Shifting Google Gears to mobile
Ever use a mobile web application and suddenly lose your cell connection? That's happened to me many times. If you've shared my pain, you'll be excited to know that we've launched Google Gears for m...
Microsoft Develops New Operating System From Scratch
Microsoft Research unveiled the new operating system, Singularity, as a prototype aimed at academics and researchers. — Microsoft showed off a new operating system on Tuesday, but don't get too exci...
Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight powered experiences to millions of mobile users
Extends choice for developers on the world's leading mobile platforms — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS …
Yahoo! unveils third leg for managing mobile content
CeBIT Yahoo! sprouted the third leg of its mobile content strategy today, with the surprise launch of onePlace, an application that aggregates and filters users' content desires. — onePlace lines up...
ASUS' 9-inch Eee PC, now with living pixels!
We showed you quite a bit of the 9-inch Eee PC from ASUS yesterday, but they wouldn't let us turn it on. Now that CeBIT has officially begun, however, ASUS is lighting up those pixels loud and proud....
Steven Spielberg's Ghost Town
Hollywood super producer Steven Spielberg is preparing to launch a new social network, we've heard from multiple sources. The focus will be on users who've had or who are interested in sharing parano...
AMD Launches Chip Set for Puma, Cartwheel
At Cebit AMD unveiled its 55-nanometer 780G chip set for the upcoming Cartwheel and Puma packages. — Advanced Micro Devices took a step closer to the introduction of its upcoming Cartwheel and Puma ...
Audiophiles can't tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers
We've always believed that the perceived quality boost that comes from using high-end cables is really just a trick of the mind (read: justifying the ridiculous cost of premium cables to yourself) …
Apple well shy of movie rental goals
While Apple promised 1,000 movie rentals for the iTunes Store in January, an in-depth search reveals that only 384 movies are available — and that the rarer-still HD titles scarcely take full advantag...
Microsoft Announces Worldwide Availability of Office Live Workspace Beta
Customers get immediate access to the new service that extends Microsoft Office, provides anywhere access to documents and enables sharing functionality. — Microsoft Corp. today announced the public...
How the Barack Obama Campaign Uses Wikis to Organize Volunteers
The Republican nominating contest for President of the United States is all but sewn up — Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee are footnotes and with 256 GOP delegates at stake today, John McCain may have enoug...
Sheryl Sandberg Will Become COO of Facebook
Facebook will announce that it will hire top Google executive Sheryl Sandberg as COO this afternoon, in a major hire that is sure to shake up the company and also deliver a blow to rival Google. — A...
Dell gets rugged to pump up sales
The Latitude XFR D630 from Dell is not sexy. — But that's not the point. The PC maker's first ruggedized notebook isn't having a New York coming-out party with runway models a la the colorful Inspi...
TomTom Reveals Revolutionary IQ Routes(TM) Technology on New TomTom GO Series
~ Unique route calculation method provides smartest routing on the market ~ — TomTom, the world's largest portable navigation solutions provider, today announces ground- breaking features and unique...
Om my: Are Buddhist monks flirting online?
BANGKOK, Thailand — The Thai government said Tuesday it was investigating claims that supposedly celibate Buddhist monks have been using a U.S.-based social networking website to flirt with women. — ...