Defining SOPA Solutions

If SOPA is unacceptable to stop online piracy, what are the answers? And are you a cyber criminal?

Defining SOPA SolutionsSource: Getty Images

Is uploading a video you shot at a Lady Gaga concert illegal? Are you a cyber criminal under SOPA?

Thanks to yesterday's Web blackout, we are aware of efforts to curb cyber piracy. But if SOPA's no good, what are the solutions? And are we part of the problem?
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Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?

Congressional bills to limit online piracy by foreign-based Web sites seen as censorship

Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?Source: Stewart Wolpin

Today's Wikipedia front page, dark in protest of SOPA.

Wikipedia goes dark today in protest of SOPA, legislation many consider Internet censorship. What exactly is SOPA, and why is there so much protest?
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Netflix Axes Qwikster

Voices of angry customers heard; video mailing/streaming company stops split sites

Source: Getty Images

Netflix has to decided not to create a separate Qwikster Web site for its DVD/Blu-ray mailing business.

Netflix reverses course and – thankfully – decides not to split its DVD/Blu-ray mailing service and its streaming movie service into two separate sites.
Read More

Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative

Amazon's new $200 Kindle Fire tablet may be the fanciest e-reader around, but it's no iPad

September 29, 2011
Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative Source: Stewart Wolpin

The pretty Amazon Kindle Fire home screen – but where's my email?

Just because they are both touch screen tablets that run apps doesn't mean Amazon's new Kindle Fire Android tablet and Apple's iPad are equal.
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Amazon Reinvents E-Reader With Kindle 'Fire' Tab

Online giant also unveils $79 e-book e-reader and $99 Kindle Touch e-ink e-readers.

Amazon's new Kindle Fire.Source: Getty Images

The new Amazon Kindle e-reader family; from left-to-right, the Kindle Fire tablet, the 3G Kindle Touch, the Wi-Fi Kindle Touch and the new $79 Kindle.


 

Amazon this morning announced its long-awaited Kindle Fire 7-inch LCD tablet/e-reader, along with two new e-ink Kindles both priced less than $100.
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Movies That Show Us as We Are

Are there great movies for midlifers? You bet there are!

September 27, 2011
Movies for Midlifers and BoomersSource: Getty Images

Yes, there really are great movies that understand who we are.
 

Ever wish you had a community of people your age who could recommend movies? Well, now you do.
Read More

Netflix + Qwikster = DUMB

DVD-by-mail service now 'Qwikster'; streaming video service remains Netflix; two separate sites

September 19, 2011
Netflix + Qwikster = DUMBSource: Stewart Wolpin

Netflix (stupidly?) splits off its DVD-by-mail service into the separate Qwikster, keeps Netflix name for streaming-only.

Netflix splits itself in half, and renames its DVD-by-mail service 'Qwikster' and keeps 'Netflix' for its streaming-only service. After its price increases, is Netflix doubling-down on dumb?
Read More

Friendship Lessons about Mean Girls from "The Help"

Some mean girls never grow up.

Emma Stone at the premiere of "The Help" Source: Getty Images

After college, Emma Stone (Skeeter) of The Help returns to the "mean girls" in her hometown.

"The Help" movie brings age-old problem of mean girls to the silver screen
Read More

What is 'Cloud Computing'?

A recent survey indicates few understand what 'cloud computing' means – so here's a primer

Cloud computing explainedSource: Getty Images

Sitting on – and computing on – the cloud

Survey says most of us don't know what "cloud computing" means. It's really quite simple. Cloud computing is – well, read this and find out.
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Best App: 'Flying Books' Will Transport You

Vid, iPad app 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' carries you on flight of fancy

'The Flying Books of Morris Lessmore' iPad appSource: Moonbot Studios

Morris Lessmore discovers a library of living books in this iPad app. Tap the highlighted piano and get a surprise.

You and your children will be enchanted by "The Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" iPad video and interactive book – which may ignite a curiosity about real books and reading in your child.
Read More

Defining SOPA Solutions

If SOPA is unacceptable to stop online piracy, what are the answers? And are you a cyber criminal?

Defining SOPA SolutionsSource: Getty Images

Is uploading a video you shot at a Lady Gaga concert illegal? Are you a cyber criminal under SOPA?

Thanks to yesterday's Web blackout, we are aware of efforts to curb cyber piracy. But if SOPA's no good, what are the solutions? And are we part of the problem?
Read More

Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?

Congressional bills to limit online piracy by foreign-based Web sites seen as censorship

Why is Wikipedia Dark? What is 'SOPA'?Source: Stewart Wolpin

Today's Wikipedia front page, dark in protest of SOPA.

Wikipedia goes dark today in protest of SOPA, legislation many consider Internet censorship. What exactly is SOPA, and why is there so much protest?
Read More

Netflix Axes Qwikster

Voices of angry customers heard; video mailing/streaming company stops split sites

Source: Getty Images

Netflix has to decided not to create a separate Qwikster Web site for its DVD/Blu-ray mailing business.

Netflix reverses course and – thankfully – decides not to split its DVD/Blu-ray mailing service and its streaming movie service into two separate sites.
Read More

Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative

Amazon's new $200 Kindle Fire tablet may be the fanciest e-reader around, but it's no iPad

September 29, 2011
Kindle Fire is NOT An iPad Alternative Source: Stewart Wolpin

The pretty Amazon Kindle Fire home screen – but where's my email?

Just because they are both touch screen tablets that run apps doesn't mean Amazon's new Kindle Fire Android tablet and Apple's iPad are equal.
Read More

Amazon Reinvents E-Reader With Kindle 'Fire' Tab

Online giant also unveils $79 e-book e-reader and $99 Kindle Touch e-ink e-readers.

Amazon's new Kindle Fire.Source: Getty Images

The new Amazon Kindle e-reader family; from left-to-right, the Kindle Fire tablet, the 3G Kindle Touch, the Wi-Fi Kindle Touch and the new $79 Kindle.


 

Amazon this morning announced its long-awaited Kindle Fire 7-inch LCD tablet/e-reader, along with two new e-ink Kindles both priced less than $100.
Read More

Movies That Show Us as We Are

Are there great movies for midlifers? You bet there are!

September 27, 2011
Movies for Midlifers and BoomersSource: Getty Images

Yes, there really are great movies that understand who we are.
 

Ever wish you had a community of people your age who could recommend movies? Well, now you do.
Read More

Netflix + Qwikster = DUMB

DVD-by-mail service now 'Qwikster'; streaming video service remains Netflix; two separate sites

September 19, 2011
Netflix + Qwikster = DUMBSource: Stewart Wolpin

Netflix (stupidly?) splits off its DVD-by-mail service into the separate Qwikster, keeps Netflix name for streaming-only.

Netflix splits itself in half, and renames its DVD-by-mail service 'Qwikster' and keeps 'Netflix' for its streaming-only service. After its price increases, is Netflix doubling-down on dumb?
Read More

Friendship Lessons about Mean Girls from "The Help"

Some mean girls never grow up.

Emma Stone at the premiere of "The Help" Source: Getty Images

After college, Emma Stone (Skeeter) of The Help returns to the "mean girls" in her hometown.

"The Help" movie brings age-old problem of mean girls to the silver screen
Read More

What is 'Cloud Computing'?

A recent survey indicates few understand what 'cloud computing' means – so here's a primer

Cloud computing explainedSource: Getty Images

Sitting on – and computing on – the cloud

Survey says most of us don't know what "cloud computing" means. It's really quite simple. Cloud computing is – well, read this and find out.
Read More

Best App: 'Flying Books' Will Transport You

Vid, iPad app 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' carries you on flight of fancy

'The Flying Books of Morris Lessmore' iPad appSource: Moonbot Studios

Morris Lessmore discovers a library of living books in this iPad app. Tap the highlighted piano and get a surprise.

You and your children will be enchanted by "The Flying Books of Morris Lessmore" iPad video and interactive book – which may ignite a curiosity about real books and reading in your child.
Read More

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