Print news is fading, but the content lives on
It's been about 20 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web on the back of the Internet. For more than a billion people on the planet, the Web today is an alternate, digital universe t...
Sony's Netbook “fits in a pocket”, Might Not Fit Netbook Category
Actually, Sony has this “P-series” VAIO on their notebook section in the SonyStyle store, so maybe netbook isn't the right term. Just ask Psion, if you don't believe me. Eagle-eye reader Jose was br...
Nintendo says to offer videos on Wii
TOKYO (AFP) — Nintendo Co. said Thursday it will start offering videos through its blockbuster Wii game console, the latest new feature for the Japanese entertainment giant. — Nintendo said it would...
The makings of a media mogul: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch
After recognising in my previous post that Michael Arrington has successfully captured the dynamic of the mass media to pioneer new media, my mind asked how did this guy do it. With some time on my h...
Maryland files voting-machine claim vs. Diebold unit
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - Maryland is demanding $8.5 million from a producer of touch-screen voting machines that the state said were insufficiently secure and required repairs. — In December 2001, a...
The Grinch pays a visit to eBay
The holiday season hasn't brought its usual good tidings to auction-based marketplace eBay this year, reports the Wall Street Journal. Site traffic for November and December fell off 16 percent from ...
Amazon's Christmas bestsellers: Acer, Apple and Asus
Look what Santa left under Amazon.com's tree this Christmas morning: — 7 Acer netbooks — 7 Apple MacBooks — 4 Asus netbooks — 2 Samsung netbooks — 2 MSI netbooks — 1 OLPC (One laptop per child) ...
T-Mobile Dash Black - Hands on
So I made it down to the T-Mobile store today to check out the new black Dash (I had other stuff to do in the area as well, so its not like I blew time just to check out the newly painted Dash), and I...
The Meaning Of Friendship
I can only imagine the angst that Jessica Vascellero at the Wall Street Journal inserted into countless minds this evening with her article about the difficulties people are having defining what is an...
Leaked 2009 Blackberry Roadmap Hints at Touchscreen Bold, Storm Slider
A supposed 2009 Blackberry Roadmap posted on TmoNews Forums suggests that we'll not only be seeing the Curve 8900 next year, but also a touchscreen Bold and a Storm with a slide-out keyboard.
All I wanted this year was the best smartphone ever
This year, all I really wanted for the holidays was the perfect smartphone. Not too much to ask for, right? You'd think, but all I ended up with was constant swapping between 3 (or more) devices, ho...
USA Today Will Be Sold On Amazon's Kindle
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) flagship USA Today is the latest paper to be sold through Amazon's Kindle. The top-selling U.S. paper has yet to show up in the Kindle Store but Amazon told Kindle subscribers on ...
Samsung Shipped Infected Digital Picture Frames
For the second year in a row, some of those digital photo frames lying under the Christmas tree may come with a nasty surprise. — Samsung says that CDs that shipped with many models of its digital p...
Multi-Touch Swipe Gestures for iPhone Keyboard
Despite the Christmas holiday, the U.S. Patent Office continues to be churning away and has revealed this interesting new patent application from Apple called Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards...
Predictions for Google's 2009
1. 10% market share for Google Chrome. — 2. Google's search engine will lose a significant amount of market share as Live Search's position will consolidate. — 3. Google's Q&A service, used to imp...