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Author: Google Fiber Just Began the "Golden Age" of High Speed Internet Access
On March 11th, 2016 with 20 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:Susan Crawford, author of Captive Audience: The...
The Dragonslayer: An Interview with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler
On March 12th, 2016 with 6 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:The Verge has published an interview with FCC...
TP-LINK Won't Sell Reprogrammable Routers in U.S., Blames FCC Firmware Rules
On March 13th, 2016 with 20 comments
takyon writes:The Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) rules on Wi-Fi...
Online Lender SoFi Starts Hedge Fund to Invest in Its Own Loans
On March 14th, 2016 with 11 comments
n1 writes: Bloomberg reports:Social Finance Inc., a rapidly growing online...
Dropbox Leaves Amazon Cloud
On March 15th, 2016 with 25 comments
takyon writes:The Dropbox cloud storage service has migrated away from Amazon...
Tennessee House Panel Kills Municipal Broadband Expansion Bill
On March 17th, 2016 with 8 comments
takyon writes:A broadband bill that would have allowed the expansion of...
Nike Releases a Self-Lacing "Back to the Future" Shoe, Restricts Sales to App Users
On March 18th, 2016 with 19 comments
takyon writes: Back to the Future II's rosy predictions of the future didn't...
VP of Engineering at United Launch Alliance Resigns over Comments About the Space Launch Industry
On March 18th, 2016 with 21 comments
takyon writes:The now former vice president of engineering at the United...
Moon Base Could Cost Just $10 Billion Due to New Technologies
On March 19th, 2016 with 32 comments
takyon writes:A NASA scientist suggests that building a base on the moon would...
New York State Senator Proposes Open Source Tax Credit
On March 20th, 2016 with 28 comments
takyon writes:In an attempt to retain and attract talent in the state, a New...
Uber Reportedly Looking to Buy Huge Amount of Autonomous Cars
On March 21st, 2016 with 33 comments
takyon writes:Uber may be looking to purchase thousands of autonomous cars,...
Staples and Office Depot Merger Attempt Faces Regulatory Scrutiny
On March 21st, 2016 with 21 comments
takyon writes:Staples wants to merge with Office Depot, which recently...
Intel's "Tick-Tock" is Now More Like "Process-Architecture-Optimization"
On March 23rd, 2016 with 31 comments
takyon writes:Intel may finally be abandoning its "Tick-Tock" strategy:As...
Hollywood Wants to Take Control of Your TV Settings
On March 23rd, 2016 with 61 comments
c0lo writes: Sydney Morning Herald reports that Hollywood blockbusters may...
Dyson Developing Electric Cars... With UK Government Money
On March 25th, 2016 with 17 comments
takyon writes:Vacuum and appliance maker Dyson is reportedly developing an...
Google: First Amendment Doesn't Protect MPAA's Secrets
On March 27th, 2016 with 11 comments
MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for takyon and edited by martyb:Back in 2014,...
Peak "Emoji"? Snapchat Reportedly Buys Bitstrips for $100 Million
On March 28th, 2016 with 20 comments
takyon writes:Snapchat is reportedly acquiring the maker of a cartoon "emoji"...
Target Collaborates with MIT Media Lab on Food Transparency
On March 28th, 2016 with 11 comments
fliptop writes:In January, Target collaborated with global design firm IDEO...
Netflix Slows Data Transmission for Certain Customers
On March 29th, 2016 with 28 comments
cmn32480 writes:From CNET:Angry Netflix customers are a force to be reckoned...
Combustible Cigarettes Globally Cheaper than Vaping
On March 30th, 2016 with 41 comments
GungnirSniper writes:In a new study published in the British Medical Journal's...
Google Launches Fiber Phone
On March 30th, 2016 with 12 comments
takyon writes:Google has launched a phone/landline service for its Google...
Adblock Plus Wins "Acceptable Ads" Legal Challenge Against a German Newspaper
On March 31st, 2016 with 25 comments
takyon writes:The owners of Adblock Plus have prevailed in a German court yet...
Unaoil is 'World's Biggest Bribery Scandal'
On March 31st, 2016 with 22 comments
Max Hyre writes:As reported by The Age In the list of the world's great...
New Submarine Cable to Connect Australia to Singapore
On April 1st, 2016 with 6 comments
Phoenix666 writes: SubPartners' APX-West cable from Perth to Singapore will...
Google Wallet Shutting Down
On April 1st, 2016 with 24 comments
frojack writes:According to an Email from Google:Your Wallet Card will only...
Under New Agreement, Debian™ to Include Firefox Suite
On April 2nd, 2016 with 81 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes: According to Softpedia: Software in the Public...
Uber: Cartel or Company? Court Rulings Diverge
On April 6th, 2016 with 24 comments
FakeBeldin writes:Here are two updates on motions in two unrelated cases...
Rooftop Solar Energy Could Provide Almost 40 Percent of U.S. Electricity
On April 7th, 2016 with 62 comments
Phoenix666 writes:Analysts at the Energy Department's National Renewable...
Pharma Giant Pfizer Blocked from Tax Evasion
On April 7th, 2016 with 27 comments
-- OriginalOwner_ writes:AlterNet reports This week, Pfizer's $160 billion...
Entry-Level Jobs Too Expensive
On April 8th, 2016 with 115 comments
frojack writes:The burger flipping jobs that everybody denigrates may be on...
"Are [Linux users] lemmings collectively jumping off of the cliff of
reliable, well-engineered commercial software?"
(By Matt Welsh)
