Why Running A Mobile OS By Committee Can Be Very Hard
Attempting to build consensus among Android vendors is a tricky undertaking in late 2011. As a result, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and its partners appear ready to enter a year in which Android will likely d...
Tests Cast Doubt on F.C.C. Restrictions on Kindle and iPad
The Federal Aviation Administration has its reasons for preventing passengers from reading from their Kindles and iPads during takeoff and landing. But they just don't add up. — Since I wrote a col...
Dutch Parliament: Downloading Movies and Music Will Stay Legal
As in many other countries around the world, downloading music and movies is hugely popular in the Netherlands. A massive 30% of the population is said to do so. — Presently, the Dutch see download...
Online Gambling Given a Boost in U.S. Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has reversed its long-held opposition to many forms of Internet gambling, removing a big legal obstacle for states that want to sanction online gambling to help fix...
Congress calls on Twitter to block Taliban
American congressmen are calling on Twitter to block Taliban propagandists from the micro-blogging site. — Aides for Joe Lieberman, chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said the move was...
Interns Are Latest Target In Battle for Tech Talent
Silicon Valley's talent wars are going younger. — Bay Area tech companies, already in a fierce fight for full-time hires, are now also battling to woo summer interns. Technology giants like Google ...
Hackers attack US security think tank Stratfor, promise more targets for Christmas
LONDON — Hackers on Sunday claimed to have stolen a raft of e-mails and credit card data from U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong Christmas-inspired ...
Tencent vs. Sina: The Fight for China's Social Graph
Editor's note: Contributor Kai Lukoff is a Beijing-based writer who is the founder of startup blog Techrice. — In the West, the battle for the social graph is over for now. Facebook is the undisput...