Cellphones as Credit Cards? Americans Must Wait
A wave of a cellphone replaces the swipe of a credit card in a pilot program involving MasterCard PayPass, right. At left, a phone is used to pay for items at a Tokyo candy stand. Account informatio...
OCR and Neural Nets in JavaScript
A pretty amazing piece of JavaScript dropped yesterday and it's going to take a little bit to digest it all. It's a GreaseMonkey script, written by ‘Shaun Friedle’, that automatically solves captchas...
Stories From The Tell-All MySpace Book
Wall Street Journal editor Julia Angwin's tell-all book about MySpace is set for official publication on March 17, 2009. We've got our hands on a draft of the 268 page book. Some of the more interes...
Why Twitter's New Security Solution Could Pave the Way to a Future Web of Mashups
Microblogging service Twitter's habit of playing fast and loose with user passwords may be coming to an end, if a technical trial started today can be successfully implemented by its development team.
Comcast's Congestion Catch-22
A deeper look at what Comcast is doing with the latest version of its congestion management system uncovers little ill intent, despite yet another FCC slam. But a Pandora's Box of implications has be...
Surprise! VC Funding Fell Off a Cliff in Q4
As expected, the venture industry is seeing the fallout from the economic crisis, with fourth-quarter investments dropping to a total of $5.4 billion invested in 818 companies, according to a report f...
The New Twhirl (preview release) for Team Seesmic-Twhirl
We are as excited as you are about Twhirl and are happy to announce a new version today which we will be circulating as a preview to get your help and feedback. We are gathering a “circle of friends”...
ASCAP Targets “Copy Left / Free Culture” Enemy...
Britannica reaches out to the web
The Encyclopaedia Britannica has unveiled a plan to let readers help keep the reference work up to date. — Under the plan, readers and contributing experts will help expand and maintain entries onli...
Will President Obama have a personal computer?
Barack Obama completed his first full day as president on Wednesday. Pictures of the historic occasion showed Obama sitting at a gleaming Oval Office desk. Will all that empty space eventually be fi...
Others could follow Google's move to reset options
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google Inc. is showing its love for its employees by giving them a second chance to profit from their wilting stock options. But the move irked shareholders still stuck with agon...
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs still thinking big
Over the course of the past 40 years, Silicon Valley has experienced regular cycles of economic ups and downs that come with being one of the world's leading centers of innovation. And during those d...
Exclusive: Microsoft to get Resident Evil 5 bundle, red 360s
“Do you really have to go?” my wife asked. It was late, and the night was still. I put on my press hat, grabbed my notebook and, after a moment's hesitation, my revolver. — “Yes. He always gives ...