dan tynan on Jul 20 2009 | Filed under: Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, amazon, censorship
In a creepy demonstration of digital rights management, Amazon deleted two books from its customers’ Kindles. Cringely asks, what happened to our digital rights?
dan tynan on May 08 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Social media madness has overtaken everyone, from adult stars to our elected officials. Is it time to pt down our keyboards and start talking to each other again?
dan tynan on May 04 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Privacy, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0, politics
Is data privacy silly? Certain Supreme Court justices seem to think so — until it comes to their own data, at least.
dan tynan on Feb 27 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Google, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
When the elite tweet, you know something big has changed. Twitter has become this year’s Web 2.0 darling. Cringely wonders how long the infatuation will last.
dan tynan on Feb 05 2009 | Filed under: Da Web, Gadgets, US Airways Magazine
The boob tube is about to get a whole lot smarter
It’s the biggest change to television since Gilligan woke up one morning in 1965 and discovered that all the coconuts were suddenly in color. Later this year U.S. television will leave its analog past behind and enter its all-digital future.
[Note: Just this week, Congress pushed [...]
