Bill Banning iPods In Crosswalks Slated For Albany
State Sen. Kruger: Electronic Devices Put Many In Danger — (CBS) NEW YORK First it was cell phones in cars, then trans fats. Now, a new plan is on the table to ban gadget use while crossing city st...
Pipes and Filters for the Internet
Yahoo!'s new Pipes service is a milestone in the history of the internet. It's a service that generalizes the idea of the mashup, providing a drag and drop editor that allows you to connect internet ...
Norway responds to Jobs' open DRM letter
Senior advisor Torgeir Waterhouse of the Norwegian Consumer Council has responded to Apple CEO Steve Jobs' open letter concerning digital rights management and free music, which the executive publishe...
TiVo, Amazon offer video downloads that can be viewed on TV sets
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. and TiVo Inc. have jumped into the digital download wars — with a twist: The new partners will beam movies and TV shows directly to their customers' living rooms.
Is Barry Diller ready for foray into Web video?
NEW YORK—An often-overlooked fact is that the world has billionaire moguls Barry Diller and Rupert Murdoch to thank for Bart Simpson, Jack Bauer and Bill O'Reilly. — Diller and Murdoch, once friendl...
AT&T's 'Free Call' Bill: $2 Million
Guess who got stuck with a big bill for all those "free" international calls touted by outfits like FuturePhone? None other than AT&T, which has filed a lawsuit in Iowa claiming that "deceitful and u...
Big Win for Innocent RIAA Defendant
Good news today from the great state of Oklahoma. Debbie Foster, a single mom who was improperly sued by the RIAA back in 2004 for file sharing, has won back her attorneys' fees. The decision today ...
IMIFIED: USE INSTANT MESSAGES FOR MORE THAN JUST CHAT
Here's an interesting new web application...IMified. Use your favorite instant messenger application to add notes, reminders and even blog entries to a website or supported services. Why would you w...
Senator to propose surveillance of illegal images
A forthcoming bill in the U.S. Senate lays the groundwork for a national database of illegal images that Internet service providers would use to automatically flag and report suspicious content to pol...
Google Still Searching For Recognition in D.C.
Two minutes before his introduction on stage yesterday, Google chief executive Eric Schmidt walked across the ballroom of the Willard Intercontinental Hotel unnoticed by most of the pinstriped crowd d...
Anyone Can Sign up for a Gmail Account
Gmail is now a public beta. Go to Gmail.com, and look for "Sign up for Gmail" or go to this page. After almost three years of invitation-only access, Gmail gradually opened in Australia, New Zealand...
FCC Continues To Fudge Broadband Numbers
from the nice-try-there dept — The FCC has been called out repeatedly by the GAO for fudging the numbers on broadband penetration in the US, so it's no surprise at all to hear they're doing it again...
Microsoft's Open XML Format Hits Roadblocks in U.S., Abroad
Microsoft's goal of getting governments across the globe to embrace its Office Open XML format has hit roadblocks in both the United States and abroad. — In the United States, legislation was introd...
GOP revives ISP-tracking legislation
All Internet service providers would need to track their customers' online activities to aid police in future investigations under legislation introduced Tuesday as part of a Republican "law and order...
HandHeld Entertainment Acquires Putfile.com
The $7.1 Million Acquisition of Putfile.com Transforms HandHeld Entertainment's Network of User-Generated Web Sites into a Significant Worldwide Online Video Network
5 SKYPE TIPS FOR WEB WORKERS
As a Web Worker, you have undoubtedly used, tried, or at least heard of Skype, that wonderful peer-to-peer IM/voice tool that end users love, but security administrators detest. — Thanks to both the...
Real-world success with virtual goods
Perhaps the makers of virtual worlds shouldn't be so persnickety about allowing players to exchange real money for virtual goods. — In a report set to be released Wednesday, Sony Online Entertainmen...