It’s a strange world we internet denizens are living in today, one in which it is perfectly legal for Chris Dodd to threaten to end the bribes to politicians if they do not act as he and the MPAA wish. Dodd actually appeared on Fox News to warn Obama and senators that if they did [...]

Usually Apple is the company that can do no wrong, but in the first rollout post Steve Jobs Apple seems to have hit a major dip in its perception with iBook Author. Steve Jobs got a lot of leeway for things like this, but without Jobs at the helm, the internet world seems to have [...]

White iPhone finally launching worldwide Apple’s long-awaited white iPhone will retail for $199 and $299 for the 16GB and 32GB models, respectively. The smartphone will be available to both AT&T and Verizon Wireless customers. Sony: Personal info compromised on PSN Sony says billing addresses, user names, passwords, and possibly credit card information belonging to its [...]

Privacy ‘bill of rights’ exempts government agencies So-called privacy bill of rights doesn’t regulate federal government’s data collection, require warrants for surveillance, or ensure data breach notification Microsoft Streetside goes abroad Microsoft is launching its Streetside service in several European cities. StreetSide is a direct rival to Google’s Street View. The service is already available [...]

Judge stops Google digital library Recently, a federal judge halted Google’s plan to digitize every book in the world. Some see the ruling as the death of a universal digital library. Still, others maintain hope that a better solution will prevail Woz: iPad is for normal people, not engineers In keynote session at Storage Networking [...]

World nears limit for IP addresses One of the founders of the Web says the world will run out of IP addresses within weeks. He says the IPv4 system he created was never meant to last this long. IPv4 is a Web protocol that delineates unique IP addresses. It only allows for 4.3 billion addresses [...]

Intel’s 2nd-gen chip arrives, with Hollywood in tow Chip giant’s second-generation Intel Core processors are upon us. Hundreds of PC models will be released over the next several months based on Intel’s highest-performing chip to date. Security expert: Chinese hackers exploit bug in IE A Google security researcher has used a fuzzing tool to find [...]

Google won’t disclose Wi-Fi data Google has refused to hand over data from its Street View cars. Earlier this month, Connecticut’s attorney general demanded the data. Google has not said why it will not turn over the information. FCC makes Net neutrality rules official Vote essentially creates two classes of service with different rules, one [...]

Facebook and Twitter: Social will become the norm Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, says that social sites are increasingly used to distribute news. He predicts that in five years, the social sites you use won’t matter. That’s because everything online will be social. Apple Hanging Up the White iPhone 4? After admitting to yet another [...]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, near the end of a meandering presentation Wednesday, unveiled his trademark "one more thing": two refreshed MacBook Air laptops that add some of the ease of use of an iPad. The largest of these slender, lightweight netbook computers has a 13-inch screen, is .68 of an inch thick at its widest [...]