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FCC Broadband Plan: Lofty Ideals, Flawed Logic

The FCC wants to accomplish much for the country with its new broadband plan. Unfortunately, broadband and the FCC's stated goals aren't necessarily connected.

Mar 15, 2010

China Says No to Google Search, Yes to Google Business (Updated)

The Chinese government wants to keep Google's business but censor its search. It recently warned Google's search partners in China to prepare for change.

Mar 15, 2010

Wharton Study: Securities Analysts Discourage Innovation

A Wharton study suggests that security analysts paying insufficient attention to new technologies effectively discourage established vendors from adopting the technologies and, instead, sticking with established technologies.

Mar 15, 2010

Don't Know Your Data? Then You Don't Know Business

MySpace (NWS) has announced it will put bulk anonymized data up for sale for researchers and hobbyists. MIT just held its sports analytics conference (pictured right), and reps from 16 NBA basketball teams attended. The New York Times has a March 12 piece on mommy-blog boot camps devoted to driving ...

Mar 15, 2010

Apple Limits iPad Quantities to Boost Consumer Demand and Sells 25,000 an Hour

Apple limits people to pre-ordering only two iPads each - and sells 25,000 an hour.

Mar 12, 2010

HTML 5 Video Out-Performs Adobe Flash... and Vice Versa

Apple says that it won't allow Adobe Flash on the iPhone or iPad because Flash is a CPU hog. And it's true - but the situation reverses on Windows machines.

Mar 12, 2010

Apple iPad Likely to Get a Multitasking Update

As Apple iPad preorders go live, sources say the biggest issue -- no multitasking -- will soon be a thing of the past. AppleInsider has heard that Apple's next mobile operating system, iPhone 4.0 O.S. , will support multitasking. The iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad all use the same operating system, so ...

Mar 12, 2010

Google Struggles with Its "Do First, Ask Forgiveness Later" Strategy

There's an old saying: It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. Few companies embody the concept more thoroughly than Google (GOOG). Boldly undertaking business and dealing later with consequences is as much a part of Google as search algorithms. However, the tactic takes as much from the...

Mar 12, 2010

iPad Won't Launch With Many Apps, Games [UPDATE]

UPDATE: Apple iPad preorders hit an estimated 50,000 in the first two hours. Note that shipped preorders require a payment, while in-store pick ups are just reservations. - Today the iPad preorder begins, but from intel at this week's Game Developers Conference to a report from Forbes, it's clea...

Mar 12, 2010

Is Apple Doomed to Repeat the Mistakes of the 1990s?

In a move widely regarded as impetuous, Apple (AAPL) is suing HTC over alleged infringement on its UI patents. Much of the tech industry has reacted in disgust. But what hasn't been said is that this is the exact kind of technological avarice that nearly sunk Apple in the 1990s. Is Mac history doome...

Mar 12, 2010

IBM Will Announce Its Public Cloud Initiative on Tuesday

On Tuesday, IBM will announce its public cloud for software development and testing.

Mar 11, 2010

Smartphones 2010: iPhone Needs to Watch Its Back as Android Surges

The latest smartphone data shows Android surging while Apple treads water.

Mar 11, 2010

Sony Controllers Catch Up To Nintendo Wii Gear - Circa 2006

Sony has unleashed Move, the PlayStation 3 motion sensor sticks coming out this fall. The gamer blog Kotaku: Yesterday, Sony took the wraps off the PlayStation Move, which some people will call Sony's next big thing in video gaming, and others will call a shameless Wii Remote rip-off. It's so th...