Niraj Chokshi

Niraj Chokshi is a former staff editor at TheAtlantic.com, where he wrote about technology. He is currently freelancing and can be reached through his personal website, NirajC.com. More

Niraj previously reported on the business of the nation's largest law firms for The Recorder, a San Francisco legal newspaper. He has also been published in The Hartford Courant, The Seattle Times and The Age, in Melbourne, Australia. He's also a longtime programmer and sometimes website designer.
Is the iPhone 4 Antenna Problem the FCC's Fault?

Is the iPhone 4 Antenna Problem the FCC's Fault?

Are regulations to blame for the reception issues with Apple's latest device? More »

How to Deal With the Explosion of Mobile Broadband

How to Deal With the Explosion of Mobile Broadband

Faster wired connections and more cell towers are crucial to support the breakneck growth in wireless More »

Oprah vs. the Internet

Oprah vs. the Internet

The media mogul may have met her match in a group of geeks who swear she cheated at her own contest More »

What Could Google Do With the Data It's Collected?

What Could Google Do With the Data It's Collected?

The company says the information it inadvertently culled was useless, but bloggers and authorities disagree More »

What's So Great About IBM's Jeopardy!-Playing Machine?

What's So Great About IBM's Jeopardy!-Playing Machine?

The company is developing a supercomputer to play the popular gameshow, but it's not exactly emulating human thought More »

On the Philosophy (and Business) of Spreading Memes

On the Philosophy (and Business) of Spreading Memes

Tracking and spreading viral and wacky Internet content is both a business and an art More »

Hacker Behind the iPad Security Breach Arrested

Hacker Behind the iPad Security Breach Arrested

A member of the depraved security group that uncovered a major AT&T security hole has been arrested for drug possession More »

New Footage Emerges From the Israeli Flotilla Raid

New Footage Emerges From the Israeli Flotilla Raid

Fifteen minutes of video have been posted by an activist who was aboard the Mavi Marmara, the ship boarded by Israeli soldiers More »

Meet One of the Hackers Who Exposed the iPad Security Leak

Meet One of the Hackers Who Exposed the iPad Security Leak

The underground group that uncovered the security flaw exposing users' information is steeped in Internet depravity More »

The Downside of the Drilling Ban Redux

The Downside of the Drilling Ban Redux

Continuing the debate over the possible negative effects of Obama's deepwater drilling moratorium More »

How Do We Stop the Internet From Making Us Stupid?

How Do We Stop the Internet From Making Us Stupid?

Scientific evidence suggests that our multitasked lives make us "shallow" thinkers, but the key to fighting back may be better filtering More »

Is the iPad Saving Magazines Yet?

Is the iPad Saving Magazines Yet?

Early results show users are spending more time with magazines, which are able to demand more money from advertisers More »

Orbital View: Sea Surface Temps at the Outset of Hurricane Season

Orbital View: Sea Surface Temps at the Outset of Hurricane Season

NASA today published an image of waters warm enough to support hurricanes, just days after the start of the six-month season for the violent storms More »

What Is 4G and Does It Matter?

What Is 4G and Does It Matter?

The first 4G phone comes out today and more will follow, but wireless network's may not be ready for the spike in traffic More »

All Things D: Facebook Founder Sweats It Out Over Privacy

All Things D: Facebook Founder Sweats It Out Over Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg was in the hot seat yesterday at The Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference, which has featured a handful of big-name speakers More »

Could the Offshore Drilling Ban Make Things Worse?

Could the Offshore Drilling Ban Make Things Worse?

The moratorium on drilling in the Gulf could increase our reliance on vessels which have spilled much more oil than rigs over the last half-century More »

How Much Oil Remains Under the Gulf?

How Much Oil Remains Under the Gulf?

The amount spilled is only a small percentage of what's in the reservoir 18,000 feet below sea level, according to estimates More »

Pre-'Top Kill': What BP Has Already Tried

Pre-'Top Kill': What BP Has Already Tried

As BP takes another go at plugging the Gulf leak, we look at the oil company's past attempts More »

Demystifying the Site Behind the Latest Apple Leaks

Demystifying the Site Behind the Latest Apple Leaks

What we learned from an exchange with the founder of the Vietnamese forum behind three recent, alleged leaks More »

Orbital View: Tracking the Volcanic Ash Clouds

Orbital View: Tracking the Volcanic Ash Clouds

NASA's CALIPSO satellite records a vertical profile of the atmosphere, giving pilots and advisory centers the ability to more accurately track volcanic ash More »

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