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Reports: Apple Could Face Federal E-Book Suit Today

in Media on April 11 at 4:32 am PT

The Department of Justice may file a suit against Apple today over e-book price-fixing complaints, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. The DOJ has been probing antitrust complaints regarding Apple’s 2010 pacts with  book publishers; several of the biggest publishers are preparing to settle those charges by “tearing up” those deals, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Viral Video: “The Host” Does Not Seem Very Cordial

in Media on March 30 at 12:57 am PT

The “Twilight” author goes all invasion-of-the-body-snatchers on humanity.
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Third Point’s Loeb to Yahoo About Board Rejection: “Illogical Alice-in-Wonderland World”

in News on March 28 at 10:45 am PT

Time to go down another rabbit hole!
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A Big Digital Kiss to Britannica: Change — It Is Okay (Look It Up!)

in Media on March 14 at 12:04 pm PT

Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.
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Viral Video: There Will Be Dragons (In “Game of Thrones” Second Season, Natch!)

in Media on March 3 at 12:34 am PT

Someone’s definitely going to lose an eye. Also a limb, a head, a heart and, well, you get the idea of this fantastically gory television series.
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Viral Video: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”

in Media on February 17 at 1:21 am PT

A Civil War-“Twilight” mashup!
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Facebook (Eye)PO: Early Investor Reid Hoffman on Mission Vs. Payday

in Social on February 15 at 2:55 pm PT

The Start-Up Whisperer knows all!
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App Makes Readers’ Thoughts an Open Book

in The Digital Solution on January 24 at 3:26 pm PT

Katie looks at Subtext, a free iPad app designed to enable and encourage conversations among readers within digital books themselves.
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Pulling Back Apple’s Magic Curtain: Fortune’s Lashinsky Talks About New Book (Video)

in Media on January 24 at 10:01 am PT

And you’ll be interested to see what he found.
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Sarah Lacy Debuts New Tech Site, PandoDaily — $2M+ in Funding and Guess Who’s Working for Her? (Video)

in Media on January 16 at 9:00 am PT

Here’s the brave woman who will be the new boss of Michael Arrington, M.G. Siegler and Paul Carr. (You read that right.)
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Tasty Geek: Nathan Myhrvold Takes His Modernist Cuisine to “Top Chef”

in Media, January 7, 2012 at 10:38 am PT

Get Your Zombie-Eaten Brain Ready for Some Big-Think Tech Books

in Media, December 28, 2011 at 7:18 am PT

Viral Video: “Game Change” (Or the Latest Sarah Palin Impersonation)

in Media, December 26, 2011 at 3:22 am PT

Viral Video: First Trailer for “The Hobbit” Movie

in News, December 22, 2011 at 9:09 am PT

Viral Video: Shrieking Monkeys Don’t Make Good Gifts

in Media, December 1, 2011 at 12:22 am PT

Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Talks About Giving 2.0

in Media, November 15, 2011 at 3:31 pm PT

Viral Video: More “Hobbit” From the Vlog Files of Peter Jackson

in Media, November 9, 2011 at 12:10 am PT

There Are Seven Billion People on Planet Earth Right Now (Try to Keep Up, Facebook!)

in News, October 31, 2011 at 10:49 am PT

Why Travel-Related Mobile Ads Are Taking Off on the iPad

in Commerce, September 28, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Fortune’s Lashinsky Penning an “Inside Apple” Book

in Media, September 3, 2011 at 1:16 pm PT

Larry Page Might Be Bill Gates+, But He Wants to Be Steve Jobs

in Mobile, August 16, 2011 at 10:12 am PT

New Jobs Bio Cover Is All Apple With Pub Date of November 21

in Media, August 15, 2011 at 8:34 am PT

Xoogler Doug Edwards Talks About New Book on His Time at the Search Borg (Video)

in Media, July 27, 2011 at 11:34 am PT

Viral Video: Okay, 3-D Might Actually Work in the Last “Harry Potter”

in Media, June 18, 2011 at 7:32 pm PT

Yes, That’s Activision’s Kotick in “Moneyball” Movie Trailer

in Media, June 16, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT