Key Apple Executive to Depart
Apple Inc. is losing one of its key technology executives. — Tony Fadell, a senior executive who was instrumental in the development of the iPod, is leaving Apple for personal reasons, people famili...
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When we notice a spike in readers who are interested in a specific topic, we like to address it as soon as we can. There's been some interest in filtering ads from publisher pages, so here's a quick ...
The Laptop Celebrates 40 Years
Laptops today vary greatly in size, weight and purpose, but they all have one common origin: Alan Kay's Dynabook. — Kay, a former Xerox PARC computer scientist, drew up the idea of a portable comput...
How To Watch Election Day Live Online
Been refreshing Real Clear Politics and FiveThirtyEight.com six times a day for the last two years? Then you'll need to know how to feed your election news habit during office hours and later Tuesday...
Harvard Bails Out On Google Book Scanning Deal; Disagrees With Settlement Terms
from the and-here-come-the-problems dept — I'm on the record as being opposed to Google's decision to cave in to authors and publishers with its book scanning project. Many people I normally agree ...
Nokia continues its change and renews some of its activities
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has today announced plans for changes in some parts of its organization. The planned organizational changes include the following: — As a follow-up to Nokia's reorganization i...
Apple: Soon to Be a Mobile Gaming Force
Watch out, Sony and Nintendo; overnight, the maker of the iPhone is making a mark on the handheld gaming industry — I didn't expect much from games on the iPhone. I had visions of casual games, per...
The Very Expensive Myth of Long Distance
A showdown over the billions of dollars traded in the dark underside of the telephone system was postponed on Monday. Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, had proposed...
Gnip Takes A $3.5 Million Financing To Continue Data Unclogging Efforts
I know this back end plumbing stuff is boring to most of you, but Gnip is worth the trouble to understand. The company, which helps ease the transportation of social content between services (like ge...
Breaking: THQ Closes Multiple Studios
Publisher THQ is making significant staff cuts to its internal development studios, according to information obtained by Gamasutra and another media site, with Paradigm Entertainment reportedly being ...
AndroidBoy brings Game Boy emulation to Android Market
We're still getting acquainted with our T-Mobile G1, discovering all the little nuances that the Android OS has to offer. But, there's just something missing from the Android platform... what could i...
Personal note: A job change for yours truly
As many people who have been reading this blog for awhile probably know, I work for the Globe and Mail, a daily newspaper based in Toronto, where I've been working since 1994 or so. I've written abou...
Urbanspoon gets plug in iPhone ad
Seattle's Urbanspoon, whose online restaurant locator has quickly become one of the most popular iPhone applications, gets a huge plug in Apple's latest ad campaign. — The ad shows Urbanspoon's slot...