White House Photos — Does the Public Need a License to Use?
Does the Public Need a License to Use? — The White House has recently unveiled its Official White House Photostream on Flickr, posting dozens of stunning photos by official photographer Pete Souza. ...
The Secret Of Google's Book Scanning Machine Revealed
The other day my colleague Kee Malesky turned me on to an incredibly interesting article from the New Scientist website about the granting of patent 7508978. What's so important about Patent 7508978 ...
Here's Why You Want Bandwidth Caps
In the aftermath of last week's Consumer insurrection to testing of bandwidth caps, Time Warner Cable's Glenn Britt hinted that metered billing was inevitable. — “...We continue to believe that cons...
Facebook Just Landed in Seesmic Desktop
What a week-end! It starts with Ashton Kutcher say “this facebook version is a social networking Dream. Love that you can jump directly to someones individual page. wow” then with Brad Stone in the ...
Facebook Boosts Security After Dual Phishing Attacks
Facebook has brought in some soldiers to fight the war against malware and phishing scams on the social-networking site. After two different malware attacks this week, Facebook announced it would beg...
Thinking about thunder
I read an interesting blog post by Mike Markson, VP of Marketing for Blekko, which is the working name for a new search engine planned to launch to the public in a few months. — The title of Mike's ...
Stat Shot: Have Chips Sales Hit Bottom?
The Semiconductor Industry Association said today that global chip sales reversed course during the month of March, rising to $14.7 billion from $14.2 billion the month before. But while there are en...
Presto! In ten seconds, you've got an Internet desktop.
Vimeo. — Have you ever had the need to boot your laptop in a Starbucks, an airport lounge, or a buddy's house, but don't want to go through the agonizing multi-minute procedure of starting up your o...
Craig Barrett's Farewell
The Intel chairman gives his parting thoughts on Asia, education and technology. — Craig Barrett has been at the helm of Intel for the last decade, first as chief executive officer from 1998 to 2005...
Like My Parents In 1994, Apple Finds NIN's The Downward Spiral Objectionable
Back in 1994, there was no album I wanted more than Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral. The problem was that I was 12 at the time, and the album carried the dreaded “Parental Advisory” sticker …
What World Of Warcraft Can Teach Us About Swine Flu
Swine flu mania has people searching for information on the outbreak with Twitter, on Google Maps—and now—even in World of Warcraft. Disease experts and researchers are turning to a 2007 study of a v...
Buffett Sees ‘Unending Losses’ for Many Newspapers
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett has long held himself out as a newspaper man. As a child, one of his first jobs was delivering newspapers. An Omaha newspaper Berkshire owned, Sun Newspapers, won a Puli...
Cyber chief needs to be in White House: experts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cybersecurity chief named to battle Internet viruses and larger challenges facing the information technology networks used by U.S. companies and national defense should be b...