Comments on: What are some good, general tech news sites?

Question: What are some good, general tech news sites?

JoanArkham — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:05:43 -0800

I'm looking for some good, general tech news sites...something like Wired used to be before they were bought out. Any ideas?

By: kickerofelves

kickerofelves — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:14:14 -0800

I use Daily Rotation to read headlines from many tech news sites on one portal page. It's easily configurable and gives me lots of news at one glance.

By: bshort

bshort — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:28:19 -0800

SciTech Daily is very good, as is Slashdot.

By: banished

banished — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:44:50 -0800

I look at Slashdot, Arstechnica, and Wired daily. Popsci.com has some cool stuff once in a while too.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:47:50 -0800

FreshNews.

By: rjs

rjs — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:13:35 -0800

More suggestions: Betanews, Freshmeat, Infoanarchy, the Risks digest, Politechbot, Tomalak's Realm.

By: cowboy

cowboy — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:14:01 -0800

TechDirt.

By: dsandl

dsandl — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 12:20:46 -0800

I think there's something of a trend—away from "everything" tech news sites like Wired News and c|net news.com(.com.com.com)—toward more domain-specific outlets. Gizmodo is an excellent example. (Side note: The dividing line between "blog" and "news site" seems to blur as a news site becomes more focused on a smaller range of topics, and consequently attracts a tighter community of readers. Is Gizmodo a blog or a news site? Does it matter?)

By: majick

majick — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:30:01 -0800

Ars Technica used to be pretty good for general tech news, but it's gone downhill lately. For more of an IT look at things The Inquirer is OK, run by the "reputable" -- though I use the term generously -- former half of el Reg. It's like a Register without Orlowski leaving his little steamy piles on it, heavy on the silicon wars.

Alterslash transmogrifies Slashdot into a passably interesting read, but doesn't fix the basic editorial problems that have plagued the place for the last couple of years.

Most of the big technology news sites -- Wired, news.com.com.com and the rest of the Empire of Tech Journo Mediocrity -- aren't bringing nearly enough interesting reportage to the table to merit regular attention. Find somewhere with consistently good links instead.

By: majick

majick — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:37:11 -0800

Oh, and I mustn't forget Need to Know, which is entertaining and informative utterly in spite of its heavy emphasis on UK news. The reviews of snack foods I've never heard of and will never see on the market make it worth the weekly read, let alone the technical stuff.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 19:12:27 -0800

X-Bit Labs (or just the news from X-Bit)

ZDnet headlines only link

OSNews

By: costas

costas — Tue, 03 Feb 2004 21:56:06 -0800

Sorry for the self-link, but I really did build this site to solve the exact same problem: better tech news, sooner than /. et al and also broader. It's not limited to tech, but it does tech best.