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Not too long ago, after the demise of Napster, Kazaa became synonymous with P2P file sharing. After a number of costly lawsuits and failed attempts to appease the music industry,

Last night, something amazing happened: Facebook and Twitter came to my TV. No, I didn't go out and purchase some brand-new internet-enabled "TV of the future," I just received an

As reported in the LA Times' technology blog, the launch of Antigua-based media tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gad-zookz_wto_to_allow_copyright_infringement.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; download site Zookz has raised the ire of the US trade

If Facebook wants to comply with Canadian privacy laws, the company will have to make some changes to how it collects and retains information about its 12 million Canadian users.

"Bits of destruction" is a phrase Fred Wilson uses to describe the destructive part of "creative destruction" brought on by digitization. We hear a lot about the destruction wrought on

Would you pay $25 per month to belong to a social network for "sex positive" Burning Man types, with extensive privacy controls and real-world events planning? Former enterprise collaboration software

Individuals often have to sacrifice their livelihood for a cause. It's not fair, but it happens. But what happens when they're tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/nine_cause-based_job_and_volunteer_resources.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; forced to volunteer

Microsoft is planning on launching its own streaming music service by the end of July, Emma Barnett reported today in the UK Telegraph. A Microsoft exec told Barnett that the

Noted security guru Bruce Schneier, chief technologist at BT, has scoffed at Google's claims about its new OS, just announced yesterday. According to the Google blog post, Chrome OS represents

Nick Givotovsky, a Connecticut based internet consultant and long time contributor to the digital identity community, died in an accident at his home on Friday at the age of 44.