iPhone Software 2.2 to add public transit & walking directions
The next version of Apple's iPhone software will not only introduce Street Views to the handset's Maps application, but also provide bus, train and walking directions, a series of new photos reveal. ...
In Age of Impatience, Cutting Computer Start Time
SAN FRANCISCO — It is the black hole of the digital age — the three minutes it can take for your computer to boot up, when there is nothing to do but wait, and wait, and wait some more before you can ...
Once again, Twitter's death is laid out. Once again, users will fail to notice
In a post on its developer blog a couple days ago, Twitter API lead developer Alex Payne outlined what the service is doing with the vast amount of data it's receiving everyday.
YouTube Enables Deep Linking Within Videos
It's not a big new feature but it's certainly one that will come in handy: YouTube will now allow you to send users to a specific point in a video by appending a short tag to the end of a video's URL....
A Q&A with Silicon Valley's “Undertaker”
In January of last year, for the San Jose Mercury News, I wrote about 27-year-old Sherwood Partners in Palo Alto, long known to industry insiders as “the undertaker” because its primary role is to eff...
Terrorist ‘tweets’? US Army warns of Twitter dangers
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing software as potential terrorist tool...
Act Now for Better Internet Access
There's a good chance that on November 4th the FCC'll do something really good to improve Internet and mobile phone access in the US: on that day the Commission is planning on voting on regulations to...
BlackBerry Storm Hands-On First Impressions!
A Pre-Release Look at RIM's First Touchscreen Smartphone — Finally! Here it is CrackBerry Nation, my first hands-on impressions of the BlackBerry Storm. Unlike my BlackBerry 9000, KickStart and Ja...
Tarnished tech firms to adopt code of conduct
Criticized for their human rights records, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft plan to adopt voluntary guidelines that will govern their business practices in nations like China that restrict free speech, acc...
We Got Data
There are lots of ways to get data into and out of Twitter. So many, in fact, that it's become a bit confusing as to what a developer's options are. We'd like to clear that up. — REST API — If y...
Microsoft's Vista Problem, by the Numbers
Microsoft reported a reassuringly solid quarter in tough times on Thursday, but its Windows business looked weak. — The big Windows unit reported a 2 percent rise in revenue and 4 percent decline in...
Five reasons to buy Yahoo stock
The struggling Internet company may look like a basket case but now's the time to jump in. — SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) — Here's why you should buy, not bail, on Yahoo. — 1. Eventually, management wi...
Scientists Fixing Hubble Contend With Antiquated Computers
NASA scientists trying to find out what went wrong during last week's repair of the Hubble Space Telescope find themselves dealing with 486 processors and other outdated computer technology. But some...
Australia trials national net filters
Is the Rudd government about to erect a Great Firewall of Australia - introducing a form of internet censorship that will infringe upon the freedom of computer users to browse the worldwide web? — T...
Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism
I am not the first, nor the only one, to believe a superorganism is emerging from the cloak of wires, radio waves, and electronic nodes wrapping the surface of our planet. No one can dispute the scal...
Hot new phones coming to Verizon next month!
Verizon “Big Red” Wireless wants to be better than Santa and prepares a bunch of hot new phones for the Holidays, an internal document tells us. We've heard about them in earlier rumors, but here is ...
In search of the smart phone laptop
Palm tried it with Foleo and failed; will Apple do better? — Computerworld) In the past two years, cell phone and laptop companies have unveiled breathtaking innovations — from 24-hour battery lapto...
In Satellite Photo Resolution Race, Who's Winning?
There are many ways to judge an online map — the panoramic sweep of its street views, how accurately it gives directions, the number of restaurant reviews it has. — But an increasingly popular way i...
Surprise, Surprise: E-Voting Glitches Found In Early Voting
from the this-is-a-surprise? dept — The GAO had warned that there would be some pretty massive e-voting problems this year, as election officials were not properly trained on the already problemati...