Sock puppets, for those unfamiliar with the creatures commonly found inside the Beltway, are mouthpieces who rent out their academic or political credentials to argue pro-industry positions. ... (more)

Intel Corp. expects fourth-quarter revenue for fiscal 2008 to fall 23% compared to the same quarter in 2007 because of weaker demand for computer processors, the company said Wednesday. The ... (more)

At a CES presentation today, Palm announced its next-generation smart phone platform, called webOS. "It was built with developers in mind," said Palm CEO Ed Colligan in describing the ... (more)

Is the business model of the future one where the customer no longer pays? Already products in the digital marketplace are being given away free, yet companies are still making profits. ... (more)

The only way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is by destroying them completely, a study has found. Which? Computing magazine recovered 22,000 ... (more)

Lower gas prices aren't the only thing that's new at the pumps these days. Data encryption tools are also becoming part of the picture. Starting Jan. 1, Visa Inc. is requiring all ... (more)

AT&T is contacting some of its customers asking if they'd like to test an in-home extension to its cellular networks powered by a subscriber's own broadband—a femtocell. Femtocells ... (more)

This afternoon, the One Laptop per Child project announced cutbacks that CEO Nicholas Negroponte called "unavoidable." The nonprofit project that envisioned the $100 laptop that ... (more)

This may be it. If AMD has one trump card left in its deck, it could be the ability to deliver a system that balances attractive performance with a measurably lower price. Today at ... (more)

A new garage-engineered generator burns the waste oil from restaurants' deep fryers to generate electricity and hot water. Put 80 gallons of grease into the Vegawatt each week, and ... (more)

Scotts Valley (CA) – A solid state disk (SSD) drive may be the sexiest mass storage device for notebooks and high-end PCs, but if it is about cheap storage the good old hard drive ... (more)

Few realize that outgoing US president George W. Bush has left behind a unique legacy for future presidents, including Barack Obama — that they are all condemned to rank tops for ... (more)

Almost two weeks after Windows 7 build 7000 32-bit was leaked, the 64-bit version (7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO) has hit torrent sites. The first 7xxx ... (more)

Fortune Magazine) -- Metaphorically speaking, Google is killing the newspaper industry. Online news is quickly hollowing out the traditional paper - the Christian Science Monitor eliminates ... (more)

Windows 7 could be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfills the promise shown by the unofficial beta version (build 7000) we have been testing for the past couple ... (more)

In 2008, the industry learned just how insignificant DRM is to the average music fan. Instead of tearing apart iTunes, AmazonMP3 remained a sideshow, despite massive advertising and ... (more)

The internet is full of surprises these days. I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw, ... (more)

Shazzle is a ground breaking group file sharing application that allows users to share any content with small groups of trusted friends and family. No more unauthorized users coming ... (more)

ONLINE VIDEO file-sharing service Veoh won an important court ruling last week that it's not liable for storing copyrighted media content, due to the safe harbour provision of the US ... (more)

Comcast has notified the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it no longer degrades service to slow or block peer-to-peer applications. The company sent a letter to the FCC ... (more)

A few days we reported on a new service which claimed to offer lifetime anonymous BitTorrent for a $50.00 one-off payment. As the service ‘launched’ we had our doubts, but understandably ... (more)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island couple whose son is accused of illegally sharing songs online should not be forced to surrender their home computer for inspection because it ... (more)

January 6, 2009 (IDG News Service) Asustek Computer Inc. on Tuesday debuted an ultrathin, light netbook called the S121 with two new technologies, Microsoft's yet-to-be released Windows ... (more)

Sales of videogames in the UK hit an all time high of 82.8m in 2008, figures from the industry trade body show. The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) ... (more)

Comcast's bandwidth throttling system that slows you down for using too much bandwidth is now fully armed and operational in all markets. Here's how it works, and how to not get stuck ... (more)

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama won applause from legal adversaries of the recording industry. Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, the doyen of the "free culture" movement, ... (more)

When it comes to alleged music piracy, there’s a new sheriff in town. As part of the RIAA’s announced change in litigation strategy, the group has dumped MediaSentry in favor of ... (more)

The biggest news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January was not the birth of a new product but the death of one. A decision by Warner Brothers to withdraw support ... (more)

While Phil hasn't mentioned it in the keynote just yet, it looks like iTunes might be getting a big catalog overhaul, with most major labels finally offering up DRM free tunes. Our ... (more)

In times like these, surfing the Web might seem like one of life's cheaper entertainment options. But the next time you fire up your home computer, consider this: If some Internet service ... (more)