Hewlett-Packard Spied on Writers in Leaks
The California attorney general's investigation into the purloining of private phone records by agents of Hewlett-Packard has revealed that the monitoring effort began earlier than previously indicate...
Mystery Fuels Huge Popularity of Web's Lonelygirl15
The videos are a hit on YouTube, but some wonder if the teen's posts are real or a marketing ploy. — Lonelygirl15 appears to be an innocent, home-schooled 16-year-old, pouring her heart out for her ...
Amazon.com Launches TV, Movie Service
SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon.com Inc. launched a digital video downloading service Thursday, ending months of speculation that the Internet retailer would be getting into the online TV and movie business. —...
Urgent Security Announcement
On September 6 we discovered evidence that an intruder was able to access the Second Life database through the web servers. The exploit was shut down on the afternoon of September 6 when we discovere...
Nokia to baptize phones by name rather than number
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top handset maker, said on Thursday it will give new phone models a name rather than a number, following the success of rivals with model names like ...
Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds
Recently, a blogger named Simon Owens ran a social experiment on Craigslist. He wandered into the "Casual Encounters" section of the personal ads where countless men and women were soliticing for no-...
No Happy Ending for Net Movie Renters
A legal clash between Blockbuster Inc. and Netflix Inc. has triggered a patent debate over who has the right to offer DVD-rental services over the Internet. — The litigation presents a crucial quest...
Digg Algorithm For Scoring Stories
Here is a condensed version of what Kevin Rose & Jay Adelson confirmed as being some of the core elements used in determining the ranking (could substitute relevance here) for a story on digg. Again,...
The New York Times Launches New Mobile Site
Full Daily Contents of NYTimes.com Now Accessible on Mobile Phones — The New York Times Company announced today the launch of a new mobile site, http://mobile.nytimes.com, which provides access to n...
SanDisk MP3 seizure order overturned
A seizure order that would have barred SanDisk from showing its MP3 devices at a German trade show was overturned this week, allowing the company to display its digital audio players after all. — A ...
Amazon, the new Google?
Back when I worked at Microsoft I was always looking at Google and asking myself "what if they shipped this" or "what if they shipped that?" — Well, I should have been worrying about Amazon instead....
Official Digg Compatible Site For Mobile Devices
So... I stumbled upon http://www.diggriver.com yesterday doing some random whois... It seems as if Digg is planning on starting to support mobile devices due to several user made mobile pages for cell...
Google's China Office unveiled-1
A photo of Google China's new office building. Google's China Office moved into its permanent office building in Tsinghua Science Park, Beijing, on September 4 after temporarily operation out of Xinh...
PC hard disk system warns of tsunamis
Governments seeking inexpensive technology to warn of tsunamis could be interested in a free software application that monitors vibrations in the hard disks of computers in an attempt to detect the un...
Windows HS: Microsoft designs a school system
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has famously called high schools "obsolete" and warned about their effect on U.S. competitiveness. Now, his company has a chance to pro...
Why windows takes so long to start up.
Most of us have had a brand new computer at one time. It's a great feeling. You boot up windows and within 30 seconds you are surfing the net, checking your email, or playing your favorite game. 10 ...
Google Sitelinks: New Name For Those Links Under The Top Listings
Last year, people started to notice that Google began showing "subtopic" or "subcategory" links below their listing, if they were the first in a Google search. Now, Google's finally confirmed the cha...
ASRock to up use of VIA chipsets for Intel-based motherboards
ASRock, an Asustek Computer subsidiary focusing on entry-level motherboards, will significantly increase the adoption of integrated graphics processor (IGP) chipsets from VIA Technologies for Intel-ba...
The Next Step In Social Networking
That's what Fox Interactive president Ross Levinsohn is hoping to achieve with his company's MySpace acquisition. — AlwaysOn: What do you think of the phenomenon of being seen and seeing others on t...
Battle-worn Xbox 360 Casemod
This Xbox looks like it's straight from the set of the nonexistent Fallout movie. Post-apocalyptic scratches, dings, and peeled paint make you feel like this Xbox 360 has seen more than just the insi...
Has The Free Market Failed The US When It Comes To Broadband?
from the something-to-think-about dept — As the network neutrality debate has gone on and on, there are some aspects that are very troubling. The tech world is notorious for having what's basically...
Zango Spyware Suit Dismissed
A lawsuit seeking class action status filed against Zango, formerly 180solutions, has been dismissed by a Chicago court after plaintiffs voluntarily dropped the case. In a separate spyware case, the ...