World / Social Issues Mar 16, 2013
'We are abandoning all the checks and balances'
by Ian Tucker
Evgeny Morozov is a Belarus-born technology writer who has held positions at Stanford and Georgetown universities in the United States. His first book, "The Net Delusion," argued that "Western do-gooders may have missed how [the Internet] ... entrenches dictators, threatens dissidents, and makes it ...
Editorials Feb 23, 2013
The ruling and opposition parties agree to let election campaigns loose on the Internet, but they differ over the extent to which email should be used.
Business / Tech Feb 8, 2013
In late October, researchers at North Carolina State University alerted Google to a security flaw that could let scam artists send phony text messages to Android phones — a practice called "smishing" that can ensnare consumers in fraud. Google's security officials replied in minutes, confirming ...
Business / Tech Feb 4, 2013
The federal government wants to create Wi-Fi networks across America, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a cellphone bill every month. The proposal from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has rattled ...
National / Media Feb 4, 2013
Puppy Bowl grows in leaps, bounds
by Maura Judkis
When reporters from The New Yorker, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Good Morning America," The Associated Press and The Washington Post, have all converged upon one event, it must be important. An appearance by the president. A press conference about dignified matters, with ...
Business / Tech Jan 25, 2013
I still haven't found what I'm looking for ...
by Tim Adams
Thinking about Google over the last week, I have fallen into the typically procrastinatory habit of every so often typing the words "what is" or "what" or "wha" into the Google search box at the top right of my computer screen. Those prompts are ...
Editorials Jan 17, 2013
The Supreme Court's Second Petit Bench ruled 4-0 on Jan. 11 that the health and welfare ministry's ban on the sale of nonprescription drugs over the Internet is null and void. Two firms had filed the lawsuit. While maximum priority should be given to ...
Culture | Japan Pulse Oct 2, 2012
Today’s J-blip: Virtual Japanese trainspotting
by Adora Wong
Want to see where all the trains in Japan are at once? There's a map for that.
Culture | Japan Pulse Nov 3, 2010
Japan by the numbers (11.3.10)
by Number Cruncher
As the temperature drops, we look at the numbers behind warm winter drinks, stay-at-home activities and fiery women.
People | CLOSE-UP Nov 5, 2006
Joi Ito: Master of multitasking
by Tomoko Otake
Joichi Ito, better known as Joi Ito, defies any one simple label. Japanese-born, he is U.S.-educated, and as a result is both bicultural and perfectly bilingual. Although he is a highly successful free-market venture capitalist, he is also a fervent advocate of social democracy and ...