LG Versa now available from Verizon Wireless
Right on time, the hit-or-miss LG Versa has made its sales debut online and at Verizon stores. This modular LG phone will set you back $199 with a $50 mail-in rebate and a 2-year contract, as reporte...
Twitter VC Laughs at the Idea that Twitter Has No Business Model
Todd Dagres, founder of Spark Capital and one of the VCs that poured an additional $35 million into Twitter recently, finds it amusing when people talk about Twitter's lack of a business model.
AT&T may be looking to launch handset trade-in program
Treat this one as a rumor and nothing more for the time being, but we just got some details on a “Phone Trade-In” program that AT&T is apparently looking to launch sometime around June. From the look...
Apple's Net share slipped in February
The numbers are still in flux, but preliminary figures released Sunday morning by Net Applications show Apple's (AAPL) Internet market share dropping a couple percent in February. — One chart shows ...
Mac OS 7 (System 7) installed and running on the iPhone
While it was fun to see Windows 3.1 running on Nokia's N95, it probably didn't sit well with some Apple fans. “What about our iPhone? Isn't there anything that can be done to install a Mac OS on it ...
What An Antitrust Case Against Google Might Look Like
Editor's note: The following is a guest post by Eric Clemons, Professor of Operations and Information Management at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The views he expresses are hi...
So What's Really Going On With That Pirate Bay Trial?
Hacked web sites. Angry ABBA singers. Charges of media bias. Hundreds of flower bouquets for an expert who testified on behalf of the defense. The Swedish Pirate Bay trial has largely been an ente...
Bruce Perens: Analyzing Microsoft's TomTom Lawsuit
About the Author: Bruce Perens is the creator of the Open Source Definition, the manifesto of Open Source and the criterion for Open Source software licensing. Perens represented Open Source at the U...
Amazon misread book sector on speech feature
Amazon executives so admired the way Apple launches products that they spent lots of time studying Steve Jobs to help them prepare for the release of the original Kindle, a source told me in Nov. 2007...
What Bruce Sterling Actually Said About Web 2.0 at Webstock 09
*By the garbled reportage, I'd be guessing some of those kiwis were having trouble with my accent. Here are the verbatim remarks. — THE BRIEF BUT GLORIOUS LIFE OF WEB 2.0, AND WHAT COMES AFTER — ...
Apple fans denounce Wired article. Japanese still not buying many iPhones.
Does Japan hate the iPhone as much as Wired thinks it does? No, say local experts Nobi Hayashi and Daiji Hirata, who were somewhat misquoted by Brian Chen in his article. — Though the quotes were a...
Newsflash: Intel counter-sued by Psion in “netbook” trademark lawsuit; jury trial demanded
The Save the Netbooks campaign has just secured court documents (PDF) filed Friday by Psion in response to Intel's suit against them in which they systematically deny Intel's claims against them and c...
New York Flagship Store Takes Nokia 5800 NAM Off Shelves Amidst Reported Issues
I went to the New York flagship store this afternoon to look for the Nokia 5800 NAM. Unfortunately, I was told it was no longer available for purchase because of reported issues. I'm guessing it's a...
How to Make Electronic Medical Records a Reality
IN the world of technology, inventors are hailed as heroes. Yet it is more subtle forms of innovation that typically determine the impact of a technology in the marketplace and on society. Clever en...
How To Turn Customers Into Pirates
Meet Mark, an IT guy at a small company who occasionally has to renew licenses for the software utilized by the business. Recently, he had to activate a copy of PaperPort, the scanning and document m...
New York Scanned and Indexed by Google
Google has scanned and indexed the entire archives of New York magazine. Issues spanning 40 years have been organized as part of Google Book Search. — New York is one of the first magazines to in t...
Apple Event Scheduled for March 24? [Updated]
A source has disclosed to World of Apple that Apple is planning to hold an event on March 24 to unveil new desktop hardware. The source which has been confirmed to be in reach of such information sta...
Adam Carolla's Podcast: 1M Downloads... Radio, XM Officially Dead?
Last week, Adam Carolla transitioned from national radio talk show host. His contract with CBS prevents him from returning to radio (supposedly through 2009) - and in exchange, he is paid handsomely ...
The Times & CUNY (and others) go hyperlocal
The New York Times is about to announce that it is starting a hyperlocal product called The Local working with our students at CUNY's Graduate School of Journalism. PaidContent has the story early. ...
“Kijiji” Isn't Kutting It. How about eBay Classifieds?
eBay is having second thoughts about how easy it will be to spread the Kijiji brand in the U.S. The company is testing out the name “eBay Classifieds” in two cities, San Antonio and Pittsburgh. A let...
Jaunty Jackalope: Where's the Beef?
Ubuntu's upcoming 9.04 release offers few new end-user features. Is Ubuntu losing the end-user focus that made it a smash-hit distro? — Keir Thomas, PC World — Recommends — I'm getting a little...