December 29th, 2009
The celebrity news site published an image that it said showed John F. Kennedy on a boat with naked women. ... Read More
December 29th, 2009
In a court filing, a former employee, Paul A. Galloway, said that Seagate had appropriated hard-drive technology from Convolve for its own products. ... Read More
December 29th, 2009

If the iPod touch is a gateway drug for future iPhone users, then Apple should feel confident that it will have plenty of future iPhone users after this holiday season. From an analysis of App Store downloads during December 25th, it seems that the iPod touch was a hot, hot gift this Christmas.

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December 29th, 2009
China's largest search engine, Baidu, has had a reputation from very early on as being a source for downloading infringing music and movies. In fact, in 2005 when the company went public, many in China claimed that the availability of music and movies was why Baidu was so popular. In fact, we wondered if by going public, it ... Read More
December 29th, 2009
wilsone8 writes "The New York Times includes an op-ed today arguing for Search Neutrality: 'Today, search engines like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft's new Bing have become the Internet's gatekeepers, and the crucial role they play in directing users to Web sites means they are now as essential a component of its infrastructure as the physical network itself. The F.C.C. needs ... Read More
December 28th, 2009
Hugh Pickens writes "The NY Times reports that German encryption expert Karsten Nohl says that he has deciphered and published the 21-year-old GSM algorithm, the secret code used to encrypt most of the world's digital mobile phone calls, in what he called an attempt to expose weaknesses in the security system used by about 3.5 billion of the 4.3 billion ... Read More
December 28th, 2009
Android and iPhone usage patterns look very much alike. Can RIM and others keep up with the way users want to user their mobile devices. ... Read More
December 28th, 2009
By 2020, we'll be streaming songs from the cloud instead of buying albums and storing them on our hard drives, and suggestion services like Pandora will become essential. ... Read More
December 28th, 2009
Fox is pushing Time Warner Cable to pay about $1 for each subscriber, as broadcasters seek new revenue streams to offset advertising declines. ... Read More
December 28th, 2009
If Apple's tablet does in fact have a 10-inch screen, it will need to be light and thin to make for manageable reading on public transport. ... Read More