The Internet Is Dead (As An Investment)
I can live all day inside the Internet. I can talk to my friends, listen to music, watch TV, trade stocks, play games, do work - all on the Internet. From 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. every day I can spend ...
Why Japan's Cellphones Haven't Gone Global
TOKYO — At first glance, Japanese cellphones are a gadget lover's dream: ready for Internet and e-mail, they double as credit cards, boarding passes and even body-fat calculators. — But it is hard t...
Music Industry Lures ‘Casual’ Pirates to Legal Sites
PARIS — Record company executives say there are three kinds of music fans. There are those who buy music, and those who get a kick out of never paying for it. And then there are those whom Rob Wells...
The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack
The Twitter document leak fiasco started with a simple story that personal accounts of Twitter employees were hacked. Twitter CEO Evan Williams commented on that story, saying that Twitter itself was...
Invisible flash takes photos without the glare
A camera that takes photos with an invisible flash of infrared and ultraviolet light points to a smarter way to take photos in the dark. — Dilip Krishnan and Rob Fergus at New York University create...
Toshiba Will Sell Blu-ray Player This Year
Exactly a year and five months after Toshiba brought an end to the high-definition disc format war, the Japanese consumer electronics company confirmed its plans to produce its own Blu-ray Disc player...
Yahoo board member Icahn wants Microsoft deal
SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn spoke out in favor of a search deal between Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp, as talks between the two companies appeared to regain momentum....
OLED Breakthrough Yields 75% More Efficient Lights
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently announced a breakthrough in OLED technology that shatters all prior efficiency standards, reducing the ultra-thin...