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China’s Latest Internet Outlaw: Skype

China’s Latest Internet Outlaw: Skype

Skype has been outlawed in China. The popular Internet phone service is yet another Western web service that has been...

11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011

11 Bold Tech Predictions for 2011

The past year in technology was among the more surprising ones we've had. Even the most astute, insightful tech observers...

Can Anyone Save Delicious? Only If Yahoo Lets Them.

Can Anyone Save Delicious? Only If Yahoo Lets Them.

With Delicious in purgatory, can anything bring the trend-setting social bookmarking site back to (even half of) its former glory,...

Will VCs Be Able To “Save” On GroupOn’s Series G?

Will VCs Be Able To “Save” On GroupOn’s Series G?

Google couldn't buy them and some believe this is a good thing. As more numbers start to get tossed out...

Why The Bad Guys Win In Social Media

Why The Bad Guys Win In Social Media

If you were to go by Hollywood's logic, it is not uncommon to see the bad boy getting the girls,...

Putin Loves Linux, Orders Government Transition to Open Source

Putin Loves Linux, Orders Government Transition to Open Source

Meanwhile, in Russia... If Google translate is to be trusted, a Russian publication has claimed that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...

Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010

Top Tech Stories of the Week Dec. 19-Dec 25, 2010

Every week, Techi takes a look at the week that was to highlight our favorite stories from the week. When...

1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World’s Third Largest Website

1 Down, 2 to Go: Facebook Passes Yahoo! As World’s Third Largest Website

On the Internet, size is everything. From May, 2008 to May, 2009, Facebook started knocking off established sites and moving...

Why Nobody Understands that Demand Media’s Business Model is Gold

Why Nobody Understands that Demand Media’s Business Model is Gold

The SEC doesn't get it. Most journalists don't like it. It seems that everyone from Silicon Valley to Washington DC...

Obama Name-Drops Jobs As ‘Incentive’

Obama Name-Drops Jobs As ‘Incentive’

In a speech yesterday, Mr. President took a moment to give Big Steve some props, citing him as an example...

Twitter and Skype Go Down Together: Conspiracy Theories Ensue

Twitter and Skype Go Down Together: Conspiracy Theories Ensue

It appears that Skype crushed itself under its own weight today with reports of up to 20 million users unable...

Review: All-in-One Music System from Sonos

Review: All-in-One Music System from Sonos

The Sonos Multi-Room Music System allows you to extend your music's reach to several rooms in a snap. The Sonos...

UK Teens Buy Their Own Songs 6000 Times, Make Almost A Million Bucks

UK Teens Buy Their Own Songs 6000 Times, Make Almost A Million Bucks

Say what you will about these kids' moral characters, but this is kind of clever. Uploading music to the iTunes...

ChromeOS Is Google’s Next Attempt To Redefine Computing

ChromeOS Is Google’s Next Attempt To Redefine Computing

Now that the tech world has had some time to look at ChromeOS, Google's new stab at an operating system,...

Full Electromagnetics Ahead! EM Naval Launcher Test Successful, Will Replace Steam

Full Electromagnetics Ahead! EM Naval Launcher Test Successful, Will Replace Steam

Propelling a 5 ton jet to liftoff speed over short distances has been the key to US Naval success for...

No Groupon, No Problem: Google Hunts For Smaller Fish

No Groupon, No Problem: Google Hunts For Smaller Fish

Google might of lost the battle with Groupon, but the Search Giant clearly feels that they have not lost the...

Eat Your Heart Out, Kinect – Robot Arm Mimics Your Gestures

Eat Your Heart Out, Kinect – Robot Arm Mimics Your Gestures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjbZYN1Db14 How cool is this? The answer, before you read any further or watch the video for additional information, is...

Gmail Gets Merry: Free Calling FOREVER… Maybe

Gmail Gets Merry: Free Calling FOREVER… Maybe

Hey, remember how much Gmail Calling happened to rock? Where Skype would have us toss them our spare change to...

Facebook eCommerce: The Future of Online Shopping

Facebook eCommerce: The Future of Online Shopping

We knew it was only a matter of time. As the online world continues to gravitate towards Facebook as a...

Firefox “Do Not Track” Feature Coming in 2011

Firefox “Do Not Track” Feature Coming in 2011

As online privacy issues continue to pop up in the news, Firefox has officially joined the battle to make our...