I am going to be in Paris next week for the Le Web 2009 conference, hanging out with some of the movers and shakers of the European technology scene. Many of you have emailed and wanted to meet up before the event. Instead of trying to… Read More »

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello spoke with FOX Business Network’s Liz Claman today about Tiger’s relationship with the company and his private life, saying it’s “private” and he can’t do anything but “stand by” him. EA has made nearly $500 million selling its Tiger Woods game. Read More »

With Google having tied up the search market, Microsoft is redefining the category to include browsing and discovery. Executives at a press conference in San Francisco today presented Bing as a portal that organizes information to anticipate what users may want to know and decide. Read More »

Google today announced a new program to let publishers limit the amount of paid content Google News users can access for free, a move that illustrates the growing pressures it faces to tread more lightly on the news media’s traditional business model. Read More »

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MOG All Access Pass — Unlimited Music Rains From the Cloud

MOG’s $5 monthly, all-you-can-eat subscription service is finally live. Was it worth the wait? Let’s just say the short preview I took this morning has my music glands sweating more than John Bonham did after Led Zeppelin concerts in the 70s. Read More »

What Really Happened When Sprint Fed Customer Data to Cops?

Nothing gets buzz flowing like a security scare. A tape recording suggesting that Sprint provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data over 8 million times in one year has been made public. This is a sticky issue, but Sprint Nextel has a rebuttal. Read More »

FCC to Broadcasters: You Gonna Use All That Spectrum?

As part of its development of the National Broadband Plan, the FCC has started poking around TV broadcasters to find out how much spectrum they are using, and if any of it can be freed up for other commercial purposes. Read More »

The FCC Sees the Future — and It’s VoIP

The FCC is prepping for a future without the circuit-switched network that currently handles most of the calls in this country, as we transition to an all-IP communications network. This transition requires regulatory reform, but will also enable new services that meld voice, video and data. Read More »

It Must Be Christmas! AT&T, Verizon Dismiss Their Lawsuits

Feel the holiday spirit. AT&T and Verizon Wireless today agreed to dismiss two different of lawsuits between the carriers, including AT&T’s suit regarding Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” campaign. Read More »

Why Nokia Needs New Symbian OS in 2010

Nokia said today that it plans to re-engineer its Symbian user interface — which has long been a serious vulnerability — and deliver two “major product milestones” in both the first and second half of next year. Read More »

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