Windows XP allowed to live again
Microsoft has given yet another reprieve to its seasoned Windows XP operating system. — The cut off date for PC makers to obtain licenses for the software was 31 January 2009. — But now Microsoft ...
More Hints of an ‘iPhone Nano’ from Case Manufacturers
iPhone case manufacturer XSKN has labeled a section on their site for the “iPhone Nano”. This description suggests that long running rumors of a miniaturized iPhone could be true. — XSKN gained som...
Another $100 Million for Palm From Bono & Pals
It must be Christmas, as the guys at Elevation Partners are feeling generous enough to invest another $100 million into beleaguered smartphone maker Palm, which has been slip-sliding away for a very l...
Garmin Android Phone Coming in 2009!
Everyone knows Garmin, the company leading the GPS navigation industry. Most Android fans also know that the GPS applications available on the Android Market are currently limited to ONE application ...
Australian 'Net filter testing set, will include P2P
Australia's Minister of Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy (BCDE), Stephen Conroy, appears to have recognized that his country's plan to install mandatory content filters at the ISP le...
Mozilla CEO: Ties with Google ‘complicated’ since Chrome
John Lilly also says Microsoft's disinterest in faster browsing a cause for concern — Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. has a “reasonable” relationship with long-time partner Google Inc., but it's gotten...
Washington Is Killing Silicon Valley
Entrepreneurship was taken for granted. Now we're seeing a lot less of it. — Even as economic losses and unemployment levels mount, America's most effective engine for wealth and job creation is be...
Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives
With 2008 drawing to a brutal close on the media beat — bankruptcies, daily newspapers that are no longer daily, magazines that are downsizing into brochures — a little ray of light appeared in my e-m...
Music Labels In Talks To Create Hulu-For-Music (GOOG)
Warner Music Group — now banned from YouTube following failed licensing negotiations — isn't the only major record label tired of doing business with Google's video-sharing site. — A source familiar...
Dead Simple Posterous Gets A Round Of Funding And Launches Group Blogs
Posterous, which launched in June, is one of those sites that I tested and it stuck - I continue to post pictures to it regularly. — What I like about it - you don't have to create an account to use...
As Intel ships 160GB SSD, pricing nags buyers
Intel is now shipping 160GB solid-state drives as it vies with Samsung and Toshiba to deliver high-capacity SSDs that rival hard-disk drives in capacity. Price, however, remains a big obstacle for ma...
The Web Masters
Five who are changing the face of the Internet. — Think of 2008 as the year the Internet got greedy. As the recession goes digital, it's no longer enough to have an easy-to-use social-networking si...
Red Hat Shares Rise as Q3 Profit Beats
Linux software vendor Red Hat (RHT) is jumping after hours following better-than-expected profits. This afternoon the company reported sales for its fiscal third quarter ending November 30 rose 22% f...
Banned in Cupertino
Add one more headache for whoever is running Apple's App Store approval process: edgy books. — Books aren't a huge part of the App Store, but there are over 600 titles for sale, ranging from classic...
Android On-Screen Keyboard (VIDEO)
One of the top complaints of Android's first phone - the T-Mobile G1 - is the fact that it doesn't have an onscreen keyboard. The full physical QWERTY is a godsend, but having to slide open the keybo...
In Google we trust?
The more Google grows, the more it becomes a cause for concern for many people—and not simply its competitors. But should it? — On the one hand, Google has become a privacy bogeyman, dropping off t...
Nokia signs agreement to sell security appliance business to Check Point Software Technologies
Combination is natural culmination of successful 12-year collaboration between companies — Espoo, Finland and Mountain View, CA, USA - Nokia announced today that it has signed an agreement …
Ping.fm Gets Backing from Reid Hoffman, Joi Ito
Who uses cross-posting social media app Ping.fm? A lot of people do, but now you can add LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman and Creative Commons Foundation Chairman Joi Ito to the list. The two are among...
One ISP says RIAA must pay for piracy protection
Jerry Scroggin, owner-operator of Bayou Internet and Communications, wants the music and film industries to know that he's not a cop and he doesn't work for free. — Scroggin, who sells Internet acce...
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo as Ford, GM and Chrysler
Could Google, Microsoft and Yahoo be the equivalent of Ford, GM and Chrysler more than 60 years ago? — That thought provoking question was raised by Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay, who cooks up w...
Woz gets a new job
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak seems to be a lot more visible lately. — First, he's been making bad web ads for SCOTTEVEST. Next, we received pictures of Woz whizzing from the deck of his Segway. ...
The need for iPhone app folders and search is quickly approaching
Today I ran into a problem — I downloaded a couple new iPhone applications to test out, but when I looked on my iPhone they were nowhere to be found. A sync problem right? Wrong. Actually, I had hi...
Google Hands Out ‘Dogfood’ as Christmas Bonus
Groans are issuing from the Googleplex over this year's holiday bonus. In the past, the search engine paid cash — as much as $20,000 or $30,000 per Googler, we hear. This year? A cell phone. — Oh...
Microsoft Security Advisory (961040)
Vulnerability in SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution — Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability that could allow remote code execution on systems with supported edit...
Good times gone till 2010
Mike Moritz didn't mean for the celebrated “R.I.P Good Times” slide show to become so public, and so famous. “We had zero interest in communicating with others than our business partners,” he said, r...
Palm Rises 13% on $100M Infusion from Elevation
Elevation Partners, the private equity firm that gave Treo maker Palm (PALM) a new lease on life back in September, 2007, buying 25% of the company for $325 million, has done it again, agreeing to plo...
Google Android on-screen keyboard video
An on-screen keyboard is shown on the T-Mobile G1 during a video demonstration of the new “Cupcake” branch of the mobile operating system. — Developers have posted a video demonstration (embedded be...
Link by Link: A Word Insolvent Companies Avoid
PERHAPS I am like the person who hears the fire truck at night and has to follow to see what's going on. I am a journalist, after all. — Last week, I typed in the Web address: www.madoff.com. When...
In Move to Digital TV, Confusion Is in the Air
The Federal Communications Commission sponsored a Nascar race car as part of its effort to inform Americans that on Feb. 18, television signals transmitted over the air will be transmitted solely in d...