Introducing Google Moderator on App Engine
At Google, we host a large number of “tech talks”. These talks cover a wide rage of Computer Science topics like research in machine learning and methods for ranking images based on text queries. I'...
Google's End Run Around the Wireless Carriers
In a recently published patent, Google describes a vision for an open wireless world, one in which mobile devices (and smartphones in particular) are no longer married to particular cellular service p...
Eee PC™ to Feature 3.75G for Internet Access Anywhere
Coupled with All-day Battery Life, 3.75G Capability Puts Eee PC's™ Status as the Ultimate Travel Companion Beyond Question — ASUS today announced that it will be adding 3.75G connectivity* to its hu...
Judge Declares Mistrial in RIAA-Jammie Thomas Trial
Jammie Thomas, left, and her attorney, Brian Toder, leave the courthouse last year after a jury dinged her $222,000 for sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa file-sharing network. — Photo: Associated Press ...
Yahoo Overhauls System for Selling Display Ads
Yahoo announced on Wednesday the details about its system to buy and sell display advertising online, with the hope that the company can dominate the display ad market in the same way Google steers th...
Hands on with the Slingbox PRO-HD
Pre-orders for Sling Media's Slingbox PRO-HD ($300) began about two weeks ago and units are now shipping, with a brick & mortar presence expected shortly. — What makes this box unique among Sling's ...
New Feature Release of Live Search Maps!
We've just made updates to our consumer site, Live Search Maps which are tied back to some of the updates in the Virtual Earth platform - there's a slough of posts coming from me today! For the relea...
Inexpensive Atom-Powered ‘Netbooks’ Popular at Launch
CultofMac reports on the relative popularity of recently introduced “Netbooks” from Asus, Acer and Dell. Amazon's top laptop sales list is now dominated by the $400-$600 devices, with Apple's $1299 M...
Initial Thoughts On MySpace Music
I've been evangelizing a free streamed all you can eat music service supported by advertising for as long as this blog has been around. And last night MySpace launched just that in partnership with t...
Adobe Talks Open Source, Innovation and the Future of Flash
Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe talks with eWEEK about open-sourcing Flash, the new Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4), mobile technology and more. Lynch also talks of competing with Microsoft Silverlight and Ex...
Next-gen MacBook, MacBook Pro spotted in matching outfits
Production ready versions of Apple's next-generation MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks have surfaced stateside in matching attire, according to people who've been privy to early glimpses of some of th...
Ubuntu Kung Fu shipping/podcast; iPhone news
Greetings! — Ubuntu Kung Fu: Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks is now in print and shipping. Meet the author, Keir Thomas, in this week's podcast. Also, see below for the latest news on our iPhone SD...
Is Chrome a security risk?
My lovely bride of 30 years worked from home yesterday, hoping to save our city some gas. — An e-mail came in from her administrator around mid-day which she decided to share with me. — It told al...
Intel WiMax to go live, will devices follow?
Intel's WiMax wireless technology will finally be unleashed in two weeks. But it's not clear how big a following the technology has among device makers. — Intel and Sprint Nextel will team up to la...
China Mobile Seeking Cut-Down Version of Apple's iPhone
China Mobile is expected to officially launch the Apple iPhone on its network shortly - but with some of the functionality removed to comply with Chinese regulations. The South China Morning Post, ci...
Trademark Fight: Intel Is Worried You Might Think It Is A Chinese Travel Agency
Do these two logos look the same to you? Is there the remotest chance that you might confuse Intellife Travel, a small travel agency in Santa Clara, California that caters to Chinese Americans and ex...
Justice Department Says It Doesn't Want To Be Hollywood's Police Force; Senate Removes That Provision
from the good-for-them dept — This doesn't come as a total surprise, because the Bush Administration had said something similar last year about the House's ProIP bill …
Bell to Blackberry users: “Pay us or get lost!” (Literally!)
A number of mobile-related blogs and message boards are starting to pick up on a story that based on an internal memo, in the coming weeks, Bell will begin to interfere with the GPS signal that late-m...
EXCLUSIVE: Motorola Q11 Photos
We were lucky enough to get our hands on some photos that have never been seen before of the Motorola Q11. This phone offers GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3MPx Cam and Windows Mobile 6.1.. No information as ...
Oracle Embraces Hewlett-Packard in ‘Hardware’ Push
Oracle dealt a blow Wednesday to longtime ally Sun Microsystems by “entering the hardware business” in tandem with Hewlett-Packard. — Oracle, best known for its database software and related applica...
A sporting game
While most massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) are based on fantasy worlds, there is a growing trend for a new kind of game that merges the real world with the virtual. — Rather than taking on...