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  • Blogs

    January 11, 2013

    GE Salmon is Close to Being Approved: Let the FDA Know Your Thoughts

    Over the holidays, the U.S. Food and Drink Administration took one step closer to approving genetically engineered salmon for public sale. The agency released a report saying that the fish wasn't likely to pose a threat to the environment or to the people who eat it. These GE salmon, called AquAdvan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2013

    America's Cup: Larry Ellison's Oracle Team Fined for Spying on Italian Team

    Larry Ellison's Oracle team has taken another tumble after being slapped with charges of espionage on a rival team. While spying isn't unusual in the America's Cup, a international jury of sailing experts concluded that Ellison's sailing team went a little too far when they sailed a little too clo ... More >>

  • Film

    December 26, 2012

    "Promised Land": The Message Is the Message

    Larry Ellison's Oracle team has taken another tumble after being slapped with charges of espionage on a rival team. While spying isn't unusual in the America's Cup, a international jury of sailing experts concluded that Ellison's sailing team went a little too far when they sailed a little too clo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    Napster-Hating Metallica Comes to Jesus, Er, Spotify

    Nearly 13 years after suing Napster, the filesharing site that started it all, the grouchy old men of Metallica have had a come-to-Jesus of sorts with the power of the Interwebz: Today, drummer Lars Ulrich announced that Metallica's music will be coming to Spotify. He even gave Napster co-founder a ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 14, 2012

    GMO Labeling: Looking to the Future Post-Prop. 37

    Nearly 13 years after suing Napster, the filesharing site that started it all, the grouchy old men of Metallica have had a come-to-Jesus of sorts with the power of the Interwebz: Today, drummer Lars Ulrich announced that Metallica's music will be coming to Spotify. He even gave Napster co-founder a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2012

    Three Things I Learned When I Forced Myself to Learn About Proposition 37

    By now you've probably heard that a major food fight is going down on the state ballot on Tuesday. If passed, Proposition 37 would require a label on any genetically engineered foods and food products sold in California -- an unprecedented move that could end up shaping food policy on a national lev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2012

    Dead Kennedys Say After 14M YouTube Streams, They've Seen Too Few Dollars

    It's supposed to work like this: Artists put their music up for streaming on YouTube, the site sells (annoying) ads around the content, and then splits the revenue with the artist according to some predetermined formula. So how much does YouTube owe artists? The site says it pays tens of millions o ... More >>

  • News

    August 29, 2012

    Carbon Tax Funds: S.F. Monies Are Sitting Around Unused

    It's supposed to work like this: Artists put their music up for streaming on YouTube, the site sells (annoying) ads around the content, and then splits the revenue with the artist according to some predetermined formula. So how much does YouTube owe artists? The site says it pays tens of millions o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 29, 2012

    Max Brain 3

    It's supposed to work like this: Artists put their music up for streaming on YouTube, the site sells (annoying) ads around the content, and then splits the revenue with the artist according to some predetermined formula. So how much does YouTube owe artists? The site says it pays tens of millions o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 29, 2012

    The Hard Data Indicates Laffs

    It's supposed to work like this: Artists put their music up for streaming on YouTube, the site sells (annoying) ads around the content, and then splits the revenue with the artist according to some predetermined formula. So how much does YouTube owe artists? The site says it pays tens of millions o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2012

    Occupy, Environmentalists Say No to Nukes

    San Franciscans found yet another reason to protest PG&E.Yesterday, on the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, OccupySF Environmental Justice Working Group, No Nukes Action and Greenaction for Health as well as Environmental Justice gathered in front of the Japanese Consulate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2012

    Public Power: Economic Report Says It'd Cost Millions, Lose City Jobs

    On Friday afternoon, the city Controller's office released a report on the economic impact facing the city if it chooses to dabble in providing residents with public power. You couldn't time a release better -- if you were hoping no one would read it. And that's too bad. Because, per the controller' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2012

    Planet B

    On Friday afternoon, the city Controller's office released a report on the economic impact facing the city if it chooses to dabble in providing residents with public power. You couldn't time a release better -- if you were hoping no one would read it. And that's too bad. Because, per the controller' ... More >>

  • News

    July 18, 2012

    Tech Theft: How to Return Lost Devices, Without Police Help

    On Friday afternoon, the city Controller's office released a report on the economic impact facing the city if it chooses to dabble in providing residents with public power. You couldn't time a release better -- if you were hoping no one would read it. And that's too bad. Because, per the controller' ... More >>

  • News

    June 27, 2012

    Good Stranger: DoD Records Citizens' Encounters with SFPD

    On Friday afternoon, the city Controller's office released a report on the economic impact facing the city if it chooses to dabble in providing residents with public power. You couldn't time a release better -- if you were hoping no one would read it. And that's too bad. Because, per the controller' ... More >>

  • News

    June 20, 2012

    Green Facade: New SFPUC Building Masks an Eco-Unfriendly Truth

    On Friday afternoon, the city Controller's office released a report on the economic impact facing the city if it chooses to dabble in providing residents with public power. You couldn't time a release better -- if you were hoping no one would read it. And that's too bad. Because, per the controller' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Greenpeace Activists Call Apple's iCloud a "Dirty Cloud"

    Giant walking iPhones greeted Apple employees as they entered the company's headquarters in Cupertino this morning where Greenpeace activists criticized Apple's iCloud for using "dirty power."Demonstrators stood outside demanding employees and executives stop powering its iCloud using coal-fired pow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Happy Easter: New iPhone App Will Help You Find the Latest and Gayest Events in Town

    We all know how colorful San Francisco is -- especially on Easter, when the much-anticipated Hunky Jesus contest takes over Dolores Park. Joining in the LGBT community's celebration of everything Easter and all things gay is Wsup Now, a local company offering a new iPhone app that will help queer Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Music Labels Make Life Tough for Spotify

    ​Patrick Carney of the Black Keys is not a fan of Sean Parker, to say the least. Parker is an "asshole," Carney told NME.com on Monday. It's hard to blame Carney, though his rage might seem a bit misdirected -- or maybe just too concentrated on one person. Parker of course was the guy who brought ... More >>

  • News

    February 22, 2012

    Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft

    ​Patrick Carney of the Black Keys is not a fan of Sean Parker, to say the least. Parker is an "asshole," Carney told NME.com on Monday. It's hard to blame Carney, though his rage might seem a bit misdirected -- or maybe just too concentrated on one person. Parker of course was the guy who brought ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 28, 2011

    Proopsian Technology

    ​Patrick Carney of the Black Keys is not a fan of Sean Parker, to say the least. Parker is an "asshole," Carney told NME.com on Monday. It's hard to blame Carney, though his rage might seem a bit misdirected -- or maybe just too concentrated on one person. Parker of course was the guy who brought ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 14, 2011

    The Universe in a Snowman

    ​Patrick Carney of the Black Keys is not a fan of Sean Parker, to say the least. Parker is an "asshole," Carney told NME.com on Monday. It's hard to blame Carney, though his rage might seem a bit misdirected -- or maybe just too concentrated on one person. Parker of course was the guy who brought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Is Zynga's 'Evil' Corporate Culture Now a Business Liability?

    Doing evil?​In a business sector known for cutthroat, amoral maneuvering, social-game developer Zynga stands out as, well, particularly cutthroat and amoral. At least that's the view of many of its competitors and former employees, some of whom we interviewed for a September 2010 SF Weekly cover s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Five Things Pete Townshend Got Wrong About iTunes and the Online Music Industry

    Phyllis KeatingPete Townshend​Last night, Who guitarist Pete Townshend made a rousing speech at a British radio festival, blasting Apple's iTunes store for its treatment of musicians "whose work it bleeds like a digital vampire." His speech even included a list of things Townshend believes App ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Apple Unveils iPhone 5 iPhone 4S Today

    ​Unlike Apple CEO Tim Cook, we're going to cut to the chase and tell you what you really want to know from the Let's Talk iPhone event that kicked off at 10 a.m. today at Apple headquarters in Cupertino. For the tech journalists who sat through the three-hour conference, perhaps a more fitting nam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Now You Need to Have Facebook to Sign Up For Spotify

    ​ Last week's Facebook f8 conference meant a windfall of new users for Spotify, after it teamed with Facebook to allow users to share their music listening. But the increased cooperation also comes at what some call a heavy cost: Starting today, newcomers to Spotify need have to have a Facebo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Deli Radio Streams Music Based on Who's Playing in Town

    ​ Here's a sensible idea: What if there was an Internet radio station or streaming service that would play music only from bands who are performing soon in your city in the next week, two weeks, or month? Now there is: It's called Deli Radio, and a cool, basic version of the site is up and wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Top Five Reasons Spotify Kinda Sucks

    ​Yes, we know, everyone loves Spotify (even us). Yes, we know, free music is really sweet, and we feel pretty spoiled for even bringing this up. But Spotify has a ways to go before it's our favorite music app. Here are five things about the new-to-America streaming service that are kinda sucky ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    California Asks Facebook to Close Down Prisoners' Accounts

    Would you be his Facebook friend?​Prison is just that place where you have tons of time to kill (no pun intended) and not that many friends. So it makes sense that inmates in California prisons are finding creative ways to access Facebook and other social-networking sites. However, the state has c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Apple Can't Stop Amazon from Using "App Store"

    Weren't apples famous before Apple?​In another case of the Silicon Valley giants butting heads, a federal judge denied Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon and its use of the term "App Store."Lawyers for Apple argued that the "Amazon Appstore for Android" name infringes on it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Who Hates Smart Meters? Glen Park Residents

    It's been a while since we've seen any good sparring over the contentious so-called smart meter, but apparently strong sentiments are circulating in parts of the city. A kind and anonymous reader passed along this photo that's being posted around homes in Noe Valley and Glen Park neighborhoods, wher ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    Clean Energy Stimulus Cash Is Slow to Be Spent

    It's been a while since we've seen any good sparring over the contentious so-called smart meter, but apparently strong sentiments are circulating in parts of the city. A kind and anonymous reader passed along this photo that's being posted around homes in Noe Valley and Glen Park neighborhoods, wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    E-mail Spammers Are Migrating to Social Media

    Cramming your life​This morning, I had 12 e-mails in my spambox. That includes a few false positives, so really it's only nine. Older spams are deleted automatically -- every night. A few months ago, I was getting anywhere from a few dozen to a couple of hundred new spams a day -- the overwhelming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    iPhone 5 to be Released Next Month

    Waiting for the next generation ​On Friday, we gave iPhone users some grim news -- customers were being overcharged by as much as 300 percent for data they never used. But now we are here to deliver some good -- if not curious -- news: The iPhone 5 will be out in June!At least that's the buzz amon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Facebook Paying People to Watch Ads Won't Work

    Caitlinator/Flickr​I'm frankly amazed that in all the coverage of Facebook's plan to pay users to watch ads, nobody -- as far as I can tell -- has mentioned the several companies that tried to do something similar during the (original) dot-com boom, and failed spectacularly. The most famous of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 20, 2011

    Who Do We Want to Be?

    Caitlinator/Flickr​I'm frankly amazed that in all the coverage of Facebook's plan to pay users to watch ads, nobody -- as far as I can tell -- has mentioned the several companies that tried to do something similar during the (original) dot-com boom, and failed spectacularly. The most famous of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Online Bake Sale for Japan Now Enlisting Bloggers and Bidders

    The Tomato Tart​Sabrina Modelle says she was face down on the acupuncture table last week when she heard about the devastating Japanese quake. Modelle's currently on leave from her job at a nonprofit. "I think I was going through do-good withdrawal," she says. And since Modelle is also a food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    R.I.P. Microsoft Zune, Redheaded Stepchild of MP3 Players

    Zune 2​Word out of the Seattle area is that Microsoft is finally killing its Zune lineup of MP3 players, opting to fold the media player technology into their Windows Phone 7 devices. While most people shrugged the Zune off as an unworthy MP3 player, the truth is it deserved better. None of the de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    How To Manage Your iPod Without Looking Like an Idiot or a Crazy Person

    Note: Nelly Furtado not required to maintain respectability​iPod gigs don't grow on trees, as much as we've tried to plant lesser MP3 devices in the ground (in hopes of a bountiful Apple product harvest). And until somebody makes an infinite-RAM MP3 player, or we're capable of streaming music from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Charlie Sheen Still ranting....On San Francisco's Ustream

    Now he's just showing off​Just when you thought you had heard enough from actor Charlie Sheen and his questionable antics, he brings his new persona live... to San Francisco. After his (fill in the blank)-induced rant led producers of CBS to cancel Sheen's television series Two and a Half Men, She ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    So Is Anyone Else Kinda Thrilled About GarageBand for iPad?

    ​Among the numerous not-quite-revelations Steve Jobs breathlessly announced today about the iPad2 -- faster processor, thinner case, two cameras -- one especially caught our attention: Apple is bringing its amateur-friendly music production software GarageBand to the tablet computer. (It's also br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Total Eclipse May Be Eclipsed By Crap Weather

    "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."​Science and religion make for an odious mixture. But tonight, legions of astronomers of the professional and amateur variety will be praying for clear skies to better see a total lunar eclipse. Should their prayers not be an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    SF's Retronyms Taps Into Your Inner FlyLo

    ​When they're not taking board games out into the real world or bringing cocktail-hour amusements to your phone, San Francisco startup upstarts Retronyms are hard at work making the best of music-geek technology available and enjoyable to the masses. See DopplerPad, electronic composition software ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Ubuntu Offers Rare Chance to Pinch Its Leaves

    travisreitter/FlickrThe cost: $120. Expensive, but you can tear as many leaves in the garden as you like.​Fact: 80 percent of what ends up on the plate at Michelin-starred Ubuntu is grown in the restaurant's biodynamic garden. Next month, Ubuntu is offering a rare peek at the source, including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Will Blog for Food: Dianne Jacob at Book Passage

    Carina OstDianne Jacob updated her seminal book, "Will Write for Food," to reflect the times and technology. She spoke about the changes at the Ferry Building last week.​We headed to everyone's favorite foodie mecca, the Ferry Building, last week for a talk and book signing by Dianne Jacob, au ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Study Finds Many iPhone Users Are Tea Party Supporters (Really)

    Apple's iPhone: The preferred mobile device of semi-literate morons​We certainly wouldn't have seen this one coming. A poll released today by the tech policy group CALinnovates.org reveals that iPhone users -- whom we would have firmly placed in the same consumer class as those who sip lattes and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Report Touting Prop. 23 'Simply Nonsense' -- Stanford Prof

    Matt SmithHere's what we'll do, y'see: We'll put out crazy-assed think-tank reports, and see if people believe 'em.​The Pacific Research Institute bills itself as a think tank that champions freedom, opportunity, and personal responsibility by advancing free-market policy solutions. But judging fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    FrontierVille, Latest Zynga Release, Is Quickly Losing Users

    That little bastard might not be smiling for long​One of the issues raised in our September cover story on social-gaming company Zynga was the long-term viability of a business based on copying and aggressively marketing inane but addictive game concepts. The Facebook applications that are making ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Who cares about gas lines? Worry about killer cellphone radiation

    That little bastard might not be smiling for long​One of the issues raised in our September cover story on social-gaming company Zynga was the long-term viability of a business based on copying and aggressively marketing inane but addictive game concepts. The Facebook applications that are making ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Early Favorites in Foodbuzz's Project Food Blog

    Jun Belen/Jun-BlogSmell the memories: Jun-Blog's pork adobo.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Foodbuzz is pitting blogger on blogger in Project Food Blog, a series of 10 challenges designed to test contestants' skills: cooking, photography, writing. There are 1,889 blog-testants for the ch ... More >>

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