China Is Losing a War Over Internet
Beijing Has Prevailed in Battles, but Segment of Society Has Awakened to the Constraints — BEIJING—These appear to be dark days for the Internet in China. — Four months into a crusade against Inte...
Acer Aspire One AO532h joins the Pine Trail party with a $299 pricetag
It's about time that the number one netbook manufacturer officially release details on its Pine Trail packing netbooks. The 10-inch Acer Aspire One A0535h seems to look slightly different than its pr...
Firefox for Maemo RC1
To help bring in the new year, Mozilla has released the first release candidate of Firefox for Maemo. If you've already got beta 5 installed on your N900 or N810, you will be receiving a software upd...
Are You Ready for iEconomy?
Jack Dorsey's Square, Incase, Verifone and now Mophie — these companies' credit card readers are turning the iPhone/iPod touch platform into an e-commerce engine. — Mophie, a Los Angeles-based compa...
Apple: Best [— ] of the Decade
] of the Decade — Steve Jobs and Apple appeared in an extraordinary number of 2009's “Best of” lists — Our favorite: “There's an app for that,” the Yale Book of Quotations' No. 3 quote of the 2009,...
Virus Scanners for Virus Authors
I have often recommended file-scanning services like VirusTotal and Jotti, which allow visitors to upload a suspicious file and scan it against dozens of commercial anti-virus tools. If a scan genera...
Domain name extension ‘could boost cyber-crime’
The introduction of internet addresses in non-Roman scripts could offer fresh opportunities to cyber-criminals, experts have warned. — Next year the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbe...
French online piracy law in force
The first effects of France's new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year begins. — The law was passed after a long struggle in parliament, and in the teeth of bitter oppos...
‘Start-up’ visas to boost US tech
A proposal that will make it easier for foreign entrepreneurs in the US to start the next Google or Yahoo will be debated in the new year. — Congressman Jared Polis has proposed a start-up visa to e...
Antacid tablet
As the (rumored) year of the Apple tablet dawns, John Siracusa offers his predictions. Expect the expected. — Man, nothing saps my motivation to write like smart people I agree with writing about t...
News Corp, Time Warner Cable Reach Deal Without Blackouts; Scripps Still On Bubble
Fox viewers across the U.S. should be able to get their Sugar fix tonight without a blip now that News Corp (NYSE: NWS) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) have managed to agree on a new deal.
AT&T fails to deploy iPhone Tethering and 3G MicroCell in 2009
Facing intense criticism of its mobile network coverage from a variety of sources, AT&T has both failed to deploy its iPhone tethering strategy and to successfully get its 3G MicroCell product into wi...