- Fri Oct 9 8:00 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: Android has arrived
Google's operating system is gaining momentum, while Adobe pushes Flash on mobile devices. Also: New e-book readers.
- Tue Jun 30 7:13 AM PDT 2009 Amazon positioned to win state tax battle
Even if the dominant online retailer ditches its Associates program over its debated in-state presence, it could come out ahead. Amazon has done the math internally.
- Tue Jun 9 7:26 AM PDT 2009 Standards for the cloud not what you think
Cloud-computing standards discussions tend to focus on technical standards. But users most care about standards in the sense of minimal best practices.
- Mon Apr 27 3:30 PM PDT 2009 Are record shops worth saving? (Part 2)
In his second installment, Donald Bell reflects on why record stores may or may not be worth saving in today's era of digital downloads.
- Mon Feb 23 9:07 AM PST 2009 Ubuntu's next wave: Open server, closed cloud
Canonical's new strategy is to make Ubuntu an open bridge to closed clouds such as Amazon.com's EC2 service. Depending on an open but weak cloud service would be futile.
- Fri Jul 25 1:49 PM PDT 2008 Buzz Out Loud 774: The feel-good episode of the year
That's sarcasm, I'm afraid. Lots of bad news today, including the tragic end to the Spam King escape story, the cell-phones-and-cancer debate makes a resurgence with some serious recommendations for careful use, and AOL starts up a fire sale. In good news
- Tue Jun 10 1:26 PM PDT 2008 Google's right, but cloud computing's timeline isn't so clear
No doubt cloud computing is going to be the future, but as the last couple of days demonstrated, there's still a lot of remaining spadework.
- Mon Apr 21 4:00 AM PDT 2008 How to green your life
Eco-perfection is impossible, but these tools can help to shrink a carbon footprint, inch by inch.
- Tue Apr 15 4:00 AM PDT 2008 Politicians push for new iTunes sales taxes
Taxpayers may be smarting on April 15, but politicians in a growing number of states say taxes are necessary on digital downloads. The biggest fight is expected in California.
- Wed Nov 28 12:41 PM PST 2007 Q&A: Amazon lawyer on feds' subpoena for 24,000 customer records
News.com chats with David Zapolsky, Amazon.com's vice president for litigation, about what the bookseller does when it receives requests from police for records of its customers' buying habits.




