Random Acts of Shopping

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 6, 2012 What happens when you give your computer a $50 monthly budget and access to your Amazon account? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2012 The name Steve Jobs has been sweet on the lips of techno-capitalist fankids pining for a cultural hero since long before the Apple CEO succumbed to cancer late last year. Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping his legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, n+1 reviewer Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks.Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping Steve Jobs' legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

From Quality to Quantity — and Maybe Back Again

David Sirota / Truthdig Jan 28, 2011 Amid last week's flood of business news, one story stood out as reason to hope for more than just a momentary uptick in your 401(k): Apple, you may have heard, announced record first-quarter profits. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Blame It on the 2 A.M. Worm

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2010 Computer security experts have identified a malicious virus that steals your credit card information and orders Mario Batali kitchenware, usually after 2 in the morning. Either that or you were just drunk. Here's the full story from the satire masters at The Onion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Working on Gmail’s Social Skills

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2010 Google has been pretty successful at just about everything its engineers have attempted, with the glaring exception of social media. Still getting trounced by Facebook and losing buzzshare to upstarts like Twitter and Foursquare, the company plans to get aggressive, starting with new social features in Gmail. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Welcome Back, da Vinci Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2010 President Obama asked for a better health care plan, so here it is. Native people say "Avatar" is real, so there. But why are they digging up Leonardo da Vinci -- and is there anything left? These stories and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Tabletus Interruptus

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 Steve Jobs calls his new tablet "a magical device at a breakthrough price," but chances are you don't need one and can't afford it anyway. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Castro Edition

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 Going nuclear in the Senate, the anthropology of "Avatar" and why Fidel Castro sent doctors instead of soldiers to Haiti. These stories and more on today's list. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gordon Brown Wants to Give U.K.’s Poor Free Laptops and Internet

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2010 The British PM has announced a plan to spend the equivalent of nearly half a billion dollars providing free laptops and broadbrand Internet access to 270,000 low-income families. The program will need parliament's blessing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

HP’s Facial Non-Recognition

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2009 A black man named Desi, along with a white woman named Wanda, has quite comically figured out that new Hewlett-Packard computers touting "face recognition" software are embarrassingly inadequate in detecting black faces. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Gives Microsoft a New Reason to Lose Sleep

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2009 Google's inexorable drive toward world domination took a major leap forward Tuesday when the company unveiled plans to build its own operating system. Google says it is designing the long-rumored OS, called Google Chrome OS, "to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the Web in a few seconds." Wouldn't that be nice? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China to Censor Online Porn, Possibly Basketball

Staff / Truthdig Jun 9, 2009 Starting July 1, every computer sold in China will come bundled with software designed to block access to pornographic sites and whatever else parents -- and, critics fear, the government -- want to keep at bay. As one of the software's developers explains, "If a father doesn't want his son to be exposed to content related to basketball or drugs, he can block all Web sites related to those things." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )