McCain Rep Ducks Tech Policy Debate
A technology policy debate between policy representatives of the Obama and McCain campaigns turned into a monologue as Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the McCain adviser who seemingly credited McCain with inventing the BlackBerry, was a no-show. Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt called for collaboration to solve tech problems.
How to Preserve Your 15 Minutes of Fame with Windows Vista Media Cente
With a TV tuner and a Vista PC, you can capture a clip and show off your big moment.
More Americans Go To Facebook Than MySpace
Facebook bypassed MySpace in terms of total U.S. visitors for the first time in May, as Facebook's popularity in terms its user base continued to rise.
Like, OMG! MySpace Plans to Sell Music!
MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands.
Let's Go Phishing
While not self perpetuating like a virus or worm, Phishing scam messages can be equally destructive to unsuspecting users. If you're in IT or the office guru, you need to talk to your users and friends about. Phishing (fishing), also known as carding, is the use of bogus e-mails and web sites to lure unsuspecting users into revealing identity, password and credit card information.
WD Ships 2-Terabyte Hard Drive
Western Digital announced its long-awaited 2-terabyte hard drive on Tuesday. The model is an internal one; an external version of the drive will be forthcoming.
Facebook: Now You Can Check Out any Time You Like
Facebook has streamlined the procedure for eliminating all data from a user account when the user closes it and leaves the site for good. But it's still unnecessarily clunky.
Congress Stares Down YouTube, HDNet
Members of Congress on Thursday tangled with leading video providers over how to preserve the open architecture of the Internet while improving its quality and protecting intellectual property rights.
Sex, Violence Just Not Selling in Video Games
While certain segments of the media will always find a reason to portray video games as being dominated by sex and violence (even if they have to make one up), it's nice to know hard numbers exist that flatly contradict them.
FCC Joins Facebook, Twitter
The Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. agency that regulates the telecommunications industry, is becoming more media savvy by joining popular networking sites such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
