Olympic tip: Google "medal count" and keep yourself updated

If there was an Olympic event for searching the world's information, Google would more than likely take the gold medal. But there isn't, so instead, here's a neat trick to keep up on the Olympic medal counts in real-time.

http://buff.ly/M2tDMg

That was fast: 1M people already signed up for Microsoft's new Outlook service

Microsoft's just-announced Outlook email service, which replaces Hotmail today, has already attracted 1 million signups, according to a tweet from Microsoft. As I wrote earlier today, Hotmail had a serious branding problem, especially with the tech community.

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Human Workers, Managed by an Algorithm - Technology Review

Stephanie Hamilton is part of something larger than herself. She's part of a computer program. The 38-year-old resident of Kingston, Jamaica, recently began performing small tasks assigned to her by an algorithm running on a computer in Berkeley, California.

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Female Founders Series: Lisa Stone, BlogHer

The Female Founders Series is presented by American Express OPEN. For the full State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, visit openforum.com/women. American Express OPEN salutes, celebrates and wants to help fuel the future of women business owners. This week, more than 5,000 female bloggers will descend on New York City's Midtown Hilton for the eighth annual BlogHer conference.

http://pulse.me/s/bMswa

Dropbox Admits User Accounts Were Hijacked, Adds New Security Features

Several weeks ago, reports started to trickle out that a number of Dropbox users were under attack from spam.

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