Demands on Network Are an iPhone Hang-Up
The iPhone has made AT&T the cool kid on the cellphone block, bringing in lots of new customers all eager to play with the shiny new device. — Trouble is, the iPhone is expensive for AT&T, and not j...
Chinese rumor claims 2009 iPhone will be modest upgrade
A forum thread on a Chinese Apple fan site is generating some interest by AppleInsider readers because one commenter claims to have used prototypes of Apple's next-gen iPhone because he purportedly ha...
First Look: BlackBerry Onyx Spotted in the Wild!
* Update 3: So much for a relaxing Sunday night, huh? BG just posted a little update addressing a couple points.... Regarding device model, he's got some intel that this device could launch as part o...
Microsoft's next Apple price attack: Zune Pass vs iTunes
Microsoft's Laptop Hunter ads (one, two, three, and four) must be doing quite well, because what Microsoft started off as a price attack on Macs seems to have transcended over to the online music stor...
Stephen Wolfram Reveals Radical New Formula for Web Search
The home page is nearly blank. At the center, just below a colorful logo, you'll find an empty data field. Type in a phrase, hit Return, and knowledge appears. — No, it's not Google. It's Wolfram...
Palm and Sprint announcing Pre availability May 19th in the WSJ?
We just got a tip from a very proven tipster who informed us that Palm and Sprint were set to make a big announcement in the Wall Street Journal on May 19th. They said that there's a very good chance...
Two-Facedbook? The no-win dilemma of managing speech
Running an online social site based on user content is not all pokes and giggles. Aside from the business and technical challenges, once you offer yourself as a platform for a full spectrum of social...
Facebook to test payments system with developers “in a few weeks”
Developers may be making tens of millions of dollars through games and virtual goods on Facebook's platform, but the social network itself hasn't had a way to get a share of that money. This may be a...
The future of newspapers is now: New York Times Reader v2 released
Ever tried reading a newspaper on a plane? I bet you kept bumping into your neighbour, didn't you? Have you ever tried locating an article that you read last Wednesday in a stack of newspapers?
NBC Invests In Video Search Startup EveryZing And Signs Up As Its Biggest Customer
Video search startup EveryZing just landed its biggest fish yet: NBC Universal. Boston-based EveryZing signed a master service agreement with NBC to provide video search and search-optimization techn...
iPhones in Iraq - the US Army's new weapon
Applications prove invaluable for soldiers on the battlefield — In Basra's Hayaniyah district, a notorious stronghold of Shia militias, a US army sergeant leading a patrol faced two suspects in the ...
Citrix Demos of a New Kind of Virtual Machine for Mac
Citrix made a number of announcements last week related to Mac and iPhone. While most of these announcements were targeted specifically towards IT/enterprise customers, one announcement has more pote...
Amazon re-Kindles the iPhone
It took Amazon (AMZN) less than a month after the release of the second-generation Kindle electronic-book reader to put a free Kindle application on the iPhone App Store. It took another two months f...
Dish Network Loses 94,000 Subscribers
Still has 13.5 million subscribers... While DirecTV just posted their best subscriber gains in four years (460,000 new subscribers), rival Dish Network this morning announced they lost 94,000 subscri...
Microsoft files for debt offering
Microsoft filed on Monday to issue debt that could see the company raising billions in additional capital. — The filing, which was made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, doesn't specify a...
A New (Full-Page) Look for Online Ads
ShortTail Media's D30, soon in beta, puts traditional spots between Web pages — NEW YORK David Payne wants to radically alter what online ads look like and how they get sold. And he's recruiting so...
Minnesota Sued Over Online Gambling Ban, While Frank Again Introduces Bill To Legalize It
We noted several days ago that Minnesota was trying to force ISPs to block gambling web sites, going down a path trodden by several other states. That path, of course, has always ended in failure aft...
Assuming There's a New York Times in 2040, I Hope It's Not This One
I just went to NYTimes.com, as I do multiple times a day. A split-second after I arrived at the homepage, it was covered up with a full-page ad overlay. That was irritating, but I'm willing to toler...
Beyond Clicks And CPMs: A Look At 'Engagement'-Based Ad Deals
CPMs are the default standard for buying display, and paid search ads get measured in clicks. But when it comes to valuing a social-media sponsorship, “advertorial” content on a magazine site or even...
Watch Full NBC Videos on Your iPhone
Until the game-changing Hulu app drops, fans of 30 Rock, The Office, and other NBC shows can catch them full-screen on their iPhone or iPod touch, as well as on a few other mobile phones. — It's pro...
Firefox passive-aggressives adjudicate Nerd Law
Better than a severed horse head — Free whitepaper - Achieving Efficient Governance Risk and Compliance — Fail and You Last week, blood was shed in the Firefox community as two popular extensions ...
Get The Real-Time Twitter Scoop With Twitscoop
Twitscoop, a real-time visualization tool that lets you see hot trends and buzz on Twitter, is getting a makeover and adding several useful features that may help you “mine the thought stream.” These...
Ten Twitter Mythconceptions
Poor Twitter! It may be the hottest service on the Web, but it's also profoundly misunderstood. Lots of people cheerfully admit they don't get it. Others emphatically believe things about it that a...
Apple Rejects Another iPhone App: Religious Photo Parodies ‘Objectionable’
Apple (AAPL) continues to serve as nanny and tastemaker for its iPhone app store. It's rejected yet another app from the app store: A religious photo parody app called “Me So Holy.” Apple insists th...
Facebook Introduces Post Quality Score For Pages
Last week Facebook introduced a new public profile insights tool which lets page administrators track who is interacting with their page and how each fan is interacting. One of the new measurements t...
Windows 7 on Viliv S5 UMPC
My Installation notes: — Have USB keyboard ready as you will need it ones. — Plug in dvd or usb stick with W7 media on it. — Open BIOS, choose your media as first boot drive.. boot from it. — ...