iPhone 3.0 OS Guide: Everything You Need to Know
iPhone 3.0 OS, the next generation operating system for the iPhone, iPod touch, and whatever Apple device comes next. New features, new apps, here you will find all the information you need. — NEW ...
As Jurors Turn to Web, Mistrials Are Popping Up
Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge's instructions and centuries o...
Discovery Communications Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Amazon.com
(Silver Spring, Md.) Discovery Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) today filed a patent infringement suit against Amazon.com, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District o...
The Magic Behind Amazon's 2.7 Billion Dollar Question
Since its release in 2007, the last volume of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has garnered 3,286 reviews from Amazon.com customers. While response has been overwhelming...
Google Chrome has a new beta
Since we took the “beta” tag off Google Chrome in December, we've been updating two release channels: developer and stable. With our latest release, we're re-introducing the beta channel for some ear...
A Fail You Can't Blame Twitter For: ABC's McCain Interview
Inevitably, as Twitter bubbles up higher and higher into the mainstream, we're going to see more misguided stunts like these: George Stephanopoulos of Disney's ABC News (DIS) interviewing Senator John...
Breaking News: CIO Vivek Kundra is Back on the Job [updated]
Vivek Kundra, the federal government's new Chief Information Officer, has been spotted at his desk, doing his job. We're hearing that his temporary leave of absence, in the wake of last week's arrest...
Facebook Co-Founder Joins General Catalyst
Chris Hughes has more professional accomplishments at 26 year-old than most of us will have in a lifetime. He helped co-found Facebook, before leaving in 2007 to help the fledgling Obama campaign lau...
Why Microsoft continues with search: it's still not solved
Ars learns a little more about Microsoft's strategy for search thanks to a chat with Stefan Weitz, one of the members of the Live Search team. — I recently had the pleasure of having a long discussi...
Privacy Group Asks F.T.C. to Investigate Google
The Electronic Privacy Information Center formally asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to investigate the privacy and security safeguards of Gmail, Google Docs and other so-called cloud comp...
Is There a Reverse Network Effect with Scale?
The Internet economy has been built on the network effect (i.e. the effect that one user of a good or service has on the value of that product for other people). Investors and entrepreneurs have trea...
Credit card skimming malware targeting ATMs
From time to time, because they know I work for SophosLabs, my friends ask me about different malware types and forward me warnings of alleged malware outbreaks, which often turn out to be just standa...
BlackBerry 9630 Hands-On Hardware First Look!
A CrackBerry.com Hands-On First Look at the BlackBerry “Niagara” 9630... The Full Qwerty BlackBerry CDMA Carriers & Users Have Been Waiting For! — Didn't we say when it rains it pours? As you like...
30 million iPhones sold — now that's a game platform
now that's a game platform — With more than 29 million Xbox 360s on the market, no one debates whether Microsoft has succeeded in creating a viable video game platform anymore. Developers have flock...
He's Baaaaaack: Steve Case Reemerges at AOL
As BoomTown reported earlier today, AOL was abuzz with the rumors that former execs from the online service's glory days, including still controversial former CEO Steve Case (pictured here), might mak...
Apple issues Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter Firmware Update
Apple appears to be distributing a new firmware update that will attempt to address flickering and blank video issues on the latest generation of MiniDisplay Port-equipped Macs connected to external d...
Iomega Announces New Features
Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection …
Government 2.0 Meets Catch 22
“Do I need to P.I.A. Facebook?” said the perplexed bureaucrat squished into a narrow basement hotel conference room in Washington DC. — P.I.A. stands for Privacy Impact Assessment, a procedure that ...
IE 8, Silverlight 3 on tap for Microsoft's Mix
A correction was made to this story. See below for details. — The expected release of Internet Explorer 8 is likely to be the biggest headline out of Microsoft's Mix conference this week, though th...
The big question really facing newspapers
It's no longer a question of print or online. — It's what you're about online. — In answering that question the choice of a Content Management System becomes critical. — The capabilities of your...
'I'm a PC' Marketing Pays Off for Microsoft, OEMs
[Editor's Note: Please read the companion post at Apple Watch. Together, the two posts offer full analysis of February Windows PC and Mac sales data and six charts (three per post).] — That's my co...
HTC to Launch ‘at Least’ Three Google Phones This Year
High Tech Computer (HTC) will ship “at least” three smartphones this year that use Google's Android software, HTC's CEO said Tuesday. — HTC, already the largest maker of smartphones that use the Win...
CD sales drop, digital downloads on the rise
The number of Internet users paying for digital music increased by just over 8 million in 2008 to 36 million Internet users, and purchases of online digital music downloads increased by 29 percent sin...
BlackBerry Gemini 8325 live picture
Sorry it's not the greatest picture in the world, but at least we can put a face to the specs and info. We dropped word of the BlackBerry Gemini a while back, and it looks to be cross between an 8300...
The iPhone OS 3.0 Announcement Scorecard
Tomorrow morning the sun will rise, and tech writers from near and far will descend upon Cupertino. The steady rattle of fingers flying across laptop keys will sound like rain on a windshield, drowne...
Twine Could Soon Surpass Delicious, Prepares Ontology Authoring Tool
Nova Spivack's semantic web company Twine is developing a free service to write and host semantic ontologies; the classification trees that enable machines to put concepts in topical context.
Source: iPhone 3.0 apps to play well with other devices
In a few hours, Apple is for the first time showing off its iPhone 3.0 operating system at an event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The event, which came up at the last minute, is expected to...
Live Folders Bring the Real-Time Web to Android
An upcoming feature for Android smartphones called “Live Folders” will deliver real-time web updates to the phone's homescreen. Recently, this feature was revealed in a video of “Cupcake,” a developm...
Apture raises $4.1M for richer news browsing
Apture, a company that helps publishers integrate multimedia content into their browsing experience, has only been getting better since I last covered it in June, having added new features addressing ...
‘Super-fast’ game download launch
A British company has launched a new way of downloading games. — Unlike other systems, Awomo allows people to start playing a game before all the software has been downloaded. — The developers say...
Satellite piracy costing TV industry billions
But even the threat of legal action doesn't scare off thieves — The modern day pirate doesn't sport a patch or walk with a limp. — His weapon of choice is an unassuming pizza-sized satellite dish ...
Yahoo to streamline redesigned home page
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—After getting an earful from disgruntled testers of its revamped home page, Yahoo is working on a new incarnation that will dramatically speed up access to e-mail. — The new home p...
PBwiki goes mobile on iPhone, BlackBerry
PBwiki on Tuesday announced the mobile optimization of its hosted wiki service for its Professional and Professional Plus Edition subscription clients. — PBwiki, which hosts, among other wiki servic...
Why Won't AT&T Admit to Its Wireless Network Problems?
Last summer, when Apple introduced its 3G iPhone device, I brought up the issue of AT&T not being ready for the data usage brought on by the data-centric touchscreen phone. Company officials of cours...
Computer Science Programs Make a Comeback in Enrollment
For the first time in six years, enrollment in computer science programs in the United States increased last year, according to an annual report that tracks trends in the academic discipline. — The ...
TR thoughts on ticket re-sellers / scalping
As we approach on-sale dates for the upcoming tour, I've noticed lots of you are curious / concerned / outraged at the plethora of tickets that somehow appear on all these reseller sites at inflated p...
Hi5's Glittering Gold
The social network hopes to make millions this year from avatars, gifts and other digital glitter. — They say not all that glitters is gold. Hi5, the world's third-largest social network behind Fac...
At SXSWi, Twitter is the new Twitter is the new Twitter
AUSTIN, Texas—A couple of days ago I wrote a story suggesting that the Twitter saturation level here at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival was so high that the service's value was bei...
Nokia to cut 1,700 jobs in sinking phone market
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj will slash 1,700 jobs globally over the coming few months because of falling demand, the world's top cellphone maker said on Tuesday. — Nokia said in January it aimed ...
Are Cloud Based Memory Architectures the Next Big Thing?
We are on the edge of two potent technological changes: Clouds and Memory Based Architectures. This evolution will rip open a chasm where new players can enter and prosper. Google is the master of d...
“Sizable” Layoffs Coming To MySpace, Says Analyst
Pali Research analyst Rich Greenfield says “sizable layoffs” are coming to Fox Interactive. Mostly this has to do with Google being unlikely to renew its search deal with the News Corp. (NWS) propert...