Acer Aspire One goes official on AT&T's 3G network
Hey, remember that Acer Aspire One equipped with on-board 3G we spied in a Radio Shack ad the other day? Well guess what? It's real — and we've got the PR to prove it. Just as expected, the netbook...
Apple: “the iPhone is a gaming console”
According to extremely reliable and embarrassingly handsome Engadget sources, at an iPhone event held today, John Geleynse (AKA Director of Technology Evangelism at Apple) made some statements regardi...
Handicapping cloud computing: The big picture
Cloud computing isn't going to dominate the tech landscape, but will raise a ruckus for software vendors. Google and Amazon will be cloud computing winners, but the spoils will be relatively small. ...
Pastebud: It Seemed Like a Good Idea!
Yesterday, I waxed enthusiastic about Pastebud, a new copy-and-paste service for the iPhone that gets around Apple's lack of support for such a feature via a clever end-run that involves transferring ...
Andy Grove urges Intel to build car batteries
Intel CEO Andy Grove has joined other Silicon Valley elites who are advocating for an industry shift into energy technology. — In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday, Grove sa...
Yahoo offers severance with a soft landing
A pink slip for corporate America's newly laid off typically means a severance package and a “see ya.” — But when Yahoo issued its layoff notices to 10 percent of its workforce on Wednesday, it came...
Nokia takes on Huawei in connecting laptops
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia plans to tap the surging market for connecting laptops to wireless networks taking on market leader Huawei Technologies, its senior offici...
Character-Assasinations-Ain't- Us
It never was my intention to attack anyone personally.... My sights were set on correcting some obvious misconceptions. It was a focused attack on ignorance but with some unsolicited commentary on a...
Gmail Preferred By Students, But Nothing Beats Texting
Today's high-school and college students got their first email account at an average age of 13. Most students have had one of their email addresses for 8 years and have an average of about 2.4 addres...
Can a Russian entrepreneur really cash in on the emoticon?
A series of punctuation marks used to convey a wink in text messages - known as an emoticon - has been trademarked in Russia, says a local businessman. — Entrepreneur Oleg Teterin said the trademark...
How Many Bodies Exactly Is CBS Interactive Trying To Hide? Try “275-ish.”
The pink slips were passed out on Thursday throughout the various business duchies that make up CBS Interactive—CNET, CBS.com, CBSNews,com, CBSSports.com, BNET, GameSpot, TV.com, last.fm, and CHOW.
Alcatel's New Plan: Cut 1,000 Jobs, 5,000 Contractors
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has laid out a new strategic plan in which it will restructure the company and cut 1,000 jobs plus 5,000 contractors. The company said it will also seek savings in real- estate, ...
NFL Launches “Game Rewind”, Every Game On-Demand In HD With No Commercials
Today, the NFL launched a new video on-demand service called Game Rewind that lets you watch every NFL game in HD quality, with no commercials. The service, which costs $19.99 for the season or $4.99...
Mobile Ad Rates Begin to Drop as Inventory Increases
CPMs for Some Categories Have Hit Single Digits — SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — It's getting cheaper to advertise in mobile as cost-per-impression ad rates hits single-digit pricing in some cases. — ...
Computing Without a Whirring Drive
SHERMAN BLACK, a senior vice president at Seagate Technology, a leader in hard drive manufacturing, lies awake at night worrying that his teenagers are part of a new generation of computer users who d...
Apple tweaks App Store layout amid developer unrest
Faced with criticism over the way it's been grouping applications on the digital shelves of the App Store, Apple this week is making some changes to the store's layout aimed at showcasing a broader ra...
Visa Launches First Financial App for Android
Back in September, Visa announced that their Visa Mobile Application would become the first financial application for Google Android-powered handsets. The application, launched only days ago, lets us...
Report: Android phone on tap for China
Once there was just a single Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. Coming soon, in Australia, is the Kogan Agora. Now reports are pointing to an emerging gadget for China, known for the moment as the “OPh...
Unboxing the CherryPal: It's alive!
First Look - After much skepticism due to poor company communication, I can admit I was extremely pleased to have the small CherryPal box hit my doorstep. So, I can confirm that the CherryPal does ex...
UK police: ‘We need crime breathalysers for PCs’
Cyber cops chase next gen digital forensics — UK police are hoping to one day develop a breathalyser-style tool for computers that could instantly flag up illegal activity on any PC it's attached to...