The Pirate Bay. BTJunkie. Mediafire. All these sites are down or struggling today, after a 14-nation police force raided a Swedish hosting center and a Czech university. It's one of the biggest crackdowns ever, but that doesn't mean pirates are out of options.READ»
Halo: Reach, one of (if not the) biggest, most anticipated games of the year, is all over the pirate-friendly BitTorrent sites today. How did it happen?READ»
After many years of going head-to-head with peer-to-peer networks from Napster to BitTorrent, the music industry has finally decided to give in. Vivendi's Universal Music Group--the world's largest music group--has joined forces ...READ»
College tuition has risen more than any other component of the cost of living for the last 18 years. But in the Internet era, information is free and ubiquitous. To the extent education is a knowledge industry, it would seem ...READ»
From tax evasion and money laundering to what’s happening at Guantanamo, whistleblowers’ “secret” documents can be posted and seen by anyone with access to the Internet, thanks to Wikileaks. Even a federal judge’s order here ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was supersizing--no, downsizing--no, supersizing--decisions, decisions--itself and wondering whether it's better to be big or small.1. For the past 24 hours Tony Hayward has, apparently, been ...READ»
IBM and The University of Arizona are developing a course that will teach Management Information Systems and Marketing students to build online communities and social network systems using Web 2.0 technologies. The IBM/University of ...READ»
So you're one of the unlucky ones. The entire economy is crumbling around us, and with every single company in existence looking to cut costs and become more efficient, you were deemed to be expendable. It's a lousy situation, to be ...READ»
A judge ruled today to move forward with the case against LimeWire, one of the biggest peer-to-peer downloading sites in recent history. Turns out a little checkbox isn't enough to remove liability.READ»
Yahoo Launches Mobile Social-Networking Service
"Yahoo has quietly launched an experimental site that offers mobile-phone subscribers the ability to send text messages and share videos and pictures among friends. The service follows ...READ»
Google [GOOG] has launched a new website in cooperation with a pair of nonprofit organizations. It does two things: it analyzes your network connection, and it makes companies like Comcast [CMCSA] and TimeWarner [TWX] wish that Google ...READ»
Net neutrality, considered a centerpiece initiative for FCC chair Julius Genachowski, would effectively stop Internet providers from slowing
or blocking access to Web sites. It's among the most important political topics that ...READ»
The open-source, lightweight, plays-anything video and audio program VLC is finally coming to the iPad. This could mean a revolution in video and audio--but will Apple let it happen?READ»
Theoretically, Apple's Mac OS X can be installed on nearly any machine running an Intel processor, and even AMD-based machines--including netbooks, laptops and desktops. But the process of installing OS X on these devices gets ...READ»
The immediate reaction to the new, redesigned, strikingly cheap Apple TV is pity for Apple TV's competitors. Boxee, one of those competitors, sees it differently--and they might just be right.READ»
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has built an empire of staggering proportions that nabbed him a record $100 million deal with Fox. And, with an innovative new series of animated shorts distributed by Google -- "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" -- he’s even teaching the search giant new ways to exploit the Web. Could this crude frat-boy cartoonist really be a model for business in the postmodern age?READ»
