- Mon Dec 14 4:00 AM PST 2009 Teaching the government to love garbage
The Obama administration is eager to promote green technologies, but some energy entrepreneurs, like Bill Davis, are still struggling to explain what they do.
- Fri Dec 11 12:57 PM PST 2009 CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple fires back at Nokia
Apple responds to claims it is infringing on Nokia's handset patents, by accusing the Finnish phone maker of copying 13 of its smartphone technologies.
- Fri Dec 11 11:47 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1124: Alexandria, the greatest hard-drive crash
We worry about the cloud as rumors of what exactly Apple is going to do with Lala start spinning. We also kvetch about Facebook, a Mozilla employee complains about Google, and the "New Moon" videotaper is set free.
- Fri Dec 11 11:44 AM PST 2009 Note to Silicon Valley: How not to manage privacy
Stanford Law Fellow Larry Downes says the real problem behind recent privacy gaffes and missteps--including Facebook's--is not of policy but rather of public relations.
- Fri Dec 11 9:40 AM PST 2009 Apple files countersuit against Nokia
The iPhone maker says Nokia is violating 13 patents belonging to Apple. The filling is a response to the Finnish phone maker's October suit against Apple.
- Thu Dec 10 3:44 PM PST 2009 Apple patent shows tamper-resistant label
New patent application from Apple reveals ways in which the company's products could be fitted with a simple label or tag that provides evidence of tampering.
- Thu Dec 10 11:54 AM PST 2009 Buzz Out Loud Podcast 1123: Honey, what's this charge for penetration testing?
A new service uses the power of 400 virtualized computers in the cloud to test the security of your WPA WiFi password. They only charge $34. But Donald is afraid of how this penetration testing might show up on his credit card bill. But forget WiFi. WiGi
- Thu Dec 10 8:30 AM PST 2009 Microsoft licenses another flash file format
The software maker says it has begun licensing technology related to exFAT, the Extended File Allocation Table memory format that is included in Windows 7.
- Tue Dec 8 7:10 PM PST 2009 Woman sues Burger King over spam texts
A woman gets so fed with Burger King texting her with offers after she asks the company to stop that she sues the King for harm and aggravation.
- Tue Dec 8 4:56 PM PST 2009 'Intel will buy Nvidia' mere theory, but intriguing
A theory is being proposed as to why it's really true this time that the chipmakers will merge. Because of recent events--project cancellations and legal wrangling--it makes for fascinating reading.




