Google refuses to remove The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is one of the few torrent sites that doesn’t link to any infringing material on its homepage but that doesn’t prevent copyright holders from targeting it. In...
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If the new iPhone has fingerprint authentication, can it be hacked?
And fingerprint readers have a long history of vulnerabilities as well. Some are better than others. The simplest ones just check the ridges of a finger; some of those can...
Apple has some catching up to do
When Apple introduces new iPhones on Tuesday, as everyone expects them to do, the company that practically created the smartphone will face an unusual task: keeping up with the competition. There's...
PayPal introduces hands-free payments
In a bid to dominate the physical retail experience, PayPal unveils a Bluetooth communicator that takes in-store payments hands-free. PayPal unveiled another cornerstone in its vision for the future of...
‘The Internet Must Go’ – a mockumentary
A new "mockumentary" called The Internet Must Go launched today, in conjunction with the latest court hearing in the Verizon case against the FCC over the FCC's net neutrality rules....
The beast is back: The FCC’s net neutrality case gets its day in court
Lawyers for Verizon and the FCC are stepping up Monday to argue over the future of network neutrality before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. The case, which...
Colorful banners go up at Apple Town Hall
Ahead of tomorrow’s iPhone-relate media event on Apple’s Campus, banners promoting the proceedings have gone up at Apple’s 4 Infinite Loop Town Hall. The banners are nearly identical in design to the...
105 years in jail for posting a link?
A few months ago I passed along the story of Barrett Brown, a young journalist/activist who relentlessly followed up on documents leaked by Anonymous, was targeted for this by the FBI,...
PlayStation announces smaller Vita and a set-top box device
Sony has announced an updated version of its Playstation Vita game console at the Tokyo Game Show in Japan. The company also revealed a new device called PS Vita TV,...
Yahoo intern’s logo design was way better
Yahoo unveiled a new company logo last week, but it appears one of the designers who helped come up with the concept may have had other ideas. After the new logo...
Microsoft’s new song: Xbox Music expands to Android, iOS devices
Microsoft Corp. is making its Xbox Music service available on Android and iOS devices to compete with Apple Inc.’s iTunes, Spotify Ltd. and Pandora Media Inc. The $9.99-a-month Xbox Music...
The most expensive video game ever made
Budgets for video games are a bit of grey area, but if this report from Scottish newspaper The Scotsman is to be believed, then Grand Theft Auto V is the most expensive...