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On Facebook, a victory for the "change it back to what it was" lobby

Nov 10, 2011
Facebook has restored the option of seeing the News Feed of status updates and activities of all your Friends (I insist on capitalizing Friend when...

Amazon ramps up production on Kindle Fire

Nov 10, 2011
DigiTimes is reporting that Amazon.com has increased its production of Kindle Fire from 4 million units to 5 million units. This follows an earlier...

Microsoft joins in too

Nov 10, 2011
The software giant and patent lawsuit fan will introduce an ultra cheap PC as part of the FCC's program. It's rolling out a $250 PC next year for...

Big FCC push for net access for poorer families

Nov 10, 2011
We're starting to really see how extensive the push is for this new FCC initiative to bring broadband access to low income households. The...

Long arm of the law reaches to Estonia and Russia

Nov 10, 2011
And so begins the extradition process for the F.B.I.'s Operation Ghost Click. Along with the Estonian police, the F.B.I. announced the arrests of...

The Marketplace Fairness Act: not the newest program in the Marketplace portfolio.

Nov 10, 2011
It's a bipartisan bill introduced yesterday by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo). The Senators say...

140 character communism

Nov 9, 2011
Raul Castro's daughter, Mariela, signed up for a Twitter account yesterday and within hours of joining, Cuban activist/blogger Yoani Sanchez showed...

For public good, not for profit.

We three kings need to help each other

Nov 9, 2011
Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo! [announced an advertising partnership yesterday](http://online.wsj.com/article...

AT&T - T-Mobile deal comes down to jobs, both sides say

Nov 9, 2011
Politico reports on a flurry of activity this week related to the proposed gobbling up of T-Mobile by AT&T. There have been blog posts, press...