#tech talk

The English language is on the way to borrowing the following sentence from German: Zeigen Sie Ihre Papiere, Kameraden!

It’s hard for me to admit when I’m wrong. I’d like to pretend that the difficulty comes from having learned to trust my judgment after being right time after time after time.

The Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License (GPL) has received what is widely thought to be its first test in court.

Even though the quality of Saturday Night Live has diminished severely over the years, one feature of the comedy program is still as great as ever: the spoofed commercials.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down a controversial copyright ruling involving framing and linking, two important World Wide Web concepts.

Back in 1995, an acquaintance who worked at EDS pointed me to an interesting website where visitors were presented with a simple form.

Ever since September 11th, we've focused almost exclusively on the WTC attacks, the undeclared war in Afghanistan, speculation over possible future targets of the War on Terror…

A recurring theme in this column has been Neil Postman’s contrarian question: “What will new technology undo?” Turnitin.com markets plagiarism detection—but what might it undo?

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Assuming that language barriers weren't a problem, would you still live in America?

Do you want to know an easy way to get rich? Will Social Security even be around when it comes time for you to quit work for good, kick back in your easy chair, and play Canasta…

Want to stick it to The Man and earn at least ten grand for the pleasure?

Want to become rich and famous while helping people out at the same time?

Page! Although it may hurt my credibility as a technology writer, I'll admit that I am only recently (thanks to a Christmas gift from my parents) the owner of a DVD player.

Fun with mass nouns.

“Should people or machines count votes?” is the central question in the recent Fight for Florida.

Napster struck a deal with Bertelsmann, a media big dog, and will become a subscription-based service.

As in any other election season, the topic of protecting children has been a hot one over the past few months.

What if the U.S. Postal Service decreed that it would only deliver postcards after today? Such a decision wouldn't be as catastrophic as it might seem.

If you've watched any late night TV or taken a trip to Radio Shack lately, you've seen the :CueCat from Digital: Convergence.