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Hands-on with the $35 Aakash2 tablet: I want one

Still waiting for that new iPad mini? Or perhaps you couldn't wait and decided to drop $199 on some 7-inch tablet?

How about a $50 Android tablet?

Veterans, meet tech jobs: VetsinTech program launches this week

An upcoming evening program this week in San Francisco will connect veterans with tech jobs.

We have waves of new veterans coming back from overseas deployments to a job market that is already pretty tight. Across the board, the unemployment …

VBWeekly: Digg dumps, Githubs gits, Ouya owns, and Nukotoys … toys?

Yes, folks its another VBWeekly, and our regular VBWeekly host Jolie O’Dell was out on assignment, so VentureBeat’s executive Editor Dylan Tweney has stepped in to take you through the stories of the week. And we have stories; running from …

VBWeekly: Airtime, leaked LinkedIn passwords, and SpaceX

This week the VBWeekly crew discusses the new social-chatting service Airtime, leaked passwords from a LinkedIn hack (check out our tips for changing your passwords), and SpaceX — the first all-private company to start hauling cargo into space.

And finally …

It’s time to change all the passwords!

Sigh.

First LinkedIn’s passwords were was hacked, then eHarmony’s. Today we found out passwords from Last.fm’s may also have been stolen.

Odds are pretty good there are more compromised site that we just don’t know about yet. So guess what …

Are you a WordPress ninja who has been to the core and back? Let’s chat.

VentureBeat is looking for an experienced, creative, high-end PHP coder to build some of the coolest projects in the media world today.

You should have experience working on WordPress (VIP is a plus), and be familiar with the LAMP stack. …

Pebble, the smartwatch for iPhone, Android owners, fetches $1.17M in 30 hours on Kickstarter

Using Bluetooth, a prototype smartwatch called Pebble will connect to your iPhone or Android device to fetch calendar alerts, show social media updates, display caller ID for incoming calls, and run simple applications.

The watch, currently being showcased on crowdfunding …

VBWeekly: the best of Y-Combinator and ask the Magic 8 Ball.

In today’s VBWeekly video we invade the VentureBeat writers lounge to ask our reporters about the Y-Combinator Demo Day event. We asked Meghan Kelly and Sarah Mitroff about the presentations that made them laugh; later we ask them what company …

VBWeekly: The Galaxy S II, Eco-Apple, and book club

In this week’s VBWeekly, Jolie O’Dell walks us through first impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S II, the PlayStation Vita, and, in what turns out to be a blatant rip off, an iPhone game called Pokemon Yellow that is nothing …

VBWeekly: Top 10 games of 2011

Last week, VentureBeat announced its Game of the Year choices. Now you can see the video of VentureBeat’s top game writers, Dean Takahashi and Sebastian Haley discussing the picks. Enjoy the talk and let us know your favorite game of …

VBWeekly: Yelp IPO, Google Music, and the history of the Xbox

VentureBeat’s weekly video show returns with a quick discussion of some of the week’s highlights in tech business.

Your hosts, Christopher Peri and Dylan Tweney, talk about Yelp’s filing for an initial public offering, news of which just dropped 30 …

VBWeekly: E-readers, the death of Flash mobile, and the future of apps (video)

Yes, it’s time for another installment of VBWeekly. This week we discuss, in free form, the release of the latest Android-based e-readers, the Kobo, the Kindle Fire and the Nook. We wonder if they can be considered a different class …

Video: A deeper look at the $35 Android tablet shows that it’s usable, mostly

An Android tablet that sells for just $35 seems like an irresistible bargain. At that price, you might even be willing to put up with some serious tradeoffs. But does the Aakash tablet work well enough to be useful?

We …

Siri can be pretty funny at times

The iPhone 4S’s voice command system, Siri, has been out and running for a few days. It’s amazing technology — but it also produces some pretty funny replies.

From our own testing we have found that Siri does not always …

Yes, you can clean your keyboard in the dishwasher

I would not have believed this if I did not see it myself. We have an older Apple keyboard that was just disgusting. Instead of trying to clean it by hand, someone recommended putting it in the dishwater. What? But …

The nine Google+ circles of hell, as envisioned by Dante

As I was putting my Google+ circles together, I thought.  Hmmm… How would Dante do his circles?  Yes I wonder these things.. And here is how his circles would look.

Had to do a bit of Photoshop to get these …