Smartphone Is Expected via Google
T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone powered by Google's Android software, according to people briefed on the company's plans. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest ...
What May Be Behind the iPhone 3G Glitches
Dropped calls and choppy Web surfing on Apple's latest smartphone may stem from an Infineon chip. A fix is on the way — Complaints over dropped calls and choppy Web connections on Apple's iPhone 3G...
Exclusive: A Look at Google Ad Planner Data Vs. Comscore
When Google Ad Planner came out back in June, I immediately thought of Comscore - and I was not alone. Many in the marketing industry thought that Google's product would be a “Comscore killer,” and w...
Ruling Is a Victory for Supporters of Free Software
SAN FRANCISCO — A legal dispute involving model railroad hobbyists has resulted in a major courtroom victory for the free software movement also known as open-source software. — In a ruling Wednesda...
Yahoo Appoints 2 Icahn Allies to Its Board
The Yahoo-Carl Icahn saga is entering a new phase. Yahoo said Thursday that it appointed Frank J. Biondi Jr. and John H. Chapple to its board. Their appointment, which had been expected, follows an ...
Idle LANs: Three nonaltruistic ways to use your PC's spare capacity
You probably already know that you can take that desktop computer you leave on all the time and use its spare computing power to look for extraterrestrial intelligence or a cure for cancer. Swell. B...
Cineplex big screens available to Xbox gamers
Cineplex Entertainment is renting out downtime at its theatres to video gamers looking to play their Xbox 360 titles on a giant screen. — Beginning on Friday, gamers will be able to book two-hour se...
Court notice to Google, Yahoo
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre, Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corporation on a petition seeking a ban on popular online search engines promoting sex se...
What do the freaking tech bloggers want?
UPDATE: if you are a PR person and you are reading this blog, any vitriol aimed at the PR industry is NOT aimed at you. Probably. :-) — I remember working at a small tech startup back in the mid 19...
AT&T Mulls Watching You Surf
AT&T is “carefully considering” monitoring the Web-surfing activities of customers who use its Internet service, the company said in a letter in response to an inquiry from the House Committee on Ener...
Intel Drops Centrino Atom Brand After Five Months
Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after just five months, opting instead to use just the Atom brand across this part of its product line. — “Basically, we are simplifying and coalescing our ...
MacBook Air Revision Imminent, Penryn, More Power
PhoneNews.com can confirm that Apple is preparing to release an new revision of the MacBook Air. While that in and of itself is not a surprise to many, we can confirm some of the specifications of th...
Intel Launches Smaller SSD for Netbooks, Mini-desktops
Intel launched a much smaller version of its Z-P230 SSDs (solid state drive) aimed at netbooks and mini-desktops, the company said Wednesday. — The new SSD is based on a miniature card module that w...