Music piracy is a huge part of the Internet and, whether you think it’s a major problem as the record labels would have us believe or not, it is something that most countries are looking to crack down on. A new survey suggests that Spotify reduces people’s reliance on illegal downloading of music. So, is streaming the future? Not only for music but for other forms of entertainment as well?

The unstoppable juggernaut known as Facebook continues leaving a path of destruction in its wake as it adds even more users.

A judge has ordered BlueBeat to immediately halt sales of The Beatles MP3s on its site, but the company is coming back with a rather unique defense.

The man heading the One Laptop Per Child program says the next technology produced under the scheme will likely be a tablet device rather than a netbook. He has also come up with a new target for the cost of the program.

Without warning or any need based on it’s applications, iPhone gaming company Storm8 has been snooping on users’ cell phone numbers and storing them on their servers. Left unchecked, what other kind of malware might slip into the iTunes App Store?

Is the CrunchPad, that low-cost Web tablet for the masses conceived by TechCrunch, dead in the water, destined to be vaporware always threatening to make an appearance but never making it out of development? Or is mortally wounded, crippled by rising hardware costs? Or are we just being overly melodramatic and not trusting that Michael Arrington has everything in hand?

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Google has launched a new Commerce Search engine to aid retailers in making sure customers find just the information they need.

Google has unveiled a new tool allowing registered users to see all the data the firm stores about them which relates to their account. As well as seeing the data, users can easily wipe part or all of it.

In his review of the Motorola Droid, New York Times writer David Pogue tried to coin the phrase “App Phone” for the newest, high-end mobile devices, presumably because, well, you can install applications on them. While the newer platforms are getting a lot more attention from app developers, that’s not what makes them different.

The iPhone is a great product, of that there is very little debate. Even I, as an Apple hater, happily admit that the company outdid itself with this smartphone and truly left everyone else in their wake. However, as brilliant and innovative as the iPhone may be, it falls down on one key component – that of making phone calls. In essence, it’s not actually a very good phone.

The Beatles are finally releasing official digital files of all of their studio albums, while also suing a company for selling illegal ones.

Intel is facing a federal antitrust lawsuit from New York’s Attorney General over claims it used “bribery and coercion” to maintain its market share. It follows a record fine of $1.45 billion imposed by the European Union over similar activity.

Verizon has been drumming up press for it’s new DROID smartphone in commercials by showing a map of Verizon’s 3G coverage beside one of AT&T’s. Now AT&T has filed a lawsuit claiming that the map is misleading because it doesn’t include its 2G network coverage.

Black box recorders, or Event Data Recorders (EDR) to give them their official title, have been fitted on aircraft for decades. They help investigators piece together what happened after an accident occurs, with the last actions of the pilot recorded for posterity. But could a similar sort of scheme work in cars? And if so, should it be compulsory to fit EDRs in every vehicle on the road?

Google has launched a new beta version of its Chrome browser which adds the ability to sync bookmarks across multiple computers.

Best Buy sells a lot of DVDs, but it can see the writing is on the wall.

Barnes & Noble is being sued over claims that its “Nook” electronic reading device illegally used trade secrets from another firm. Spring Design says the Nook uses features from its own “Alex” reader.