http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Editorials Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2013 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:51:02 GMT Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:51:02 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/In-App-Purchases-Have-Become-a-Serious-Issue-for-Apple-349062.shtml The App Store’s in-app purchasing system is a cash cow, but it’s also a huge pain in the neck for Apple, and for the rest of us. The company has begun tutoring customers on the subject, but continues to approve applications that make improper use of the system.

Apple this week released a guide on its App Store aimin... (read more)]]> Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/In-App-Purchases-Have-Become-a-Serious-Issue-for-Apple-349062.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/In-App-Purchases-Have-Become-a-Serious-Issue-for-Apple-349062.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Filip Truta) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Start-Button-Will-Come-Back-Thanks-to-You-346993.shtml Microsoft will soon launch Windows 8.1, the first major overhaul of an operating system that's often described as a rather disappointing product.

Also dubbed “the new Vista,” Windows 8 will receive several upgrades this summer, as part of a so-called Blue project that's expected to refresh not only the Windows platf... (read more)]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Start-Button-Will-Come-Back-Thanks-to-You-346993.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Windows-Start-Button-Will-Come-Back-Thanks-to-You-346993.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Does-Windows-8-Really-Need-a-Start-Button-309459.shtml Windows 8 is alive and kicking, but although the Redmond-based devices and services firm (as Mr. Ballmer calls his company right now) is apparently pretty disappointed with the sales performance of its software.

We’ve heard that Ballmer and the other Microsoft executives are blaming the PC industry for the lack of devices running its ... (read more)]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Does-Windows-8-Really-Need-a-Start-Button-309459.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Does-Windows-8-Really-Need-a-Start-Button-309459.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Microsoft-s-Surface-Could-Become-an-In-House-Windows-8-Killer-300855.shtml As most geeks probably know by now, the self-proclaimed devices and services company based in Redmond will unveil both the Surface and the brand new Windows 8 operating system next week during a New York press event.

While using the same launch party to present two different products may not be such a bad idea after ... (read more)]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Microsoft-s-Surface-Could-Become-an-In-House-Windows-8-Killer-300855.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Microsoft-s-Surface-Could-Become-an-In-House-Windows-8-Killer-300855.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Bogdan Popa) http://news.softpedia.com/news/OIS-ON-or-OFF-Nokia-Already-Stained-Lumia-920-s-Imaging-Capabilities-290940.shtml Only a few days after its official unveiling, Nokia’s Lumia 920, “the most innovative smartphone in the world,” no longer feels that way.

Nokia themselves managed to stain the phone’s image, by publishing a promo video that only “simulates” its imaging capabilities that are pow... (read more)]]> Sat, 8 Sep 2012 11:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/OIS-ON-or-OFF-Nokia-Already-Stained-Lumia-920-s-Imaging-Capabilities-290940.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/OIS-ON-or-OFF-Nokia-Already-Stained-Lumia-920-s-Imaging-Capabilities-290940.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Still-Hasn-t-Paid-Its-1-5-Billion-EU-Fine-from-2009-279474.shtml For decades, Intel did just about anything to undercut its main competitor for the x86 market. There’s no denying that x86 is Intel’s invention and that AMD wouldn’t have gotten an x86 license in the first place, had it not been for IBM.

The American company feared exactly this kind of monopoly.

read more)]]> Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Still-Hasn-t-Paid-Its-1-5-Billion-EU-Fine-from-2009-279474.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Still-Hasn-t-Paid-Its-1-5-Billion-EU-Fine-from-2009-279474.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Constantin Murariu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Science-Politics-the-Media-and-Laypeople-Interact-266940.shtml This editorial has been a long time coming. It's been so long since I wanted to do a piece on the relationships and interactions that determine our perception of what's really going on around us, especially in science. For this purpose, I will be looking at four actors and four different types of truth, which change and interact with each ot... (read more)]]> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Science-Politics-the-Media-and-Laypeople-Interact-266940.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Science-Politics-the-Media-and-Laypeople-Interact-266940.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Practical-Guide-How-to-Identify-Fake-Work-from-Home-Jobs-253546.shtml Every Internet user is aware of the fact that the web is flooded with advertisements for “work from home” or “make easy money” jobs. While many of these offers are phony, there are some jobs that are 100% legitimate and represent a great way for certain individuals to make rent money and maybe even more.

read more)]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Practical-Guide-How-to-Identify-Fake-Work-from-Home-Jobs-253546.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Practical-Guide-How-to-Identify-Fake-Work-from-Home-Jobs-253546.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Practical-Guide-Teaching-Seniors-How-to-Surf-the-Web-Safely-250673.shtml In 2009, studies revealed that there were 17.5 million Internet users that were aged 65 or more. Since then the number most likely increased considerably and continues to do so, especially with the rise of social media networks and other sites that may present an interest to senior citizens.

While many people try to teach t... (read more)]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 19:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Practical-Guide-Teaching-Seniors-How-to-Surf-the-Web-Safely-250673.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Practical-Guide-Teaching-Seniors-How-to-Surf-the-Web-Safely-250673.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Children-of-the-Mind-246559.shtml Preamble

Before we go any further, there are some things you need to know. I am a philosopher at heart, and enjoy wondering about abstract concepts and ideas to the point where they become real scenarios in my head. The idea for writing this came shortly after I've finished readings Orson Scott Card's Children of the Mind, the last book in his fascinating Ender... (read more)]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Children-of-the-Mind-246559.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Children-of-the-Mind-246559.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hardware-Market-in-Peril-The-Horrors-of-Ubisoft-s-DRM-246533.shtml Like much of the rest of the world, we tried to resign ourselves to waiting, seeing and reporting what has been going on with the DRM policies of game makers, but things seem to be going more than a bit overboard.

One would think that widespread discontent and even bouts of sheer outrage would be enough to make game developers ... (read more)]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:29:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hardware-Market-in-Peril-The-Horrors-of-Ubisoft-s-DRM-246533.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hardware-Market-in-Peril-The-Horrors-of-Ubisoft-s-DRM-246533.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-You-re-Not-Sure-What-to-Get-for-Christmas-Buy-Memory-235024.shtml Due to an only partially-foreseeable string of events, it so happens that, this year, random access memory (RAM) is the most convenient of purchases on the consumer tech market.

The winter holiday shopping season is more or less upon us already, so, naturally, people are trying to decide how to make the best of it.
read more)]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-You-re-Not-Sure-What-to-Get-for-Christmas-Buy-Memory-235024.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/If-You-re-Not-Sure-What-to-Get-for-Christmas-Buy-Memory-235024.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-Goes-Official-with-Its-First-Windows-Phones-230256.shtml Today, Nokia made an important step in its evolution as a mobile phone maker by making official its first two handsets that will arrive on shelves with Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system on board, namely the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710.

Both running under the Windows Phone Mango OS flavor, these devices are exp... (read more)]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-Goes-Official-with-Its-First-Windows-Phones-230256.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nokia-Goes-Official-with-Its-First-Windows-Phones-230256.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Help-Others-Help-Themselves-with-Buy-This-Satellite-219886.shtml “We are entering the age of connectedness,” A Human Right organization says of its latest campaign, Buy This Satellite. If you ever wondered about the little you can do thanks to your access to the Internet, now is the time to act.

Just hours ago, we were covering a story on Marc Anthony opening up about his divorce fro... (read more)]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Help-Others-Help-Themselves-with-Buy-This-Satellite-219886.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Help-Others-Help-Themselves-with-Buy-This-Satellite-219886.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Michael-Jackson-the-Victim-The-Untold-Truth-200399.shtml On June 25, 2009, the final chapter in one of the most controversial histories of present times ended: Michael Jackson died from an overdose of the anesthetic Propofol, as his autopsy would later reveal. Two years after the shocking but, for many fans who’ve always believed in his innocence, perhaps not that unexpected, event, we have begun to c... (read more)]]> Sat, 14 May 2011 13:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Michael-Jackson-the-Victim-The-Untold-Truth-200399.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Michael-Jackson-the-Victim-The-Untold-Truth-200399.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Elena Gorgan) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Life-Is-Possible-Throughout-the-Universe-177830.shtml I personally find it a bit peculiar that, lately, a lot of talk has been going on in the international astronomical community about the possible existence of life in other places in the Universe. Those rumors are about to get a new boost, as experts announce the discovery of what could very well be the fingerprint of large organic molecules in two galaxi... (read more)]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Life-Is-Possible-Throughout-the-Universe-177830.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Life-Is-Possible-Throughout-the-Universe-177830.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-12-Amazing-Animals-of-2010-175224.shtml Since everyone makes 'Top Tens' on 2010 on everything, here is a top twelve of this year's coolest animals, based on information provided by New Scientist.

To avoid all 'discrimination' and to keep everyone happy, the order of the animals is alphabetical.

The Bone skipper

This little fly was believed to be extinct for 160, so when ... (read more)]]> Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:06:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-12-Amazing-Animals-of-2010-175224.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-12-Amazing-Animals-of-2010-175224.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Smaranda Biliuti) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Report-Shows-WordPress-Dominance-Amongst-CMSs-171934.shtml
Compiled after a thorough market survey answered by 5000 individuals, with around 2800 answering each question, the report ranks content management systems by brand strength and market share.

The study was includes statistics about 20 CMSs as they follow: WordPr... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Report-Shows-WordPress-Dominance-Amongst-CMSs-171934.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Report-Shows-WordPress-Dominance-Amongst-CMSs-171934.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Developer-Tools-Keeping-Pace-with-Mobile-Web-171222.shtml The mobile Web has moved away from being a niche on the Web, and if you think the contrary, then you're stuck in 2004, my friend.

Not only did it break out of a niche sector, but it is now a mainstream current in all that the Web stands for.

According to the annual dotMobi “Mobile Web Progress” report issued late Oct... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Dec 2010 08:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Developer-Tools-Keeping-Pace-with-Mobile-Web-171222.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Developer-Tools-Keeping-Pace-with-Mobile-Web-171222.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Catalin Cimpanu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Constructing-an-Orbital-Base-for-Space-Exploration-167748.shtml For the past decade or so, governments around the world have been working together on building the International Space Station (ISS), a science facility meant to boost cooperation and to advance space studies. But many voices call for the next step, the construction of a structure dedicated to space exploration.

I personally believe... (read more)]]> Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Constructing-an-Orbital-Base-for-Space-Exploration-167748.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Constructing-an-Orbital-Base-for-Space-Exploration-167748.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Autonomous-Vehicles-Is-Probably-Google-s-Most-Ambitions-Projects-to-Date-160394.shtml Google announcement that it has a team working on testing autonomous vehicles came as quite a surprise for most people, but, while some praised the company for such a bold move, others have asked why would Google do something like this in the first place since it's unlikely to wield it any monetary results in the foreseeab... (read more)]]> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Autonomous-Vehicles-Is-Probably-Google-s-Most-Ambitions-Projects-to-Date-160394.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Autonomous-Vehicles-Is-Probably-Google-s-Most-Ambitions-Projects-to-Date-160394.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Science-and-Stagnation-A-Possibility-156019.shtml I was thinking the other day about the mockery now going on in the United States, as some interest groups are attempting to place a ban on federal funding for stem cells. Then I thought about a trend I noticed in people, and in how they perceive science and technology today.

Sadly enough, it would appear that we are currently facing a very real r... (read more)]]> Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Science-and-Stagnation-A-Possibility-156019.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Science-and-Stagnation-A-Possibility-156019.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Not-Get-Attacked-by-a-Dog-154382.shtml This might not be news for people that are used to dogs or even have one as a pet, but the world is large and surely there must be some people that are a bit scared at the thought that if they meet a dog, it will probably attack them.

Now, what everyone should know is that dogs never attack without a reason, and if you follow some simple behavior rul... (read more)]]> Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Not-Get-Attacked-by-a-Dog-154382.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Not-Get-Attacked-by-a-Dog-154382.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Smaranda Biliuti) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Media-Scaremongering-in-the-Google-Wi-Fi-Blunder-143397.shtml Google’s Wi-Fi data-collection blunder couldn’t have come at a worse time. The company is already under scrutiny over its business and privacy practices largely due to it becoming one of the biggest web companies in the world. So, revealing that it has been collecting publicly available but potentially personal info from unprotected w... (read more)]]> Mon, 31 May 2010 09:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Media-Scaremongering-in-the-Google-Wi-Fi-Blunder-143397.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Media-Scaremongering-in-the-Google-Wi-Fi-Blunder-143397.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/For-Those-Who-Love-Music-143356.shtml Music has been with us since the earliest days. Ever since the first tribesmen decided to gather in larger groups, ritualistic dances have been accompanied by some form of music, ranging from drum beats only to voice-based tunes and then various combinations of other instruments. Given this rich history that we share with this art form, I think that it must have some po... (read more)]]> Sat, 29 May 2010 10:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/For-Those-Who-Love-Music-143356.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/For-Those-Who-Love-Music-143356.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hobbies-and-You-142131.shtml I recently developed a new hobby. It was obviously something that I didn’t plan for, and how could I have? It's not like you suddenly wake up one morning and decide you want to pick up knitting. Well, I suppose maybe you could, but then again maybe it's just pushing your limits, in the sense that, if it's planned, then it's not really something that came from within. I am ... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 May 2010 10:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hobbies-and-You-142131.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hobbies-and-You-142131.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Police-State-Is-the-Answer-to-Piracy-Big-Media-Believes-140022.shtml Big businesses using every means they can to ensure their revenue and profitability haven’t been news for at least several decades and probably a lot more. There’s always been a group, or more, trying to bend the laws, or make new ones, to get what they want. The most recent example is the big media companies that have been c... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Police-State-Is-the-Answer-to-Piracy-Big-Media-Believes-140022.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Police-State-Is-the-Answer-to-Piracy-Big-Media-Believes-140022.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Chinese-Perestroika-Microsoft-and-the-New-Search-Cold-War-138594.shtml Google has apparently had a lot of digging, years’ worth in fact, under libraries of Marxist-Leninist philosophy, and under tomes of proletarian guidelines for wannabe red companies, to find an old, dusty self-policy manual on which the mantra “don’t be evil” had faded almost entirely. Of course, it took ... (read more)]]> Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Chinese-Perestroika-Microsoft-and-the-New-Search-Cold-War-138594.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-s-Chinese-Perestroika-Microsoft-and-the-New-Search-Cold-War-138594.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Oiaga) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Contracts-and-a-Redistribution-Theory-138012.shtml As I was browsing through my old college notes yesterday, I stumbled upon some lectures that dealt with various theories on the redistribution of wealth in societies. This is not such a complex subject as it may first appear. Its main area of interest is proposing, and arguing for, various ways of using the money a society generates, and redistributi... (read more)]]> Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Contracts-and-a-Redistribution-Theory-138012.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Contracts-and-a-Redistribution-Theory-138012.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Ape-Man-Within-by-L-Sprague-de-Camp-Book-Review-136768.shtml I must say, after reading a number of books on anthropology and the human mind, I thought I knew what to expect of such literature. I mean this in the sense that, after a while, you kind of get used to various styles of writing, and start seeing the point authors are trying to make even before they finish their phrases. This was completely unt... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Ape-Man-Within-by-L-Sprague-de-Camp-Book-Review-136768.shtml Editorials http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Ape-Man-Within-by-L-Sprague-de-Camp-Book-Review-136768.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Tudor Vieru)