New in Labs: Offline Gmail
Web-based email is great because you can check it from any computer, but there's one little catch: it's inherently limited by your internet connection. From public WiFi to smartphones equipped with 3...
Verizon Reports Sustained Revenue Growth and Continued Strong Cash Flows for 4Q and Full-Year 2008
Consolidated Results — 43 cents in diluted EPS and 61 cents in adjusted EPS (non-GAAP), compared with 4Q 2007 diluted EPS of 37 cents reported and 62 cents adjusted.
The Great Internet Video Lie
Internet Video. Its the salvation for content creators everywhere. Its the end to dependence on the big bad meanies, the cable and satellite companies. Right ? Hell no. The concept that “over the...
Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?
The US Patent Office has signed, sealed, and delivered a late Christmas present to Apple. On January 20th, the powers that be awarded patent #7,479,949, titled Touch screen device, method, and graphi...
Congressman wants to ban silent camera phones
If you think the biggest problem with a camera phone is the poor quality of the photos, a member of Congress might make you think again. Earlier this month, Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) introduced a bill ...
Microsoft repeats IE8 lock-in warning for XP users with SP3
Microsoft again warned users of Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) that they may not be able to uninstall either the service pack or Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). — The warning, made by Jane Maliouta, a M...
E-Mail Outage Forces White House to Operate the Oldfangled Way
The guy on the computer help line at the White House seemed a bit harried yesterday afternoon. — Shortly after the workweek began, the tech-savvy Obama administration was hit with a mysterious “serv...
Rumor: PSP 2 Coming Soon
Sources suggest that the PSP 2 is real, touch screen-enabled, and coming soon. — The evolution of the PSP has been one of small incremental updates rather than drastic aesthetic and hardware reconfi...
Microsoft: H-1B workers among those losing jobs
No legal obligation to keep U.S. workers over visa holders in layoff, says attorney — Microsoft Corp. said it is cutting a “significant number” of foreign workers as part of the layoff of 1,400 empl...
IT jobs outlook for 2009: The good and the bad
A depressing string of layoff announcements across the corporate world has gotten 2009 off to an inauspicious start. So what do the trends mean for IT employment in 2009? Here's a sober look at both...
Western Digital's 2TB Caviar Green hard drive launches, gets previewed
There's no veil of secrecy covering this one, but Western Digital has finally come clean with the industry's first 2TB internal hard drive. Launched today in the USA, the planet's highest capacity si...
McNealy: Hire Great People And Delegate
Sun Microsystems' chairman talks about what it takes to turn managers into CEOs. — Only a few companies know how to manufacture new CEOs. Scott McNealy has done it again and again. — More than 75...
Panasonic announces the Lumix ZS3, ZS1, TS1, FX580, FX48 and FS25
You may recall the three Lumix point and shoots that Panasonic announced on the 16th and thought that'd be the end of that. Well, those were just a warm up and today Panasonic revealed the rest of th...
HP Mini 1000 6-Cell Battery Now Available, Unofficially
While the HP Mini 1000 6-Cell battery hasn't gone official over at HP.com's website, someone from the MyHPMini forums has found, through searching the HP Parts Store, a 6-Cell battery that is compatib...
Best Buy seeks to expand its reach online
Electronics retailer hopes ‘API’ technology will boost sales and branding — The walls are coming down at bestbuy.com. — Convinced that customers' online-shopping behavior is now deeply colored by ...
Is Skype for sale?
Comments from eBay's CEO have sparked speculation that the online marketplace may be looking to unload Skype. But any suitor that comes knocking on eBay's door will likely have to pay a hefty price t...
Another iPhone App Sold: MindMaker Goes To MindMeister
German mind mapping application builder MeisterLabs, the startup behind brainstorm & planning tool MindMeister, has acquired MindMaker, to our knowledge the third iPhone application to get sold after ...
Kanye West blames Gmail hijack for bisexual porn hoax
Hey, world: Let him be great — Kanye West says someone has taken control of his Twitter. Not to mention his Gmail and MySpace accounts. — The rap star says that someone is using all three service...
Cheney's Veil Lifted on Vice President's Residence
Hope and change has come to Google Maps. The official residence of the vice president, obscured until Dick Cheney's last days in office and residence, now shines in satellite sunlight. — A reader t...
These Speakers Sound Great. And They're...Invisible!
I had two hands-down favorites at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. One of them was the one that was everybody's favorite: Palm's upcoming Pre phone. The other was a little-known technology whi...
Wilson Sonsini Cuts 45 Lawyers, 68 Staff
Blaming a down economy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati axed 45 lawyers and 68 staff Monday. — The 660-lawyer firm laid off associates and of counsel accounting for 6.5 percent of its attorney work...
E-paper Tested as Disaster Prevention Measures in Japan
Toppan Printing Co Ltd offered electronic papers for a field test of providing disaster prevention information using displays installed along streets. — The test was conducted by the Ministry of Int...
Microsoft steps up browser battle
Microsoft has stepped up the battle to win back users with the latest release of its Internet Explorer browser. — The US software giant says IE 8 is faster, easier to use and more secure than its co...