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Comcast hackers charged

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:45:38 +0000

Although it seems that few hackers are caught and brought to trial, the members of the Kryogeniks hacker “gang” have been charged with a Website hacking stunt that was costly to Comcast.

The Comcast exploit was not all that complicated, but it [...]

Tesla to go public

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:50:14 +0000

The owner of electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors is making plans to take the company public, a historic move for the company which could take place very soon, perhaps within days.

A milder climate for green business ventures has lured [...]

The death of the CD is nigh as Linn bows out

Dave Parrack — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:43:06 +0000

Physical media such as CD and DVD is very slowly but surely being replaced by digital formats. Whether it’s streaming or downloads, physical is the [...]

Barnes & Noble Nook already sold out for the holidays

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:33 +0000

If you were hoping to purchase the nook ereader from Barnes & Noble for the holiday gift giving season, hopefully you did it before now.

According to the New York Times, Barnes & Noble has sold out of the initial productions runs of the [...]

YouTube introduces automatic video captioning

John Lister — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:59 +0000

YouTube has announced it will offer automated video captioning for clips. It will serve as an accessibility tool for hard-of-hearing viewers, but could also make clips easier to find.

The site already allows manual captioning, but most clip uploaders don’t take advantage simply because of [...]

Skype gets new owners and a $2.75 billion valuation

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:21 +0000

Skype has finally been sold off from beleaguered auction house eBay, though they will retain a 30 percent stake in the company.

Skype, a leader in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) business, was purchased in Oct. 2005 by eBay [...]

Sony follows Apple right off the iTunes cliff

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:16 +0000

Sony unveiled plans for a digital download store to sell music, videos and books just like Apple’s iTunes. What the company forgot to mention is that the digital download space is already too crowded.

The [...]

The whole of the U.K. could soon get free Wi-Fi

Dave Parrack — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:20:36 +0000

City-wide Wi-Fi networks which offer wireless Internet connectivity for free to all residents who want it have pretty much failed to succeed across the United States so [...]

Record labels delay U.S. launch of Spotify

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:45:02 +0000

The launch of popular music streaming service Spotify has already been delayed once in the U.S.A., and now it may be delayed even more due to the record labels not liking the business model.

Spotify is a music streaming service that has [...]

Apple Tablet rumors now verge on the surreal

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:21 +0000

The rumors of the Apple Tablet have now reached a level of surrealism that makes you think someone from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is running the show. At any moment the Little Man from Another Place is going to [...]