Google Chrome’s Little Fix Is A Big Deal


Yes! Finally! After years of my huffing and puffing about the inability for browsers to deal with the issue of “phantom audio” (that is: “Which of my dozen browser tabs that sound coming from?”),...

Court Prods FCC In Unexpected Direction In Last Week’s Verizon Ruling


By Andy Oram A court ruling this past Tuesday on FCC “network neutrality” regulation closes and opens a few paths in a three-way chess game that has been going on for years between the US District...

Did Target Malware Teen Take A Piece Of The Pie?


Security firm IntelCrawler has released evidence supporting the identity of the programmer behind the BlackPOS malware that infected Target and other major U.S. retailers as the 17-year-old Russian...
    






Steam Matters For Indie Developers – ‘Day Z’ Offers A Million Reasons Why


As Day Z racks up a million sales in four weeks, Steam once again demonstrates its ability to make a game – even when its creator is warning casual players not to buy it yet. Dead Reckoning PC...
    






Nintendo’s Imagined Success Is More Dangerous Than Their Current Failure


There’s big news today that Nintendo has drastically revised their fiscal year forecast of Wii U sales, cutting the prediction from 9 million to 2.8 million,  just a few months before the goal was...
    






AP Source: NSA phone data control may come to end


AP Source: President Barack Obama to call for ending NSA's control of Americans' phone data WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday will call for ending the government's...
    






Lauren Tannehill Left Rifle in Rented Vehicle


Sometimes a small amount of carelessness can lead to a serious situation. Recently, the spouse of Miami Dolphins Quarterback, Ryan Tannehill rented a means of transportation from E-Z Rent-A-Car and...
    






CES: Looking Back 25 Years


While many felt that the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) lacked anything revolutionary, the change over 25 years is remarkable. Computer vendors and consumer electronics vendors once had...