Monthly archive November, 2011

Here's something else the FTC might want to look into, something that gives mobile-phone tracking a whole new meaning. Wired reports that Trevor Eckhart, the Android developer who found secret software installed on millions of Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones that Read More →

Samsung just might be able to salvage its holiday sales Down Under after a panel today overturned a judge's ruling that temporarily banned the company from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. The temporary injunction was granted as Read More →

A day after Facebook's settlement with the FTC over privacy-deception charges — which among other things requires the company to ask users for permission when overriding their privacy settings, and imposes audits on the king of social networks Read More →

"We explained the situation to him that a new contract wouldn't be possible without ebook rights. He understood and gave us the right to go ahead." — Michael Congdon, Ray Bradbury's agent, on how the science-fiction author finally gave Read More →

See a creepy and crawly soft robot in action. After 30 years, a Sacramento State University professor must drop his requirement that students bring homemade snacks to class. He's feisty to the end, as Read More →

Shares of BlackBerry maker RIM are up about 7 percent on the Nasdaq as of this post. The Wall Street Journal reports that Research in Motion is launching BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, a software system to help companies manage Read More →