Christopher Saunders

By now, you’ve all not only heard about the Facebook movie — now formally titled “The Social Network” — you may also have heard that it’s supposed to be downright fantastic. At least, that’s what they’re saying about the script now making the rounds. But the script — written by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, […]

Key industry groups involved in Internet advertising are adopting a sweeping slate of consumer privacy measures in an effort to forestall legislation surrounding ad-targeting based on tracking online user behavior. The groups include the American Association of Advertising Agencies (the 4A’s), the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the Direct Marketing Association (DMA), and the Interactive […]

Controversial file-sharing site The Pirate Bay may have a new lease on life despite its operators’ conviction on copyright violations, thanks to a new owner, Swedish software firm Global Gaming Factory X. Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), which offers on-screen advertising, software distribution and management tools for Internet cafes, today said it has struck a […]

Amazon has shuttered its Associates affiliate programs in North Carolina and Rhode Island, a move enabling it to avoid having to collect state sales taxes through new laws likely to go into effect within days. However, the decision also means that the states’ Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) affiliates — Web site operators who place links to […]

David KapposSource: USPTO In a move that could place a tech industry insider at the helm of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), President Obama plans to nominate David Kappos, vice president of intellectual property law at IBM, as its next director. Kappos, who also holds the post of assistant general counsel at Big […]

You can come out of your bomb shelter now — the Twitpocalypse didn’t happen! Mostly. What am I talking about? My colleague Sean Michael Kerner maps out the glitch-that-mostly-wasn’t that had been widely feared (well, “widely” among the kinds of folks who live and die by the microblogging phenom,) but for the layman, think Y2K […]

In another confirmation that truth may be stranger than fiction, Hollywood trade mag Variety yesterday reported that Web 2.0 wunderkind Twitter is on the verge of creating a TV show. Twitter brass confirmed that it’s signed a deal with TV producer Reveille — which has produced hits like “The Office” and “Ugly Betty” — and […]

The NASDAQ yesterday became the scene (virtually speaking) of the best IPO in more than 18 months, with tech and financial industry observers cheering the news as maybe, just maybe, signaling better days ahead. Can you blame them? With a soaring debut — shares leapt 59 percent during trading — the IPO was the first […]

The new Amazon Kindle DX.Click to enlarge. NEW YORK — Amazon today unveiled a new version of its popular Kindle e-book reader, sporting enhancements like an enlarged screen designed for reading standard 8.5-by-11-inch documents, textbooks and newspapers. The new Kindle DX, introduced here at Pace University by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, is aimed at broadening […]