Who will be the first to launch a serious competitor to Netflix’s Watch Instantly service? That question may be close to having an answer, as Amazon’s been tipped to spin off its “Amazon Prime” streaming video section as a …
After two years of investigation and discussion on the subject, the European Commission has proposed a new set of online-privacy rules that would allow users to demand that information about them be deleted by companies such as …
For all those who have been staying off social media until the Almighty Himself says that it’s O.K., would you settle for the Pope’s approval? Yes, his Holiness has been talking about humanity’s need for connection and how it …
You may have the right to remain silent, but if the ruling of a federal judge in a recent Colorado case is anything to go by, your computer doesn’t get any such protection — even if the hard drive is encrypted to prevent people …
The fallout over Google’s personalized “Search, plus Your World” feature continues as engineers from Facebook, Twitter and Myspace have created a browser add-on that not only negates the effects of Google+-centric search, but …
If there’s one thing that Anonymous would really, really like the internet to know about its plans, it’s this: They’re not going to take down Facebook, no matter how many times people say the opposite.
A video titled …
Here’s a question: When you buy digital media, what are you actually getting for your money?
Actual ownership over a copy of the media — a la analog media purchases — or just permission to watch/read/listen to something …
If you thought that Twitter’s record of 25,088 tweets per second was impressive, you’ve clearly been spending the New Year with the wrong crowd. This weekend’s Chinese New Year celebrations saw 481,207 messages sent via Sina …
If you build it, they will come. Not just words of wisdom from a Kevin Costner movie anymore, but the experience of libraries across America. They’ve seen a triple-digit jump in the amount of digital lending during the last year …
I admit it; the idea of suggesting that any kind of political protest can end up having “winners” and “losers” feels more than a little as if I’ve missed the point of protesting, or at least have a particularly biased interest in …
If you thought that today’s blackout by Wikipedia, Reddit, the Cheezburger Network and other sites was a legitimate political protest against SOPA and PIPA, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) chairman Chris Dodd would …
With Wikipedia, Reddit and other sites offline today in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act, you might be wondering “What’s so bad about SOPA, anyway?” Luckily, the answer to your question is just a couple of clicks away.
