10 posts and columns on forums

Some Kindle Owners Upset After Receiving Cryptic Subscription Offer From Amazon

in Commerce on January 5 at 8:02 pm PT

Amazon has issued an apology tonight after upsetting Kindle owners, who learned they were selected to receive a publication they didn’t sign up for — and could be charged for.
Amazon Kindle Fire

Bakery Gives Rise to Web Following

in News on March 11, 2011 at 12:00 am PT

Milan de Vries has baked six loaves of bread a week since buying a popular cookbook from San Francisco’s Tartine Bakery and Café two months ago. He gives away most of the loaves, but only after taking photos that he posts on the Internet for fellow fanatics to critique.

Wi-Fi Hotspot Safety and Mac Viruses

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on December 29, 2010 at 2:50 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on just how safe are Wi-Fi hotspots and should Mac owners worry about computer viruses.

World of Warcraft Creator Blizzard Caves on Real-Name Plan

in News on July 9, 2010 at 3:23 pm PT

After feeling the wrath of World of Warcraft gamers for days, Blizzard Entertainment says it’s abandoning a plan that would have exposed the real identities of people who play its popular online games on the company’s discussion forums.

Real Names Rile Online Warlocks and Wizards

in News on July 8, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Players of online fantasy games like World of Warcraft love to anonymously inhabit shamans, mages and other characters. But they’d rather not reveal their real identities, as evidenced by an uproar this week over a plan by Blizzard Entertainment, the creator of World of Warcraft.

It Was a Bright, Cold Day in Beijing, and the Clocks Were Striking Thirteen…

in News on March 25, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says China’s efforts to censor speech and suppress dissidents smacks of the “totalitarianism” of his youth in the Soviet Union. Here’s a prime example of that: A Beijing directive describing how Google’s defiance of China’s censorship laws is to be portrayed in the country’s media.

Twitter Discloses User Password Theft Scheme Via Torrent Sites

in News on February 3, 2010 at 9:00 am PT

Twitter said it has identified a scheme to try to steal user account names and passwords and is asking some users to update their passwords as a result. The micro-blogging service disclosed in a notice to developers late Tuesday that an unidentified person had been creating so-called “torrent” sites and forums for “a number of years” with the sole purpose of getting users to input user names and passwords the person could use to gain access to Twitter accounts.