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Cnet Reporter Refuses to Work in Shadow of CBS Boot January 15, 2013 
Cnet tech reporter Greg Sandoval resigned Monday, protesting parent company CBS' ban on the publication's planned review of Dish's Hopper DVR service. CBS no doubt found itself in a maddening position: The Dish service is equipped with its Auto Hop ad-skipping technology. CBS and several other broadcasters filed suit against Dish last spring, alleging that the technology infringes their copyrights.
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Target Fights Showrooming With Price-Matching Scheme January 10, 2013 
Target has announced that its brick-and-mortar stores will extend the company's holiday season price-matching policy year round. It has promised to match the prices customers find on identical "qualifying" products at Amazon, as well as the e-commerce websites of Walmart, Best Buy, Toys 'R' Us, Babies 'R' Us and others.
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10 Things I Hate About CES (but I'm Going Anyway) January 04, 2013 
The 2013 International CES is the must-attend trade show for all things consumer electronics. It is a "must attend" not because it is when many companies will debut new products and introduce new technology, but because so many tech journalists, analysts, insiders and others -- lots of others -- descend on Las Vegas to see those new products and new technologies.
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China Tightens Its Grip on Internet Users December 28, 2012 
The Chinese government issued a set of new Internet rules on Friday. Internet users must now provide their real names to service providers, and ISPs are required to delete forbidden posts and report such activities to authorities. In other words, the so-called "Great Firewall of China" has been further fortified.
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A Flummoxed Randi Zuckerberg Gets Special Privacy Treatment December 27, 2012 
An unavoidable part of the holidays is finding oneself in a less than flattering photo, but in the era of social media those seemingly "private" photos can become "public" all too easily. Often this can prompt a person unwittingly displayed to start beating the privacy drum.
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CES 2013: Plenty of Innovation In Store December 27, 2012 
The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off Jan. 8 in Las Vegas, and it looks like it will be another big success. So what will be hot during this year's show? There are plenty of new ideas that will wow you. Let's take a quick peek at what we can expect. Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, seems very happy with what he is expecting at this year's CES.
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NRA vs. Gun Control: A Process Argument December 24, 2012 
At the core of any major political argument like gun control or abortion is power. If you believe in Argumentative Theory, these battles are less about actually doing the right thing and more about one side or the other gaining social status. For instance, right after the Newtown event, Twitter came alive with gun control advocates calling anyone on the other side any number of unacceptable names.
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USPTO Hits Apple Where It Hurts December 20, 2012 
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday rejected all 21 claims in Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" patent in a preliminary ruling after an ex parte re-examination of the patent. The USPTO ruling is a significant blow to Apple, as the patent was among those found to have been infringed by Samsung in a case that went to trial this summer.
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Apple Scores With ITC but It May Be a Lose-Lose Game December 19, 2012 
The International Trade Commission on Tuesday ruled that Apple has not violated Google's Motorola Mobility patent for a touchscreen sensor. ITC judge Thomas Pender said the patent was invalid. The touchscreen sensor patent came before Pender this summer, when Google asserted three other Motorola patents against Apple.
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Samsung Shows Signs of Softening in Smartphone Tug of War December 18, 2012 
Samsung said Tuesday that it will drop its pursuit of injunctions against the sale of some Apple products in Europe. Samsung wants to compete "fairly in the marketplace, rather than in the court," according to its official statement, but the move is an odd twist in the ongoing legal saga between the two consumer electronics giants.
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No Honor Among Multinationals When It Comes to Taxes December 17, 2012 
Google avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting close to $10 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company. Bermuda, along with a handful of other locales, is notorious for providing offshore solutions to multinationals eager to structure cash flow operations to their greatest benefit.
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Stallman and Ubuntu: Sticks and Stones and a Blogosphere Brawl December 17, 2012 
It was only a few weeks ago that the Linux blogosphere's Punchy Penguin Saloon suffered its latest round of damage thanks to the recent skirmish over the GPL, but now the popular establishment of questionable repute is actually shut down for a week for repairs. The cause this time? Yet another blogosphere brawl, needless to say, focusing this time on Ubuntu and its newly installed "surveillance code."
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Google, Belgian Papers Sort It Out December 14, 2012 
Belgium down -- a bunch more to go. Google has struck a deal with Belgian newspapers that will allow it to avoid paying large copyright fees. Belgian media publishers first demanded that Google fork over fees for displaying content back in 2006. While Google has resolved this particular spat with publishers, there are still plenty of other countries seeking payment for links.
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US Leads Internet Freedom Fighters in Treaty Resistance December 14, 2012 
The United States, the United Kingdom and Canada are among the countries refusing to sign a United Nations treaty on telecommunications and the Internet. Trouble at the World Conference on International Telecommunications began earlier this week when many participants took issue with the way a proposal to encourage governments to expand Internet access was put to vote and then approved.
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YouStand Offers Safe Haven for Discussing Tinderbox Topics December 14, 2012 
I am a Left Leaning Authoritarian -- a person characterized as submissive to authority and who advocates significantly more government regulation, especially in economic behaviors. At least, that is how I have been classified by
YouStand, a new social network formed around the notion that people like talking and networking with others who hold similar beliefs.
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New Google Maps App Lights a Beacon in iOS Darkness December 13, 2012 
iPhone users can once again find their way in the world as Google Maps was approved by Apple on Thursday and will be listed in the iTunes App Store. This comes three months after the iPhone maker removed Google Maps as a built-in feature of iOS and replaced it with what polite people called a substandard mapping solution.
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Brit Music Industry to Haul Pirate Party to Court December 11, 2012 
Britain's music industry body is preparing to take the Pirate Party UK to court for offering access to The Pirate Bay, which has been blocked in the UK. The British Pirate Party has set up a proxy service that allows users to circumvent the UK's ban on The Pirate Bay,
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When the Lights Go Out, Social Nets Can Be More Than Friends December 11, 2012 
A notable behavioral shift has occurred in the United States over the last few years. Communication methods have changed. One transformation is that people are less dependent on the classic voice telephone call -- landline or mobile -- and rely more on textual communications like those provided through social networks.
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Apple to Reel In Some Manufacturing Jobs December 07, 2012 
The push to create jobs and return manufacturing to the U.S. has had an effect on Apple. The company's CEO Tim Cook said publicly in interviews this week that Apple will invest $100 million in 2013 to move production of a line of its Mac products from China to the U.S. Cook was not specific as to which models Apple intends to produce in the U.S., but it is reported to be the iMac line.
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US May Not Have the Muscle to Stop Internet Rule-Making December 05, 2012 
The United States and Canada faced a setback on Wednesday as a joint proposal from the two nations, which was also backed by some European countries, failed to win approval at an international meeting. The proposal aimed to protect the Internet from international regulation, and its rejection could mean tough negotiations will follow in the rewriting of the telecoms treaty.
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