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...Exchange Act but didn't specifically address the topic of insider trading; it was only in the 1960s that the SEC began to bring cases under the law's antifraud statutes. Toward the end of that decade, courts codified the SEC's actions in case law, locking down the idea that everyone in the marketplace should get roughly equal access to information. (See the best and worst sports executives...
...seemed like a neat idea when Research in Motion (RIM) announced it in October: the first smartphone with a clickable touchscreen. I even enjoyed the few minutes I spent playing with a prerelease version of the BlackBerry Storm, which goes on sale Nov. 21 for $200 (after the $50 rebate from wireless carrier Verizon...
...trouble with having to push down on the entire 3.2-inch screen every time you type a letter or confirm a menu choice is that it slows you down. The idea behind the clickable screen is that it will minimize errors by getting you to think before you press. Instead, it took much of the fun out of using the device. While some people complain that the iPhone's touchscreen is a little too slick and imprecise - of the three devices, I tend to make the most typos with the iPhone - at least it's fast. And while...
...TRL’s apparent mindlessness, it represented a crucial slice of pop culture—the idea of “climbing the charts”—that I loved and felt a part of. TRL facilitated the sort of direct public engagement with artists that you can’t get on YouTube, eMusic, or iTunes. Though it was a commercial experience, it was participatory, even communal. Beyond the viewer and the video, TRL was about you, your best friend, host Carson Daly, the hundreds of people waving signs outside of MTV’s studio...
...care about its death, and as I didn’t watch on Sunday night, Daly said, “We’re old now.” We’re not old now (not yet), but I’ve finally resigned myself to the idea that I’m on the forestalled brink of adulthood. Time flies and things change, whether for the better, the worse, or the entirely indifferent...