If not the NSA, who should store the phone data?
A measure that President Obama is considering as a way to curb the National Security Agency's mass storage of phone data is already facing resistance — not only from the intelligence community but als...
2013: The Year in Apple and Technology at Large
Christopher Mims, writing for Quartz, “2013 Was a Lost Year for Tech”: … What a sad pile of piss-on-everything cynicism. — Was 2013 a seminal or particularly extraordinary year for technology? No, ...
Chromebooks' success punches Microsoft in the gut
Amazon, NPD Group trumpet sales of the bare-bones laptops in 2013 to consumers and businesses — Chromebooks had a very good year, according to retailer Amazon.com and industry analysts. — And that...
US Department of Treasury's FinCEN backtracks, says Bitcoin miners are not considered money transmitters and don't need to register with the agency
FinCEN Issues Bitcoin-Friendly Ruling for Miners — The US Department of Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) …
NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 update adds Always-On HDR, Android 4.3, more
NVIDIA has updated the Tegra Note 7 to Android 4.3, pushing out a new update this morning which also boosts the DirectStylus pen technology for left-handed tableteers, and adds the much-anticipated AO...
French broadcasting watchdog CSA eager to tax YouTube, Facebook, Dailymotion
France's Superior Council of Audiovisual, an independent broadcasting authority, wants to impose taxes on media giants like YouTube, Facebook and Dailymotion to force them to contribute to financing F...
As US fiber buildouts spur competion, benefiting consumers, threats to net neutrality loom
How US Internet service might get better—and worse—in 2014 — 2013, like just about every year before it, was the year nearly all of us complained about our Internet service. — “It's too slow!” we ...
Ratchet provisions, which promise investors guaranteed returns after IPO, increasingly common
Startups Ratchet Up the Risk With Share Promises — Some Early Investors Get Guaranteed Return on Money — As the battle for financing heats up, some startups are making big promises …
Reddit anticipates profitability through expansion of Reddit Gifts
Reddit reaches for profits through a geek-culture bazaar — (Reuters) - Social news hub Reddit snagged an interview with Barack Obama last year. The big get for 2013 was reaching 90 million unique v...
Sony to give up on sale of its battery unit: media
(Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp has decided not to sell its lithium-ion battery unit, media reported on Sunday, in a gamble that it can turn the business around with a weak yen and growing demand for sm...