In Need of Funding, Wikileaks Suspends Service

Wikileaks, which has been shuttered by litigation previously, now finds it self shut down by that all too familiar reason: lack of money.
The site’s mission statement is to allow whistleblowers to anonymously release government and corporate documents, “an uncensorable version of Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis.” It’s done that in the [...]

Stephen Colbert Uses iPad For Grammy Nominee List

As if Apple needed better iPad product placement, or more of a media frenzy, it got a boost for its iPad last night at the Grammy Awards. Stephen Colbert, presenting for the “Song of the Year,” couldn’t find the list of nominees until he whipped out his handy iPad.
The comedian then asked “Jay-Z, did [...]

Amazon.com Caves In To Macmillan

Amazon.com has announced it will capitulate to the demands of publisher Macmillan’s demands on pricing of e-books. No doubt it means far more to Amazon.com to have Macmillan books on its “shelves” than it does to continue to fight over e-book pricing.
According to reports, and confirmed by Macmillan, the dust-up occurred over e-book pricing. [...]

Jobs Slaps Google, Adobe Around At Post-iPad Town Hall

Post-iPad announcement, Steve Jobs late last week held a company town hall. Wired noted that the big topics included both Google and Adobe, which should surprise none.
After all, Google is becoming more of a threat to Apple, with its Android app phone OS, and with plans to release a Chrome OS for PCs as [...]

Nexus One Heading For AT&T?

Google’s HTC Nexus One, while available unlocked (always), but subsidized by T-Mobile with a two-year contract. Hopefully anyone who bought the Nexus One with the intent of using it with an AT&T SIM read the fine print and realized that it wasn’t compatible with 3G on AT&T’s network. That may be changing, though.
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Nexus One Heading For AT&T?

Google’s HTC Nexus One, while available unlocked (always), but subsidized by T-Mobile with a two-year contract. Hopefully anyone who bought the Nexus One with the intent of using it with an AT&T SIM read the fine print and realized that it wasn’t compatible with 3G on AT&T’s network. That may be changing, though.
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