Spare a thought for streaming music service Grooveshark. Less than two months after being hit by a lawsuit over illegal uploading of content by Universal Music Group, the company is facing another lawsuit — and this time, it’s …
LG Teases Google TV-Powered Television as CES Looms
LG, meet Google TV, and the rest of us, meet LG’s Google Android-powered high-definition television a couple days before the company rolls it out in full regalia at CES 2012. That’s a shot of it up top, and yes, I think the …
Fight the Cold with These 5 Winter Weather Apps
Winter weather is easy enough to ignore during the holidays, when you’re warmed up on alcoholic eggnog. But now it’s January, and all you’ve got to look forward to are three solid months of snow on the roads, ice on your car and …
Battery Warning: Why Electric Vehicles Have Yet to Take Off
After years of anticipation—and piles of presumptuous magazine stories and unending commercials—2011 saw the commercial introduction of GM’s extended-range electric Volt and Nissan’s all-electric Leaf. The tax credits …
U.S. Ambassador Threatens to ‘Downgrade’ Spain over Online Piracy Laws
Just how serious is the U.S.’ dedication to fighting online piracy? A leaked letter sent by the U.S. Ambassador in Madrid to the Spanish president suggests it’s apparently serious enough to offer veiled threats to nations who …
Timeline Scams Show Why Facebook Should Be More Upfront with Policies
Facebook should have done more to prevent scammers from taking advantage of people desperate to leave Timeline.
Two Minute Video: What to Expect from the Consumer Electronics Show
CES, the big consumer electronics show, kicks off the year in tech each and every January. The industry-only event is held in Las Vegas, covers 1.5 million square feet of floor space and brings in around 150,000 socially awkward …
Google Nexus Tablet Rumors: Why I’m Not Excited
Apple Threatens Maker of Steve Jobs Action Figure with Lawsuit
Well, this isn’t much of a surprise. According to The Telegraph, Apple is threatening to sue In Icons, the Chinese company responsible for the world’s most eerily realistic Steve Jobs action figure.
The 12-inch doll is slated …
U.S. State Department to Take Press Briefing Questions via Twitter
Consider it a particularly unexpected collision of democracy and technology in action: Starting this week, the official spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State will answer questions from Twitter users as part of press …
SOPA: What if Google, Facebook and Twitter Went Offline in Protest?
Can you imagine a world without Google or Facebook? If plans to protest the potential passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) come to fruition, you won’t need to; those sites, along with many other well-known online …
It’s CES Early! Lenovo Trots Out ThinkPad Ultrabook, X1 Linux Hybrid
Welcome to CES 2012 everyone! For today’s show, we’ll have a look at new laptops from Lenovo with…wait, isn’t CES next week? Sure, but don’t tell Lenovo — they’ve jumped the gun and unveiled their new laptop lineup early, and …