T-Mobile USA dominates first round of AWS auction
WASHINGTON—T-Mobile USA Inc. led the first round of bidding in the Federal Communications Commission's auction of advanced wireless services spectrum, placing bids for spectrum that would substantiall...
CrunchGear, For the Gadget Obsessive
The Crunch Network is expanding today - CrunchGear, our newest blog, was just released into the wild on a shiny new server. CrunchGear is all about new gadgets, gear and computer hardware. We've cov...
Wired News Writer Faked Info
Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories. — "Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad" (June 27...
Del.icio.us Traffic More Than Doubled Since January
Traffic to del.icio.us has more than doubled since Yahoo! acquired it in December 2005. According to Hitwise data from its sample of 10 million US Internet users, the market share of visits to del.ic...
Sony Mylo suffers from Sidekick syndrome
Skype did a great job packaging Skype into the new Mylo. And I'm desparate for a device like this that lets me carry Skype around. But Sony's Mylo doesn't deserve this moment of love. Like the T-Mo...
Weighing a Switch to a Mac
Ten years ago, if you were a Windows user, the idea of switching to a Macintosh might not have seemed enticing. An abundance of new Windows software was arriving on store shelves, while the selection...
Could the Wii fail?
Iwata stated that Wii will embrace more creative game concepts that haven't been tried before, focusing on fresh gameplay instead of graphics. This seems like a good idea in principle, but a firm bal...
Microsoft Zune Will Hit Stores at $299
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft is in the process of unveiling to select retailers the first of its line of Zune wearable digital audio players and informed retailers it will offer a single unit this fall,...
Digium Secures First Round of Funding with Matrix Partners
Cash infusion underscores Digium's leadership position in open source telephony — Digium® Inc., the original creator of Asterisk® and pioneer of open source telephony, today announced it has closed ...
Linux powers Sony's new Mylo WiFi handheld
In September, Sony expects to ship a Linux- and Qtopia-based handheld device featuring WiFi connectivity, an Opera web browser, and a variety of text- and voice-messaging clients and media players. T...
Intel aims for open-source graphics advantage
Intel has released open-source software to give Linux full-fledged support for 3D graphics, a move that could give its graphics chips a leg up over rivals. — Right now, Linux users typically rely on...
Google to continue storing search requests despite AOL gaffe
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that b...
WiMax, Net Neutrality And Basic Fact Checking
from the need-to-support-your-argument-a- little-better dept — With yesterday's announcement that Sprint was going to offer WiMax over their 2.5 GHz spectrum, it was only a matter of time until some...
Symantec picks away at Vista's core
In a third and final report on Windows Vista, Symantec examined the security of the operating system core and found some vulnerabilities. — Vista includes several barriers designed to prevent malici...
Hauppauge's TV Anywhere promises free mobile TV
Hauppage have officially launched their "TV Anywhere" PC USB2 device, turning any home PC with access to a standard TV aerial into a PVR which can be accessed remotely over the Internet using your bro...
UC joins Google book project
SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — The University of California has joined Google Inc.'s bid to scan the book collections of the world's great libraries, the organizations said Tuesday, marking ren...
Peep Show: Dell's first retail store - Dallas, TX
This week, we were lucky enough to make it over to the brand spankin' new Dell store located at NorthPark Center in Dallas, TX to snap some pictures for you. If you missed the news a little over a mo...
Tellme Tries a New Trick
The company is showing off its products to Microsoft and other corporations, hoping to boost the popularity of voice-driven Web information — Before Mike McCue co-founded Tellme Networks in 1999, th...
Viacom Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (VIAB)
Executives — Jim Bombassei - SVP, Investor Relations — Analysts — Doug Mitchelson - Deutsche Bank Securities — Douglas Shapiro - Banc of America Securities — Presentation — Operator
Yahoo's Lost Bid Doesn't Spell Doom
Although Google won the deal to handle search for News Corp., Yahoo's focus and prospects are different. Even so, it can't stand still — Conventional wisdom holds that wherever there's a winner, a ...
AOL AIM Phoneline gives you a free phone number
Following on the heels of Skype offering free (free for now because Skype is only doing it to mess with the Vonage IPO) Skype-out service, AOL has begun offering free inbound calling along with your o...