Google to China: Take Your Firewall and Shove It
Google stops censoring in China, claiming that routing searches through its Hong Kong facilities makes the change legal.
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Healthcare Reform May Trigger Big Tech Spending
The health care reform legislation mandates heavy use of information technology, which could turn out to be a boon to the industry. However, increased government supervision of technical standards will be a big string attached to the purse.
Palm on the Brink: Market Cap Drops 30 Percent
Palm's market cap has slipped by 30 percent in under a week. At this rate, how long can the company stay afloat?
The Limited Appeal of Location-Based Services. (Uh-oh, Foursquare and Gowalla)
This year's SXSW festival was all about "location services," or mobile applications that let users "check in" to bars, restaurants and events and broadcast that information to friends. Foursquare, Gowalla, BrightKite, MyTown and legions of other location-based startups were all there to showcase the...
Dell Earnings Reveal Delayed Payments to Vendors
Dell drags payments out to its vendors for an average of 3 months, gaining six weeks of free financing. Apple gets the same benefit, even though it pays vendors nearly three weeks faster, because it has its money from customers in just over two weeks.
Psst! Wanna Run a Commercial? Google Sells TV Ads Wholesale
Google is selling remnant network TV ad space, opening new possibilities for businesses -- and new lost revenue for ad agencies.
Palm Earnings: Future Bleak, the CEO Should Go
Palm's latest earnings are grim, and the future looks even worse. It's time for CEO Jon Rubinstein to go.
3D-TV and March Madness: The Greatest Sports Viewing Experience You Still Can't Get at Home
CBS Sports plans to offer 3D versions of the March Madness final four -- but don't run out for your 3D compatible TV yet, because the program is only available in select digital theaters.
IPhone and Eve: Apple's Old Testament Tactics are Bad Business
Apple's ban on nudity is poorly thought out and unfairly enforced. Publishers will bend to their will, but not for long.
Uh-Oh Microsoft Office: Google App Users Up by Two-Thirds in Eight Months
Google Apps has grown its user base by 67 percent in the last eight months, and that should worry Microsoft.
Amazon Battles Apple by Arm-Twisting Book Publishers
Amazon is twisting the arms of publishers to keep them from getting the same agency deal they might get from Apple. But the result may be to push publishers into the arms of Google and Microsoft.
How Tech Can Save News Media from Financial Tsunami
Online news producers are hosed because people don't value what they do, they can't make enough money to keep going, and they can't afford the resources to get audiences to care. It's a death spiral that tech giants should pitch in to help ward off -- for their own sakes.
Palm Is Doomed, and AT&T Just Put Another Nail in the Coffin
AT&T will put off selling Palm handsets for another few months, and that puts another nail in Palm's coffin.
How to Save the New York Times in Three Steps
"We can't get this halfway right or three-quarters of the way right. We have to get this really, really right." So said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman of the Times Company (NYT) and the publisher of that paper in January 2010, when the New York Times announced it would be instituting a "pay-...
Does Microsoft Have a Mobile Surprise Up Its Sleeve?
Microsoft says that it thinks Apple's suit of HTC could be positive, and that's suspicious.
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