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Monday, September 10, 2012
All Tech Considered
What Will Apple's Patent Case Mean For Phone Design?
September 10, 2012 Industrial designers are conflicted over the impact a jury's decision that Samsung infringed on many of Apple's mobile phone patents. Some say it might cramp creativity. Others say it will free them from having to make designs that look just like Apple's.
Friday, August 24, 2012
All Tech Considered
Is The Cloud In Gamers' Future?
August 24, 2012 The major game console makers have taken a time out to improve on what they've got. Some gamers don't see a need for an upgrade, others know what they'd like to see in new systems. One idea is to store games online, another to make consoles more attractive for non-gaming users.
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Technology
Samsung Fight Among Many In Apple's Patent War
July 30, 2012 In a federal district court Monday, computing giant Apple will ask for more than $2.5 billion from rival phone maker Samsung for patent violations. If successful, the suit would be the most expensive patent violation in history. It's just one front in Apple's war against phones running Google's Android operating system.
Friday, July 27, 2012
The Record
The Race To Create A Music Superlabel Still Faces Hurdles
July 27, 2012 A proposed merger between EMI and Universal is drawing the scrutiny of regulators in the U.S. and Europe.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Digital Life
YouTube Network Plays Well With Latino Audiences
July 23, 2012 Latinos are more likely than other Americans to watch online videos, but there hasn't been much of an effort to develop special content for them — until now. Mitu is a YouTube network that specializes in lifestyle videos with, as one user puts it, "Latino flair."
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
All Tech Considered
New Yahoo CEO Among A Rare Few: Female Execs With Tech Creds
July 17, 2012 Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo, is not the first woman to head a high-profile technology company. But the former Google executive is one of the few female computer scientists to reach such a pinnacle. Will her rise inspire more women to enter the technology field?
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Movies
In High-Def Shift, Are Studios Blurring The Picture?
July 11, 2012 Hollywood's archivists are re-releasing digital, high-definition versions of classic movies. But the process of converting a movie from film to digital can change an image in significant ways — and some say that can unfairly alter the artists' original intent.
Friday, July 06, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
All Tech Considered
Lights, Camera, YouTube: New Kind Of Studio Is Born
June 18, 2012 When Lisa Donovan (aka LisaNova) started making a living off her homemade YouTube videos, she and her fiance knew they'd hit something big. They founded Maker Studios to help other YouTubers hone their content. Today, their company and others like it are turning the entertainment industry model on its head.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Record
Clear Channel Will Be The First To Pay Royalties For Music On Its Air
June 13, 2012 The network will pay for the recordings — not just songs — it airs, and less for those it streams.
Monday, June 11, 2012
