springsteen and then call out financial media injustice. This time with respect to Pandora. It's a shame to see Seeking Alpha, the site that provided me and so many of my friends and colleagues with an excellent platform to learn and grow from, devolve into a sweatshop...

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Macy's Bloomingdale's to open to downtown Miami Worldcenter

Miami’s cachet as an international shopping Mecca is taking a quantum leap forward. Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s unveiled plans to open new stores at Miami Worldcenter, the outsized, mixed-use project planned for downtown’s Park West district, which is west of Biscayne Boulevard across from AmericanAirlines Arena. Macy’s Inc., the parent of both retailing heavyweights, expects by late 2016 to open a 195,000-square-foot Macy’s and a 120,000-square-foot Bloomingdale’s,...

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