Creativity gets free rein with high-tech machine By Ely Portillo McClatchy-Tribune News Service CHARLOTTE, N.C. — If you thought cable TV offered too many choices when it started displacing the big three broadcast networks, the newest Coca-...
‘Private’ browsing won’t keep you safe from hackers, spam By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service QI recently read your column about the “InPrivate” feature of Internet Explorer (version 8 or later.) The online anonymity it provides sounds...
FCC seeks to crack down on phone bill mystery fees WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are proposing new rules to make it easier for consumers to detect and challenge mystery fees on their phone bills. The Federal Communications Commission voted Tue...
Beyond Netflix: where to get your flick fix BY BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press NEW YORK — Even with a fee hike, millions of Netflix subscribers will be spending less each month than what it costs two adults to watch a single movie in ...
Zynga’s IPO filing reveals vicious competition in social gaming By Alex Pham McClatchy-Tribune News Service LOS ANGELES — Zynga Inc.’s bid to raise $1 billion through an initial public stock offering provided a lens into the dog-eat-dog world of social ga...
Virtual food on diners’ plates BY RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press LONDON — Want a virtual bite of what you’ll eat before ordering from the menu? An Asian-themed restaurant in London’s theater district is giving its c...
Iconic computer game ‘Civilization’ joins Facebook NEW YORK — Long before “FarmVille” there was “Civilization,” the iconic computer game in which players build a civilized world over thousands of years. Now, the game’s designer, Sid Meier, is bring...
Skype failure might be company’s fault By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service QWe have been using the Skype Internet voice and video calling service for more than six months without any problems, but now we can’t connec...
Parental control software can get around privacy feature By Steve Alexander McClatchy-Tribune News Service Question: I am the father of a teenage son. Recently I heard him and a friend discussing the Internet and the advantages of “InPrivate” brows...
Study: 12 percent of US households own e-reader NEW YORK — A study finds that 12 percent of U.S. households now own a reading device for electronic books, such as Amazon’s Kindle. That’s three times the number of households that owned an e-re...