Intel Watching you Watch TV

Intel has officially announced it will be launching an internet-based television service — and it will use cameras to monitor your viewing habits. The set-top box will combine access to cable and satellite connections with an internet feed. The main selling point will be the ability to get a more specific choice of channels to [...]

Tesla Dispute Rolls On

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Journalist John Broder’s test drive of the Tesla S electric car may not have gone the distance, but the subsequent dispute is showing no signs of running out of power. As we covered yesterday, he wrote a scathing report saying the car repeatedly failed to live up to its claimed operating range, eventually coming to [...]

FCC: Every state needs gigabit broadband

The Federal Communications Commission has called for at least one city in every state to have a one gigabit per second broadband service by 2015. But it didn’t announce any new regulatory changes or extra funding to make it happen. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, apparently a Field of Dreams fan, said that “American economic history [...]