Road Wars: Arming for the Subway Commute

Ed Zitron, 11.19.2009

www.edzitron.com

Road warriors trying to eek out that last email on the train will prefer the Droid's physical keyboard, which is far more reliable than shakily stabbing at the iPhone's on-screen keyboard.

iTablet Beta Tester Breaks Embargo

Gerald Sindell, 11.20.2009

Author of The Genius Machine

Recently I was given just 24 hours to explore a first production build of the Apple iTablet -- and here are my first impressions and discoveries.

The Online Video Gorilla in the Room: Epix

Caroline Giegerich, 11.19.2009

Founder and Editor, Daily Marauder

Here's my favorite feature. Viewers can watch a movie with up to 4 of their friends, even if that friend is not an Epix subscriber. Movie watchers can type messages to each other while watching allowing an almost couch-like experience.

Shuttle Atlantis in Orbit: Make It a Teachable Moment

Jeff Goldstein, 11.19.2009

Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education

After Atlantis returns to Earth, a space shuttle will clear the tower only five more times before the fleet -- Discovery, Endeavour and Atlantis -- is retired in 2010.

NFL Ups its Digital Game with Mobile, Live Streaming and Subscription Services (video)

Daisy Whitney, 11.19.2009

Senior Producer, Beet.TV

Though it only has two years of online video availability under its belt, the NFL is in the game for new media opportunities.

Digg Founder And President Advise Entrepreneurs To Do It Themselves

Neal Rodriguez, 11.20.2009

Online Marauder

Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson gave some tips on how start-ups can execute a solid web marketing campaign speaking before the Web 2.0 Expo audience which comprised many entrepreneurs.

YouTube's New HD Format Gets Good Reception on Madison Avenue (video)

Andy Plesser, 11.16.2009

Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV

Why Is Child Pornography on Your PC?

Robert Siciliano, 11.18.2009

Internet Security Analyst

If law enforcement happens to be chatting with a person who is using your Internet connection to trade lurid child porn, then someone may eventually knock on your door at 3AM with a battering ram.

The Writers Workbench: It's an iPod World

Robert J. Elisberg, 11.19.2009

Columnist and screenwriter

Today, if you can plug it in, there's a good chance an iPod accessory will be created for it. From time to time, we like to look at a few of those accessories, and here's the latest few.

The Real-Time Web Makes Your Life Safer

Martin Varsavsky, 11.17.2009

Tech Entrepreneur, Professor at IE

Is leading a real time online life a risk? Are we safer or less safe if we frequently blog, use Twitter, Facebook, and Google Latitude?

The Price of Diagnostic Imaging Around the World

D. Brad Wright, 11.18.2009

Doctoral candidate in the department of health policy and management at the University of North Carolina

Diagnostic imaging represents one of the greatest leaps forward in medical innovation. And as it happens, its costs depend purely on where one plugs in the machine.

The Age of the Informavore

Frank Schirrmacher, 11.15.2009

We are now entering a phase where Darwinian selection apparently attacks ideas themselves: what to remember, what not to remember, which idea is stronger, which idea is weaker.