The most popular stories of 2009
December 31, 2009
Macworld.com - Weâve recounted the biggest stories involving Apple, the iPhone, and iPods. Weâve even told you what our most read stories were in 2009. But what articles did Macworld readers take a shine to? And which ones did they think were the pits?
China says 5,394 arrested in Internet porn crackdown
December 31, 2009
Reuters - Chinese police arrested thousands in a drive against Internet pornography throughout 2009, officials said, vowing a deepening crackdown that critics say is being used to tighten overall censorship.
The Best Tech-Nostalgia Stories of 2009
December 31, 2009
PC World - Remember, back in the day, when cell phones had the same dimensions as bricks, laptops were unheard of, and Windows 95 introduced that newfangled Start menu? Back when parents got mad at their teenagers for tying up the phone line (landlines, I believe they were called), people bought music on CDs, and Google was a misspelling of 10 to the power of 100? Ah, yes, the good ol’ days.
TSA ends journalist subpoenas over leaked memo
December 31, 2009
AP - The Transportation Security Administration on Thursday dropped its subpoenas it had issued to two Internet writers in its effort to find the leaker of an airline security directive.
Van Morrison: Birth report ‘utter fiction’
December 31, 2009
AP - Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new partner.
In the Bag: Covering the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show
December 31, 2009
PC Magazine - From laptops to cameras, it’s all about traveling light at CES.
Apple Orders 10 Million Tablets? Sound Fishy
December 31, 2009
PC World - Today’s Apple tablet rumor has an optimistic zing to it–and maybe that’s a great way to close out a dreary 2009. According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product’s first year. Lee worked for Apple more than ten years ago and left Google earlier this year, according to published reports.
2009 in review: The year in Apple
December 31, 2009
Macworld.com - Economic uncertainty. Swine flu. Newspaper articles featuring Jon and/or Kate Gosselin. You can understand why most people will be happy to see 2009 exit stage left. And while Iâm sure the folks at Apple headquarters may be sympathetic to all the 2009-related ennui out there, itâs also safe to say that the company may be a little sad to leave 2009 behind. After all, Apple had a really good year. And the Mac was a major reason why.
Correction: Van Morrison story
December 31, 2009
AP - In a Dec. 28 story, The Associated Press, relying on information from Van Morrison’s Hollywood-based publicist and his official Web site, reported erroneously that the Irish singer had a new baby boy with a woman identified as his wife, GiGi.
Electronics Led Jump in Online Holiday Shopping
December 31, 2009
NewsFactor - More customers chose to point and click rather than park and swipe this Christmas season, with a five percent increase in online shopping over the same period last year, a study by the Internet marketing firm comScore says. By comparison, in-store retail shopping grew only 3.6 percent, according to credit-card spending tracked by Mastercard Advisor’s’ Spending Pulse.
