IBM's New Business Plan: Beating You at Jeopardy
IBM's initiative to create a computer that can beat humans in trivia competition is more than just a PR stunt, its a great avenue for growth.
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What's Wrong With Net Neutrality: Counterarguments to the FCC
Network capacity is a limited resource. Should it be regulated like radio, telephone and TV?
HP Partners with Yahoo To Spam Printer Users to Death
HP and Yahoo partner to include ads on content sent to HP's Web-connected printers. And you thought spam via email was bad.
Oracle Faces a Big Bad Government Pricing Slap Down
The federal government sues Oracle for allegedly breaching purchase contracts by offering other customers better pricing, even though a provision of the contracts prohibits that.
Google and Demand Media Racing to Patent Automated Content [Update]
Google filed a patent application to determine popular topics for Web content sites, putting it in a race with Demand Media to corner the automated content business.
Hey, IBM, Apple's Double Digit Growth Engine Is on Your Heels
The iPad is adding such a large revenue growth to Apple's normal expansion that the company will soon dwarf Microsoft and Google in size and will likely exceed IBM's revenues within a few years.
Facebook's Push for Intimacy Starts with a Likable Nudge
By adding a "Like" button to comments, Facebook has the power to mimic the intimacy of Twitter and the positive reinforcement of Tumblr.
Why Best Buy Should Kick GameStop's Butt in Used Video Games -- but Won't
Best Buy seeks GameStop's used game business, but doesn't have the same appeal to gamers.
A High-Tech Parable: California Uses GPS to Track Parolees, Then Ignores the Data
California installed a GPS-powered parolee monitoring system to better watch sex offenders and gang members, and then didn't act on tens of thousands of alerts.
Hungry for BP Litigants, Law Firms Flood the Web with Phony Sites
Law firms around the nation are hungry to get in on the $20 billion fund BP created today to pay for claims relating to its oil rig disaster. The hard part is finding clients. So many firms are employing a clever web trick, creating a torrent of boilerplate news sites to fool search engines and driv...
At E3, Nintendo 3DS Makes iPhone Gaming Look Like Yesterday's News
Evidently Nintendo (NTDOY) was serious when it said its enemy wasn't Sony (SNE) or Microsoft (MSFT), but Apple (AAPL). It seems to have given up the homefront to focus squarely on the mobile with its new Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming system. Let's look at the stats: 3D display: Developed by Sha...
Apple and AT&T Get Buried by iPhone Pre-Orders -- How Predictable [Update]
AT&T and Apple should have anticipated the rush of orders for the iPhone 4. However, they have become victims of their own belief in their market dominance. Unfortunately for them, it's no longer true.
Hackers Jail Break Apple's Security Image
The exploit that reveals email address for 114,000 iPad users that had AT&T as a carrier has badly damaged Apple's security reputation.
With Verizon and Facebook Partnerships, Skype Positions Itself for App World Dominance
While Apple toys with video calling, Skype is busy reinventing the telephone call -- and the rewards will be huge.
Facebook's New Privacy Problem: Partners and Guilt by Association
Facebook risks guilt by association as third party applications use the site to deliver individually-targeted marketing.
Hurricane Isaias threatens Gulf Coast with rain, flooding. See its path.
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