Federal judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust rules

Roughly five months after the Federal Trade Commission and Qualcomm entered the courtroom over charges that Qualcomm engaged in anti-competitive behavior, a federal judge has sided with the FTC. In a decision shared Tuesday night, US District Judge L...

Star Spangled Banner will be Sung by Renee Fleming at the Super Bowl


The famed female soprano, Renee Fleming will get to show her talent and true patriotism at the Super Bowl XLVIII. This illustrious lady is to sing the national anthem of the United States of America...

Steve Jobs Did Not Liberate Us. Tim Berners-Lee Did, By Freeing Ones and Zeros To Eat the World


30 years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the Macintosh. More accurately, The Great Magician took it out of a bag and let it talk to us. The Macintosh, as I learned from first-hand experience in 1984,...

DarkList Links Silk-Road-Style Drug Dealers


When the Department of Justice took down the anonymous, Bitcoin-based narcotics bazaar known as the Silk Road in October, the dark web drug market didn’t disappear. It splintered into smaller markets...

The End of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules, at Least For Now


As most commentators, myself included, predicted last fall, a federal appellate court has vacated the FCC’s controversial 2010 “net neutrality” rules, holding that the agency wildly exceeded its...

Sperm Donor to Shell out Child Support


William Marotta had responded to a newspaper ad by two lesbians seeking sperm donation. After he was through and the child was born, a judge deemed him responsible for supporting the little baby. The...

How Big is the Nokia Brand Damage Caused by Microsoft?


Analysts were widely expecting Nokia to sell 10 M smartphones in 4Q 2013. The company ended selling 8.2 M units, down from 8.8 M in the previous quarter. It’s a massive miss considering the strong...