The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case of Joel Tenenbaum, who illegally downloaded music during college and now faces a $675,000 fine.
Tenenbaum’s been battling the music industry since 2007, over charges that …
Comcast Joins 21st Century with ‘X1’ and ‘Project Dayview’ TV Interfaces
I live in a mystical, mysterious section of the world referred to simply as “Boston” by the townspeople. In this strange land, we have but one option for cable TV – we call it “Comcast” – yet whispers of newfangled fusions of …
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BREAKING: Chrome Just Became the Web’s #1 Browser (Unless It Didn’t)
New Details About Apple’s Upcoming ‘Spaceship’ Campus Revealed
Remember Apple’s futuristic “spaceship” campus? Well, it looks like it’s gone beyond the fancy renderings stage to the ask-the-neighbors-for-permission stage.
Apple is reportedly sending out brochures to residents living near …
Grading How Well Companies Are Cooperating with ‘Do Not Track’
Remember “Do Not Track,” the initiative in the White House’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that called for an opt-out button for users who don’t want to be tracked by different sites? Well, it’s still alive and it has an …
10 Quick Tech Links: Microsoft’s So.cl Network, Amazon Taxes, ‘jOBS’ and More
Here’s a handful of interesting tech stories from around the web for Monday, May 21.
Microsoft Launches Socl Social Network: A Look Inside [Marketing Land]
Congrats, Mark Zuckerberg. You went public on Friday, got married on
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Kinect This: Leap Motion’s $70 Sensor Is Cheaper, More Accurate
Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor has revolutionary potential, but it’s pricey at $250 for the Windows version. Enter Leap, which plans to sell a more accurate motion-sensing device called the Leap Motion for just …
Number One: Google Chrome Finally Slips Ahead of Internet Explorer
I haven’t paid close attention to browser piecharts or percent usage spreadsheets since the late 1990s, when Microsoft and Netscape were slugging it out and some of us were still using Navigator’s “Netscape Composer” WYSIWYG HTML …
Technology’s Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall
Thankfully, I’ve never been in a perfect storm. I have seen a movie about it, but the worst storms I’ve encountered were of the lightning, thunder and torrential downpour variety when I attended college in the Midwest. I came …
Leaked Wii U Controller Image Reveals Redesigned Thumbsticks
The worst you could say about Nintendo’s Wii U controller before was twofold: It’s really big (for a console game controller), and the thumb-sticks are actually thumb-nubs, set flush against the controller’s surface, 3DS-style. A …
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Photos: 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design
From the View-Master to the iPhone, 14 memorable gizmos that exude a style all their own.
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Remembering Andrew Fluegelman, a Quiet Giant of the PC Revolution
I’m Andrew Fluegelman. I have made some money giving away some software for free, and I’m also connected with a couple of big magazines who are supported by advertisers who don’t give their software away for free.
Those are the …