Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

Digital books and other texts are increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers and libraries.

Enterprising law-enforcement officers with a warrant can flick a distant switch and turn a standard mobile phone into a roving mic or eavesdrop on occupants of cars equipped with travel assistance systems.

Being closed to outsiders made the iPhone reliable and predictable.

The qualities that make Twitter seem inane and half-baked are what makes it so powerful.

When something online is free, you're not the customer, you're the product.

If what you are getting online is for free, you are not the customer, you are the product.