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Why Amazon won't launch its own tablet, but will use Apple's

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 1/24/10 (1:44am)
Pub Date: 
Friday, January 22, 2010
Author: 
Jon Stokes
Source: 
Ars Technica

The Kindle game is up, and Amazon knows it. In 2010, the world plus dog will be hawking an E-Ink-based e-reader, and major distribution and publishing houses like Barnes & Noble, Google, and Hearst will be offering their digital content on everything with a screen.

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/amazon-sdk-hints-that-kindle-store-com...

@Twitter from StateDept: delay upgrade to aid Iran protests

Submitted by Leo Klein on Mon, 6/29/09 (7:19pm)
Pub Date: 
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Author: 
Eric Bangeman
Source: 
Ars Technica

In the aftermath of the Iranian election, Twitter has become a big part of the story. The State Department has confirmed that it asked the microblogging service to reschedule a network upgrade in order to keep downtime in Iran at a late-night minimum.

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/06/twitter-from-statedept-delay-upgrade-to-...

Congressman has bill ready to give FTC veto on ISP data caps

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 6/28/09 (1:18pm)
Pub Date: 
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Author: 
John Timmer
Source: 
Ars Technica

New York Representative Eric Massa, responding to his district's outrage at Time Warner's earlier test of usage caps, is now lining up sponsors for his Broadband Internet Fairness Act, which would give the Federal Trade Commission veto power over usage-based pricing plans.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/congressman-has-a-bill-ready-to-...