AT&T uses Twitter during service outage
Want to find out why you suddenly don't have Internet access or cell phone service? You might want to check out the social-networking site Twitter. — It seems that Twitter was one of the main ways ...
NAND flash supply to tighten after Apple reportedly places large order
Apple has reportedly placed orders for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics, which is likely to cause a supply shortage, according to sources at downstream suppliers.
Time for an audit of Microsoft's ‘Apple Tax’
Microsoft puts forth a ‘tax return’ showing the cost difference between a Windows PC or Mac purchase. However, CNET News' Ina Fried suggests auditors take a close look at the itemized deductions. — ...
Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
The Conficker worm is finally doing something—updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday. — Researchers ...
Time Warner's Unlimited Download Plan: $150 a Month
Time Warner Cable has modestly softened its plan to test usage limits for its broadband data customers. Landel Hobbs, the company's chief operating officer, has just published a post with the new pri...
Why Facebook and Twitter are aging gratefully
Facebook and Twitter users have wrinkles, torn hamstrings, and many, many fillings. And increasingly, they're beginning to complain about chillblains, varicose veins, and the Social Security system. ...
New in Labs: Sender time zone
Let's say your girlfriend sends you an angry email. It's mostly about how you behaved at the party last night and then left for a business trip without saying goodbye. You read it from the other sid...
Fair Use for Fair People
Worth noting: Both independent bloggers on the web and the Associated Press are in the news this week for asking for appropriate credit for their work when it's excerpted for fair use by online news a...
Marketers Need To Understand Discussion Before Joining It
Online social networks are here to stay. They've existed, in various forms, even before they were called social networks — Friendster, GeoCities, and even Yahoo Groups come to mind. People will alwa...
Moxi's spring updates brings PlayOn, DLNA and a little home automation
In Digeo's latest move into the consumer DVR market it is rolling out first big update since the launch only a few months ago. The list of additions is pretty nice, but our most anticipated feature, ...
Tech Alert: Nokia Jumps Into Touchscreens
Nokia(NOK Quote) has finally embraced the touchscreen movement. — The Finnish phone titan has plans to introduce three devices that feature big touchscreens and so-called Qwerty keypads, according t...
True/Slant Tests Another Model Of Web Journalism
As newspapers, magazines and TV stations face dire economic challenges, and journalism moves increasingly online, debates are raging about how best to preserve quality news and commentary while still ...
YouTube Is Doomed
YouTube, that incandescent tower of video Babel; monument to the sloughed-off detritus of our exponentially-exploding digital culture; a Technicolor cataract of skateboarding dogs, lip-synching colleg...
Zooming In On ClosR And Zoomorama
To be perfectly honest, I'd never heard of Zoomorama until they commented on this post about the upcoming Web Trend Map from Information Architects. I was planning on doing a review of the web applic...
Dotcom veterans in Twitter ‘brains trust’
Some of the best-known names in the London dotcom world are joining forces to cash in on the popularity of Twitter, the rapidly growing social network. — Twitter Partners said that it will help bran...
LG Viewty II due June!
Somehow, the LG Viewty II has so far managed to stay pretty much under wraps. The specs list might have leaked out, along with one lone piccie, but we've just heard that the LG Viewty II is shipping ...
Germany fines Microsoft $11.9M for anticompetitive Office pricing
Microsoft disagrees but will pay fine to avoid long legal battle — IDG News Service) Germany has fined Microsoft Corp. $11.9 million for illegally pressing a retailer to sell its Office productivity...
Is Yahoo a Better Friend to Newspapers Than Google?
On Tuesday, Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive, told newspaper executives to think of the search engine company as their friend and potential partner. — “We think we can build a business — again...
Applications down for foreign worker visas
The economic downturn — and perhaps a push in Washington to protect American jobs — has turned the annual torrent of H-1B visa applications for foreign workers into a trickle. — For years, U.S. tech...
Is Silicon Valley a Systemic Risk?
Treasury decides to treat venture capitalists like hedge funds. — The Obama administration wants to regulate venture capital firms to prevent systemic risks. Silicon Valley residents are scratching...
Email providers will need to have servers in India
Text: — BANGALORE: Indian investigating agencies dealing with cyber crime have much to cheer following recent amendments to the IT Act. The amendments passed by Parliament require internet behemoth...