Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
Web-based programs like Google's Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaigner — The concept of us...
Always On Laptops
Road warriors, rejoice! Constantly connected laptops are finally here. — The catch: Users will have to choose between two competing technologies, WiMax and HSPA, in a match-up that could rival Beta...
Apple stock plunging, Google stock diving, Yahoo stock melting
It appears as if the bad overall economy is nailing some key tech stocks this morning. Apple, Google and Yahoo are all down significantly right now in early afternoon trading on the stock market.
VCs (And Startups) Won't Be Immune To The Credit Crunch
So far the downward spiral of credit and financial markets seems to have left venture capital firms and startups relatively unharmed. Even though the IPO market closed completely in the second quarte...
The 25 Most Influential People on the Web
Each year, we turn to readers and BusinessWeek staff for the Best of the Web list, asking them to contribute names for a list of the Internet's movers and shakers. Take a look at the slide show to se...
Yusuf Mehdi Gets a Big New Job at MSN-But Still No Digital Head in Sight
Longtime Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi (pictured here) is taking over a big part of Microsoft's online services portfolio-including marketing, online audience business development and product management ...
Hands on: Nero's LiquidTV, TiVo for your PC
Nero today announced LiquidTV, a combination software and hardware product that brings the entire TiVo experience out of the living room and onto Windows PCs. Offered as a mix of TiVo software and a ...
Why Apple shares took a nosedive
Apple shares suffered their sharpest fall in eight years Monday morning on the word of two analysts — including one whose record predicting the company's performance is mixed at best. — By 10:30 a.m...
Nice timing: Microsoft discloses executives raises, bonuses
The big winner this year appears to be Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner, who received the biggest bonus and salary award. — But all the top executives at Microsoft received raises and higher bon...
What happened to Hotmail?
Last week, after receiving a “tip” from Microsoft's PR firm Waggener Edstrom, we posted on the coming rollout of a new version of Hotmail. Our readers were quick to try and catch the new version in t...
Google Has Gone and Redefined ‘Beta’
The question of why so many Google products are classified “beta” — and classified thusly for so long — has knocked around the tech press for some time. However, no one really seemed to know the answ...
Sprint takes wireless service to the max in Baltimore
Monday, Sprint will launch wireless WiMax services in Baltimore, marking the beginning of what could become a new era in mobile broadband. — The mobile data network — which will be marketed under th...
The Great Windows-Mac Laptop War
Windows laptops only had about 80 percent unit share at online and brick-and-mortar retail stores in June and July, according to NPD. But measured in dollars, market share was much lower: 65 percent....
Coakley, Apple agree on iTunes access for blind
After a gentle nudge from Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, Apple Inc. is redesigning its popular iTunes music software to make it easier for blind people to use. — “Blind residents see...
Letting Our Fingers Do the Talking
In the fourth quarter of 2007, American cellphone subscribers for the first time sent text messages more than they phoned, according to Nielsen Mobile. Since then, the average subscriber's volume of ...
Facebook hires general counsel as it continues to grow
Young upstart Facebook is growing up at Internet speed. — The latest sign: Its freshly installed management team has hired a legal gun with a loaded resume that includes serving as a White House law...
The Perfect Apple for the Living Room
Apple's bland launch of a thinner Nano left the Mac faithful craving more. Now rumors are flying around the Net about a new device, with Apple retailers being asked to return their existing Apple TVs...
Google Goes to Washington, Gearing Up to Put Its Stamp on Government
The tall buildings in Reston bear the familiar names of big government contractors: Northrop Grumman, CACI, Raytheon and Accenture. Last month another name appeared, but not one that's typically asso...
Want To Be a Trendsetter on Twitter? Follow CareerBuilder Example
I like checking out current Twitter trends from time to time to see what topics get the most attention in the twitterverse. While Google Trends are also interesting and often show some very interesti...
Spies on Facebook
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has begun advertising on the popular social networking website as part of its campaign to recruit operational officers. — The Facebook adverts were launched a f...
Visual Studio 2010 to come with ‘black box’
Updated 9:56 a.m. PDT: Added screen shot and a link to Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010 page. — Airplanes are equipped with recorders that capture both cockpit audio and flight data, so in the event t...
How to Make Business More Interesting: Video Games
How can colleges attract information-technology students? By using video-game-like technology to trick them into thinking the assignments are cool. — That's the approach San Francisco State Univers...
Blackberry Bold release date at Best Buy
One of the biggest questions on everyone's mind (well, almost everyone) is: when the hell is the Bold coming to the U.S.? Well, we got our hands on this image showing a release date of October 26, 20...
Hoping Apple's ‘Brick’ Is First All-Screen Laptop
Here's hoping that Apple's feverishly-anticipated “Brick” project is the world's first all-screen laptop — like this mockup of the OLPC version 2 by designer Yves Behar. — There's slim chance, of co...
New software turns PC into TiVo TV recorder
NEW YORK - TiVo Inc. and Nero AG of Germany were set to announce Monday that they will be launching a package that turns a Windows PC into a TV recorder, just like a TiVo set-top box. — The kit will...