Don Reisinger explores truth in journalism and wonders why it hurts so much to hear it.

Finally open source gets some mainstream press

News.com’s Dan Farber tells what’s at stake for users’ privacy as a result of a federal judge’s ruling that Google must turn data over to Viacom.

On this week’s EIC Squared podcast, CNET News.com’s Dan Farber and ZDNet’s Larry Dignan discuss the week’s big stories.

Text messaging may be huge right now, but Don Reisinger believes it won’t last forever. And with the advent of chatting applications for cell phones, he thinks its end may be near.

An open source Twitter might create a true communication utility.

A report by Hitwise Intelligence found that most of Yahoo’s top 20 Internet properties receive a greater share of traffic from a Google search, rather than a Yahoo search

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Thinking green with the ‘Humvee of the air’–Ducted fan propelled UAV delivery, reportedly three times faster that helicopter.

Chinese military tries out Segways–Skilled riders, it seems, should be able to keep both hands on a weapon, take aim, and fire while still accelerating and turning the device with their body movements.

Solid state drive makers promise better power management–Solid state drive makers say upcoming devices will be address power efficiency more aggressively.

Microsoft “endorses” Linux?–Novell is trying to co-opt Microsoft into its marketing for Linux. Is this wise?

Zimbra may get caught in the crossfire between Yahoo! and Microsoft.

Apple’s market share is on the rise. Is it ready to support popularity?