Breaking: Ziff Davis Sells 1UP To UGO/Hearst, Closes EGM
Following repeated rumors to the effect, Gamasutra has learned that Ziff Davis has sold its 1UP division to Hearst's UGO Entertainment, and is shutting long-running print magazine EGM in the process.
Google Trends Features ASCII Art Of 9/11
A reader tipped us off to how ASCII art of an airplane is showing up in the number two position at Google Trends. When we first looked ourselves, we thought the image was that of an airplane approach...
New HTC mobile gets leaked by reseller
Popular mobile phone online retailer Expansys has opened up pre-ordering on a new HTC mobile, before the High Tech Computer Corporation has even publically announced it let alone confirmed it actually...
TiVo Beefs Up Search Functionality
Later today, broadband-connected TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD subscribers will be treated to a revamped search experience. And, marking a first, TiVo is finally taking widescreen televisions seriously wi...
Cisco Woos Entertainment Firms
Consumer Electronics Show Is Forum to Sell Service for Social Networks and Company's First Home Audio System — Cisco Systems Inc., stepping up its effort to court media and entertainment companies, ...
Intel: Q4 Revs Fell 20%; Well Below Previous Guidance
Intel (INTC) this morning said it expects Q4 revenue of about $8.2 billion, down 20% sequentially and 23% year over year, and below its previous projection of $9 billion, plus or minus $300 million, w...
Sony Vaio P Super Don't-Call-It-a-Netbook Hands On
The keyboard? It rocks. The screen? Beautiful. The trackball is just the right amount of gritty, so your finger sticks to it and doesn't slide off onto the keyboard. The instant-on OS? Classy.
T-Mobile USA to Offer Customers the Thinnest and Lightest Full-QWERTY BlackBerry Smartphone
New BlackBerry Curve 8900 Smartphone Delivers GPS, Wi-Fi, Enhanced Multimedia Capabilities and More — BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON and WATERLOO, ONTARIO—(Marketwire - Jan. 7, 2009) -
Refocusing on our mission
It pains me to post this, and we have striven to avoid this over the past few months, but it is unavoidable. We are streamlining our operations this month, cutting staff and contractors by roughly 50...
Sun Microsystems Expands Cloud Computing Offerings with Acquisition of Q-layer
Q-layer Technology Simplifies Cloud Computing Development and Deployment — Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced it has acquired Q-layer, a cloud computing company that automates the...
Game Developer Confronts iPhone Software Cracker
Whack 'em All is a newish game for iPhone and iPod Touch, based on the ‘Whack-a-Mole’ idea. The creators are married couple Constance and James Bossert, who together form Fairlady Media. — James to...
Asus' Eee Keyboard revealed
The Eee train won't stop until all consumer electronics have been assimilated. Today Asus introduced the world to the Eee Keyboard, a full-sized keyboard with built-in PC including WiFi (and Ethernet...
Google Trends hit by 'trolls" 9/11 web stunt
A crude illustration of a plane crashing into the Twin Towers appeared near the top of a list of Google's most popular searches after a stunt by users of a notorious internet message board. — The sy...
Windows 7 beta: First impressions
Windows 7 could be one of Microsoft's greatest operating systems, if it fulfills the promise shown by the unofficial beta version (build 7000) we have been testing for the past couple of days. — Let...
Satyam's Chairman Resigns
BANGALORE — Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Chairman B. Ramalinga Raju Wednesday resigned admitting to falsifying company accounts and inflating revenue and profit figures over several years, sending th...
Here Come The 12 Inch Netbooks, And Intel Isn't Happy About It
12 inch Netbooks are coming. Dell has the Inspiron Mini 12, Samsung will unveil its 12 inch netbook model to the U.S. shortly, and more are coming. And Intel isn't happy about this at all. — In fa...
Sony Walkman X-Series Is Surfable, Touchable and Shuts Up the World Around You
Sony's Walkman NWZ-X1000 features an OLED touchscreen, Wi-Fi and built-in noise cancellation and could re-seat the brand as the world's music player of choice... if it doesn't come with typical Sony p...
A Great Start to 2009
Today, we reached another milestone: 150 million people around the world are now actively using Facebook and almost half of them are using Facebook every day. This includes people in every continent—...
IE8 Blocker Toolkit Available Today!
We believe IE8 helps make browsing the web faster, easier, safer and more reliable. To help our users be more secure and up-to-date, we will distribute IE8 via Automatic Update (AU) and the Windows U...
Asus T91: Your 1-inch Thick Convertible Eee PC
The Asus T91 is an intriguing netbook from Asus. Just 2lbs in weight, it features an 8.9" convertible touchscreen display and Atom processor. Pricing/availability are yet unannounced.
CES09: Powermat looks to charge your gadgets wirelessly
One of my favorite items from CES last year was WildCharge's wireless charging set up, which allowed you to power up gadgets without actually plugging them in. You just plopped them on a charging pad...
As laptops dominate, desktop PCs face obsolescence
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The age of the desktop PC appears to be over as its more portable cousin, the laptop, surges ahead with consumers clamoring for light-weight computers in funky designs for use at ho...
WowWee Cinemin Pico Projectors Are Tiny and Cheap
WowWee's Cinemin pico projectors fit any situation you'd be pico projecting in. The Swivel is a candybar that angles 90 degrees; the Stick's tinier and takes SD cards, and the Station's an iPod dock ...
Introducing the Bernie Madoff Ringtone!
Bernie Madoff might not be able to leave his apartment, but now you can take him with you wherever you go! We're very happy to present you with the very first Bernie Madoff ringtone, which in a viola...
J&J's BabyCenter to Close Online Store
Plans to Focus Solely on Digital Media — BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Johnson & Johnson's BabyCenter.com is closing its online store today in an effort, the company says, to concentrate solely on dig...
Missing Steve Jobs at Macworld.
Just before the holidays, Apple announced that CEO Steve Jobs would not deliver the keynote address at Macworld, the annual conference that he's long used as a platform for his flashiest product annou...