AP – The promise of lucrative tax breaks helped persuade Facebook to build a data center in one of Oregon’s most economically depressed counties. Now, the state and the company are in a dispute over how much Facebook may owe in property taxes, and the social networking giant fears it could be taxed on intangible [...]
AP – Picture this: Kodak mdash; the company that invented the first digital camera in 1975, and developed the photo technology inside most cellphones and digital devices mdash; is in the midst of the worst crisis in its 131-year history.
AP – An Oregon senator who was behind a 1996 federal law that has made content-sharing services such as YouTube and Facebook possible is among three recipients of Pioneer Awards from a leading digital-rights group.
Yahoo! News – Apple’s super-thin MacBook Air notebooks have already spawned a number of copycats, but the company itself may be poised to add another skinny laptop to its ranks. Rumors of a 15 version of the Air have been piling up for …
Yahoo! News – While it’s impossible to pin down exactly, October 31 marks the symbolic date that the human population passes the 7 billion mark. Since it’s impossible to track dynamic population data on such an exact level, according to demographers at the …
Mashable – Steve Jobs’s biological sister, Mona Simpson, wrote a moving and highly personal eulogy for a private funeral service for the fallen tech titan that took place a few days after his death in early October. An acclaimed novelist, she delivered a beautifully written description of Steve Jobs’s life, illness and death. She said [...]
NewsFactor – After the fire sale that saw Hewlett-Packard’s TouchPad tablet sell out for $99 in August, the device is making its way to Best Buy store shelves once again. Best Buy will begin selling the TouchPad online Tuesday and in stores Friday.
AP – The Who’s Pete Townshend on Monday branded Apple Inc.’s iTunes a digital vampire that profits from music without supporting the artists who create it.
AP – Americans’ spending on home videos has finally emerged from the recession mdash; helped by more purchases of higher-priced Blu-ray discs and greater outlays on cut-rate rentals from Netflix and Redbox.
Appolicious – It’s a sign of the times that we all need some form of task-management tool, whether its your Outlook inbox or Post-It Notes littered across your desk. Remember the Milk functions as a web- and mobile-based utility to help you organize your reminders, lists and errands. It’s well-designed and can help you stay [...]