Five Pirate Bay BitTorrent Alternatives
The Pirate Bay we know and love, though still harboring torrents for now, is going away. But that doesn't mean BitTorrent is dead. Far from it. Here are five places to get your torrent on after it ...
Cable Vs. Wireless: Guess Which Is Growing Faster?
It's almost impossible believe, but there it is: the cable industry is actually outgrowing the wireless sector. — This stunning factoid comes courtesy of the latest Weekend Media Blast piece from Be...
Rumor: Walmart catalog lists $100 price cut for Xbox 360 Elite
Oh, man. This ish just got real, son. Last week, a supposedly leaked Meijer's catalog revealed a $100 price cut for the Xbox 360 Elite SKU — we weren't sure what to make of it, but a recent Walmart ...
Smartphones drive language learning innovation
The boom in “smartphones”, led by Apple's iPhone, has inspired language learning tools that would have been inconceivable just months ago — and a Hong Kong firm is leading the charge. — Tens of thou...
Europe Divided on Google Book Deal
BERLIN — The proposed U.S. legal settlement giving Google the right to sell digital copies of millions of books is dividing publishers and authors in Europe, which has struggled to develop viable alte...
Mining the Web for Feelings, Not Facts
Computers may be good at crunching numbers, but can they crunch feelings? — The rise of blogs and social networks has fueled a bull market in personal opinion: reviews, ratings, recommendations and ...
Upcoming Verizon handsets: Motorola Sholes, BlackBerry Curve 2, BlackBerry Storm 2, more
We just got hit with a nice outline of some of Verizon Wireless' upcoming handset release dates, and boy do they look appetizing. First up is the Motorola Sholes, a phone most of us assumed wouldn't ...