Global Tech: Feels Like 2000, PlayStation Hack Arrest, Unwearable Wearables

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AROUND THE WORLD Venture Funding of U.S. Startups Last Year Was Most Since 2000The money spigots for U.S. startups opened last year to their widest since the peak of the dot-com boom in 2000. U.K. Man Arrested in Investigation of Sony PlayStation HackAn 18-year-old man in northwest England was arrested by U.K. police in an investigation linked to the Christmas Day hacking of Microsoft's Xbox Live and Sony's PlayStation Network Internet services. Lots of Wearables, But Nothing Worth Wearing YetIf you thought Google Glass was an affront to fashion, wait until you get a load of the copycats at Tokyo's first Wearable Expo. End Nears in 40-Year Patent Battle Over Gore-Tex Blood VesselsIn 1973, a plant manager with W.L. Gore & Associates was testing whether the chemical compound used in Gore-Tex weatherproof fabric could be modified to also make artificial blood vessels.  The manager shipped the material to several researchers, including a Phoenix cardiologist, setting up one of the longest patent disputes in U.S. history. Read more news at Bloomberg Global Tech >>

BEST OF BWEST Can Artificial Intelligence Change Cybersecurity? Linkdex cofounder John Straw discusses cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and the future of technology. Watch the video >>

BIG DATUM 4,000 How many stores RadioShack has. Sprint wants to buy some of them.

INSIDE THE VALLEY Game Time YouTube will offer a halftime show during the Super Bowl featuring some of its biggest online stars, part of a broader initiative to promote advertisements on the Google-owned video site. Read the full story >>

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