Android and T-Mobile G1's Five Most Obnoxious Flaws
While I was more impressed by the T-Mobile G1 than I thought I'd be, the list of catches for Android and the phone are quickly piling up—some that might very well be dealbreakers. Topping the list, i...
Is Yahoo Trying To Sell Yahoo Answers?
Part of Yahoo's survival strategy beyond merging with AOL may be to sell of what they consider to be non-core assets for cash. We heard from a source that Yahoo may be quietly reaching out to a coupl...
AT&T to potential BlackBerry Storm customers: Storm sucks, iPhone rulez!
You definitely have to take this one at face value, but there's an internal document floating around inside AT&T pitting the iPhone 3G against the upcoming BlackBerry Storm. We had our doubts about t...
Cisco unveils collaboration lineup; Enterprise 2.0 on the move?
Cisco on Wednesday rolled out its collaboration portfolio as it targets the enterprise market-and notably the Microsoft SharePoint juggernaut. — At least Cisco isn't alone-Oracle earlier this week u...
Layoff Alert: Not If ... When
With the economic situation obviously worsening-don't say you weren't warned-BoomTown has no doubt now that Internet companies are in the midst of reevaluating their troop numbers to streamline themse...
Nissan, NTT DOCOMO and Sharp Jointly Develop World's First Mobile Phone with Built-in Intelligent Key
TOKYO (Sept. 24, 2008) — Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Sharp Corporation announced today that they have jointly developed a mobile phone capable of functioning …
Two Ways to Get Comcast to Increase the Data Cap
A quick chat yesterday with Charlie Douglas, a spokesman for Comcast, elicited some heartening information about the ISP's stated 250GB-per-month cap on bandwidth. Om's not a huge fan of caps because...
Chrome fades as users return to IE, Firefox
Google browser's share slips, IE and Firefox reverse the erosion, Safari still immune — Computerworld) Chrome's share of the browser market is fading as users who abandoned Internet Explorer and Fir...
Yotify Launches Its “Google Alerts On Steroids”
Today sees the launch of Yotify, an online alert system that aims to make the web “work for you”. At a high level, Yotify can best be described as a very sophisticated version of Google Alerts, which...
Thousands of Diamond Multimedia graphics cards potentially defective
Chicago (IL) - Graphics card vendor Diamond Multimedia may have shipped between 15,000 and 20,000 AMD/ATI HD 3800-series with design/manufacturing defects to system builders and the retail market.
Watch The Political Spin Machine With Google “In Quotes”
Google has just opened a new Labs project, called In Quotes, to the public. The site allows users to compare quotes from various political figures, displaying key excerpts from speeches and interview...
LG Xenon hitting AT&T before Christmas?
We just got our perfectly manicured hands on a photo of what we're told is the LG Xenon. It was described to us as being in AT&T's labs right now undergoing testing, and it should be available before...
Skype spam on the rise
For those who regularly use instant-messaging services like Yahoo Instant Messenger and Microsoft's MSN Messenger, you know that IM spam arrived long ago and shows no signs of leaving. Tuesday, howev...
Skyfire opens up its browser for a vastly improved web experience on Windows Mobile and Symbian devices
I've been spoiled by the iPhone. When I was using a Windows Mobile device today browsing the web with the mobile version of Internet Explorer, I was just about ready to throw the phone out the window...
Mobile Music - how unlimited, how free?
Yet another digital music offering has been unveiled this morning. This time it's from Sony Ericsson, in conjunction with Britain's Omnifone, and it seems designed to steal the thunder from Nokia's “...
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (Tube) press pic and specs
There's not a lot of things we don't know about the upcoming Nokia 5800 Xpress Music (Tube) full touch screen handset. — All the specs of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic have been leaked eons ago, together w...
KickApps Launches Drag-and-Drop Advertising Service
KickApps, a company that provides on-demand social media applications that enable web publishers to monetize online audiences announced today that it's trying to make it easier for website owners to a...