Latest Technology News:

• Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)

AP - Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its adult services section Saturday and replacing it with a black bar that simply says “censored.”





• Texas opens inquiry into Google search rankings (AP)

AP - Google Inc.’s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas’ attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet’s dominant search engine.





• Review: mTrip iPhone app uses augmented reality (AP)

AP - The new iPhone application mTrip is a travel guide and then some: It uses the latest in smart phone technology to make it easier to stay on track in a foreign locale.





• The Ink of War: Afghanistan Air Base’s Best Tattoos
Tattooing, an aggressive and intimidating mixture of endurance and art, is as old as warfare itself. But each generation, and each war, yields its own warrior body art. In Afghanistan, America’s longest war, troop tats have matured alongside the culture’s growing acceptance of ink.







• Take Heed, Tech Giants: Edison’s Failed Plot to Hijack Hollywood
Take heed, tech giants of today. Some of your companies or services aren´t much older than the Edison Trust Studios was when it collapsed. How much of your current business strategy is based on offering new and original products, and how much of it is based on laws, courts, and the fact that you got there first?