Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border
No Suspicion Required Under DHS Policies — Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of w...
AT&T: 'We're all about wireless'
DALLAS — Wonder why the smoking-hot 3G Apple iPhone only costs $199, less than half the price of the original? Here's a two-word hint: Randall Stephenson. — Stephenson, who became AT&T's (T) chairm...
Breaking Free of Outlook
I recently moved to a new office and found that I couldn't send mail via Microsoft Outlook. I've had this same problem in different locations. I've been told that it depends on the ISP settings and ...
Privacy watchdog hoists Google by its own petard
Spews Street View pics of Larry Page Lexus — In an effort to prove that Google is a serious threat to the personal privacy of people everywhere, the National Legal and Policy Center has exposed coun...
FCC formally rules Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent was illegal
Federal regulators voted 3-2 on Friday to declare that Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent traffic last year was unlawful, marking the first time that any U.S. broadband provider has ever been found to...
Facebook's auto-tagging feature could be tip of tagging iceberg
One of my favorite Facebook features is auto-tagging. It happened to me last night by accident and ended up being one of those very rare moments of using a product where I got a big grin on my face.
Amazon.com to Acquire AbeBooks
SEATTLE & VICTORIA, British Columbia—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aug. 1, 2008—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced that, subject to closing conditions, it has reached an agreement to acquire AbeBooks. ...
We Know How Many Kindles Amazon Has Sold: 240,000
Ever since Amazon launched the Kindle last November, we've been wondering about just how successful it's been. The electronic book initially sold out and supplies have been tight. The Kindle is such...
Time For Apple To Get Serious About Apple TV (AAPL)
Apple executives continue to refer to their Apple TV set-top box business as a “hobby” — which is a polite word for “failure.” Time for that to change: If Steve Jobs wants to make a serious run at ow...
Mole attack: 360 price cuts on all hardware in September
It's hard to describe what it's like to wake up with a knife between your teeth. You try to spit, because the taste of steel makes you think you've bitten down on your tongue and you're tasting the b...
Yelp, Yahoo! Local & LinkedIn SearchMonkey Apps Now Default-On
Last month we opened up the Yahoo! Search Gallery to showcase all of the useful SearchMonkey applications that have been built by developers, site owners and Yahoo!. Today, we're turning on a few of ...
The Eyes Have It
So little real information leaks out of Apple these days that we tech pundits tend to jump on any crumb we can get and munch it to death. That's certainly the case with this week's story about Apple ...
PayPal Denies $450 of Unauthorized Charges
On my birthday last Saturday, I received a “present” I wish I never had. Due to some lax security policies that Apple has thankfully since updated, someone was able to use my birth date to obtain my ...
Time Warner (TWX) Killed Jon Miller/Yahoo (YHOO) Board Deal
The mystery of Jon Miller's disappearing Yahoo board appointment has been gotten a little less mysterious. He isn't taking the job because Time Warner (TWX), his former employer, won't let him. What...
China opens crack in Great Firewall for Olympic press
It's closed! It's open! It's closed! It's open again! The Chinese government has once again agreed to open the Internet for press during the Olympic Games, apparently after being pressured by the ...
In-flight Cell Ban Advances In Congress
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Mint V10: World's Smallest Pocket Projector
Australian company Mint Wireless is claiming their Mint V10 is the smallest commercial pocket projector in the world. At 125 x 55 x 23 mm, this bulge in our pants means we are happy to see that, even...
Sun profits evaporate as darkness falls on US economy
Investors run despite $1bn share buyback promise — Sun promised to buy back $1bn worth of shares from stockholders today as it announced static revenues and a slump in fourth quarter profits. — Re...
Don't Cry for Us, Silicon Valley
Despite the media's anxiety about fallen female executives, women are actually advancing in high technology — There are so few women running technology companies that when one steps down, it's inevi...
Toyota Develops Personal Transport Assistance Robot ‘Winglet’
Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today development of the “Winglet”, a personal transport assistance robot ridden in a standing position. — The Winglet—still being refined—is one of ...
Jerry Yang prepares for showdown with Yahoo investors
Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang faces another test of his leadership today as he prepares for a showdown with angry investors at the company's annual general meeting. — He will have to quell a rebe...
Mommy bloggers
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley — The message was loud. It was clear. It was simple. — “Take the money.” — Spelling it out was Gina Garrubbo, executive vice president of BlogHer,...