Cocktails had been served on the terrace, the ubiquitous Washington buffet of tenderloin and salmon consumed, and the gay law students settled in to hear from the famed legal mind who is leading the battle to make sure they have the right to marry whomever they want, wherever in the United States...

Op-ed: The tension between what Apple says and what it does belies a conflict …

A hodgepodge of oversight agencies granted exceptions to rules and allowed risks to accumulate on the Deepwater Horizon rig.

I think I’ve finally figured out why everything sucks. And it’s actually kind of awesome. I bought my first guitar when I was 16 with my own hard-earned dishwasher money. It was a crapp…

It seems that when a data plan is marketed as ‘unlimited,’ it usually isn’t. There is normally a 5 gigabyte soft-cap on downloads per month for most smartphones. When Apple announced the iPad 3G cellular plans, no one was sure what unlimited meant, if the top plan was actually without restriction. One blogger took the matter into […]

President Obama balanced a defense of his handling of the spill with an unusual presidential self-critique.

Some 98-99 percent of the population has, at some point, been "infected" with a song they just can't seem to shake off. This common phenomenon has rarely been researched, until now.

Most Fortune 500 CEOs are about as accessible as Kim Jong Il, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been breaking the mold. He’s sent terse e-mail replies to more than a dozen customer inquiries — and one journalist — in the past few months. It’s not that he’s become unusually friendly. Rather, the legendary entrepreneur \[…\]

Macworld contributor Glenn Fleishman dishes on how to diagnose issues with your Wi-Fi network and resolve them.

Here’s a scenario for you: 1. Let’s imagine for a moment that you are one of the largest companies and most well-recognized brands in the world. 2. Let’s also imagine that your co…

We never had any doubt that Comcast's anti-net-neutrality court victory would prove to be more of a defeat in the long run, and that's exactly how it's shaping...

Matt Deatherage doesn't want you to social-network with you. Nothing personal.

Andy Ihnatko writes about the current state of affairs when it comes to iPad apps, and why he's excited about the next round of apps to be released.

The EFF says that most Web users can be tracked, even without logging cookies or IP addresses.

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A few days ago the guys behind Pixelmator released the new version of their really cool app, and if you check out the Pixelmator site you will notice that they are using my Bokeh image. I'm very happy :) not just because of that but, also because I had the chance to test Tempo very early and it's good to be part of the testing team.

Shows how Mac users can create coherent and engaging screencasts.

The FCC's plan to rework how it regulates the internet just got a lot more solid today, as the agency officially announced its "third way"...

Through much of the late 90s and early 00s, I remember having the same conversation over and over again about Apple and Microsoft. I had it with my friends, I had it with my colleagues, and I had it with …

One of the biggest questions about the iPad is how well you can type on it. Dan Moren explores the trials and tribulations of typing on Apple's portable device.

Without being able to play an actual instrument, such as Piano or Keyboards, Guitar or Drums, ther...