Proposed changes to the way the nation's media watchdog does its business will mean more transparency for citizens--and bad news for secretive consumer-electronics companies.READ»
Microsoft recently announced they were planning to open up retail stores ala Apple near the latter company's existing locations. Leading the charge is former Wal-Mart merchandising guru David Porter, who was hired on as Redmond's ...READ»
A new study suggests that the key to outsize growth and innovation is a strong protection of copyrights and other intellectual property. Is its argument convincing?READ»
Bill Reinert hates the plug-in electric car. He hates ethanol too. And what Bill Reinert hates matters to every car-buying American: he's Toyota's national sales manager and in-house energy sage, and he knows his stuff. But is he too ...READ»
Weird things happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news sites this week.
Amazon Steals ...READ»
YouTube has become our national trove of free video, a place where a company can find a free platform for video marketing junk and individuals can watch dogs sleepwalk. But as we've discussed before, the Web's video giant costs Google ...READ»
A British tech blog is reporting that Match.com is making its services available on select TVs starting this month through a special DVR being sold by U.K. telecom provider BT (seen below). Which begs the question: why would you want ...READ»
It was only a matter of time before Apple retaliated against Palm's USB chicanery. When it was launched, the Pre boasted full compatibility and syncing with iTunes; the device effectively spoofed the popular Apple software into ...READ»
Last week we profiled 10 Mac apps that jealous Windows users could only pine for. Well, Windows has its share of nifty stuff too, so we'd be remiss if we didn't remind Mac users why 90% of planet Earth still runs on Redmond.
XMap 6 ...READ»
California-based Tesla Motors opened its third retail store today in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, kicking off a rapid retail expansion plan that should land stores in eight major U.S. cities before the end of 2009.
Unlike the ...READ»
It's well know that VC funds take their economic hits with a delay because they work in liquid money, but it seems like their time of reckoning for the great bust of '08 has finally come. VentureBeat reports that new data from the ...READ»
Below, you'll find the latest television ad for the Palm Pre. It's simply shot, backed by soothing music, and consistent with Palm's other Beijing-opening-ceremony style ad from June. It's also bizarrely, pervasively creepy. What's ...READ»
An app called TwitVid launched on the iTunes App Store today, enabling iPhone 3G S owners to record "video tweets" and post them to Twitter just as they would with photos, links, and text. The app is one of the first to make use of ...READ»
Print Is Dying Because... It's Printed
"The Printed Blog" was an experiment in publishing: a hybrid online publication with a printed counterpart that could be delivered to your house. The venture's founder, Josh Karp, believed that ...READ»
Can't wait until winter, when the Palm Pre will ship for Verizon customers? Have some time to kill? Well, you too may be able to hack your Pre into working on Verizon's CDMA network, should you possess the immense patience and ...READ»
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Used to be that Windows users could admit the Mac was easy to use--they just complained there wasn't any software for the platform. Apple knew their weakness, too, so they endeavored to turn their developer tools into the envy ...READ»
Google caused a flurry of excitement last night when it revealed it would convert its Chrome browser into an operating system meant for netbooks. A chorus of OMG's burst from the tech blog network. This is a "clear shot in Microsoft's ...READ»
"It's my hope that you will see this as a unique property that will quickly become the must-read for anyone interested in the media, the business of it and the personalities behind it."
So begins the "Note from Dan Abrams," a kind ...READ»
Google may be guilty of antitrust violations for its Book Search initiative, reported several newswire services on Monday. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the search giant's settlement with the Author's Guild ...READ»
According to InformationWeek, TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington has incorporated a company in Singapore to manufacture and sell his CrunchPad Tablet device, which may be ready for imminent arrival to market. The thin, ...READ»
The unusually long contract between Apple and AT&T for the sale of the iPhone may prompt the Department of Justice to look into charging large telecom providers with anticompetitive practices. According to the Wall Street ...READ»
Two researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown they can reverse engineer a person's Social Security number using, ironically, nothing more than data from publicly available data on government sites, and the data you share ...READ»
Microsoft's interactive table, dubbed Surface, brings the heady dream of interactive computing closer to reality. As developers find ways to make Surface's gorgeous multi-user interface shine, more and more companies are turning to ...READ»
Star bank holding firm Goldman Sachs has been getting its fair share of antipathy this month. First it was Rolling Stone's polemic against the bank; then it was BusinessWeek's sobering review of how the 140-year-old firm will be ...READ»
