Dodging sales tax is getting harder for Amazon and other online retailers
In the past there have been numerous advantages when ordering from online retailers like Amazon. Along with lower prices and free shipping, the majority of …
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‘Anonymous’ hackers target Exxon, Shell and others for melting polar ice caps
Anonymous hackers have released more than 1,000 email credentials from five multinational oil companies that the group accuses of being responsible for the melting polar …
Top Google executive Marissa Mayer named Yahoo CEO
($YHOO) Yahoo on Monday named Marissa Mayer the company’s new president and CEO. Mayer was one of the earliest employees with Google, joining the Internet giant …
Sprint’s flagship EVO 4G LTE finally gets a 4G LTE network to support it
Sprint’s 4G LTE network is only one day old and it’s already ahead of the game. The nation’s No.3 carrier must have been feeling guilty …
‘Copyright cop’ anti-piracy ISP system delayed once again
Internet service providers are still planning to implement their plan to kick software pirates off their networks… at some point. The Daily Dot reports that the …
Verizon’s slick spectrum salesmanship doesn’t persuade DOJ
In many ways, Verizon has gone about its attempts to acquire more LTE spectrum much more wisely than AT&T did with its failed T-Mobile merger. …
Nokia shuts down two China-based offices as troubles persist
Being a struggling company means layoffs and office closures, and Nokia is sadly no exception. The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia is shutting down two of …
Apple is going after retailers for selling banned Samsung products
The patent dispute between Apple and Samsung has turned in the iPhone-maker’s favor over the past couple of weeks. After the Cupertino-based company successfully halted …
Mac growth topped Windows for 25th consecutive quarter in Q2
Shipments of Apple computers appear to have outgrown Windows PC shipments for the 25th consecutive quarter in Q2 2012, reports Fortune’s Philip Elmer-Dewitt. Following the release of …
Man attempts to live open source life for a year, including DIY condoms [video]
A 28-year-old New Zealand-born filmmaker from Berlin is attempting to drastically change his lifestyle. Sam Muirhead plans to abandon all copyrighted products for one year …
Apple caves following flood of complaints, returns to EPEAT ratings
Apple recently found itself fielding criticism for its decision to remove a number of its products from the EPEAT environmental rating system. The Cupertino-based company on …
What is RIM worth?
Research In Motion was coy at first regarding the exploration a possible sale, but chief executive Thorsten Henis openly admitted that the company will explore …
Samsung’s new North American sales strategy: Rip off Apple Stores [video]
Other designs are possible. Whether or not Samsung builds devices that are “copies” of Apple’s iPhone and iPad models is open to debate, but there’s …
More bad news: Developers are giving up on BlackBerry, too [updated]
Research In Motion has shown us some pretty awesome things so far with BlackBerry 10. Areas of the mobile OS look fresh and exciting, and …
Toshiba and LG settle LCD price-fixing scandal for half a billion dollars
Toshiba, LG and AU Optronics have agreed to pay a combined sum of $571 million to settle a lawsuit over a liquid crystal display price-fixing …
Amazing Alex first impressions: It’s clever but it needs some bad guys
When the history of gaming is written, Rovio’s Angry Birds will to be touchscreen device games what Super Mario Bros. was to 8-bit consoles — …
Time Warner Cable offers cash to spies as Google preps cable-killing fiber optic network
In a move that Richard Nixon and Vladimir Putin would surely approve of, Time Warner Cable is now offering cash rewards for Kansas City citizen …
Actually, smartphone growth has been just what was projected in 2006
We all know that consumer electronics industry projections are useless in the three-year time frame, and grotesquely wrong beyond the five-year horizon. Or are they? …
Rovio and the ‘Amazing Alex’ gamble
At 12:00 p.m. EST, “Amazing Alex” hit the No.1 iPhone paid app position in America; eight hours is possibly the fastest move to No.1 ever …
BYOD policies jacking up companies’ IT costs
Any companies thinking of chucking out their BlackBerrys and moving to an anything-goes bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy should know that such moves come at a price. …
Watchdog group blasts Apple for continued labor abuses
Consumer watchdog group SumOfUs.org has been one of the most vocal organizations with regard to pressing Apple to force changes at Chinese plants operated by …
Verizon asks U.S. Government for permission to edit the Internet
Court documents filed earlier this month with the United States Court of Appeals provide insights into Verizon’s complaints with the Federal Communications Commission over its …
Kantar data shows Apple’s grip slipping as Samsung surges
The big Eastern European mobile operator MTS recently released interesting numbers about the Russian handset market. They showed Samsung’s share of Russian smartphone market revenue …
Three out of every five major patent suits involve Apple
Anyone paying attention to tech industry intellectual property litigation knows that Apple is at the center of many major patent suits. But per Bloomberg, new …
How to add a $300 million feature to any smartphone
HTC’s $300 million investment in Beats Electronics last summer was one of the more questionable moves the struggling vendor has made in recent history. News of …
Kim Dotcom offers to surrender, face trial in U.S. without extradition
Megaupload founder and accused piracy king Kim Dotcom has offered to forgo his delayed extradition trial and come to the U.S. to fight the charges …
Kim Dotcom’s extradition hearing delayed until 2013
Kim Dotcom, the founder of defunct file hosting website Megaupload, will not see a judge regarding extradition until 2013, according to The New Zealand Heard. …
Firm accuses Apple of stealing noise cancellation technology
A company called Noise Free claims it showed Apple its secret noise cancellation technology and the Cupertino-based company used it in the iPhone and iPad …
BMO: Apple may post huge Q4 miss
Apple crushed Wall Street’s estimates this past April when it reported that its fiscal second-quarter profit had ballooned 94% over the same quarter a year …
RIM CEO tones down the happy talk, says he’s ‘not satisfied’
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has wisely decided to ditch his “there’s nothing wrong with the company as it exists right now” talking point. During his …
