Fans gather for launch of “iPhone killer” Palm Pre
Small crowds gathered at Sprint stores on Saturday for the official launch of Palm Inc's Pre, the much-hyped smartphone seen as Palm's best chance to claw back market share lost to rivals such as Appl...
Is this the new iPhone?
Sure, it's Palm's big day, but that doesn't mean the Apple rumor mill is taking a break — check out this pic of what might be the new iPhone set to drop on Monday. Yep, that's a matte black casing wi...
Apple Gets Pwned, SF Store Is Now Advertising DVD Jon's doubleTwist
Apple may be known for its advertising prowess, but this little marketing coup is going to go down as one of the most hilarious ad placements in recent history. doubleTwist, the company co-founded by ...
Not Playing Ball
Impersonation violates Twitter's Terms of Service and we take the issue seriously. We suspend, delete, or transfer control of accounts known to be impersonation. When alerted, we took action in this...
Palm Pre Apps and Palm's App Catalog: A Closer Look
The WebOS's App Catalog is a bit sparse at the moment, but it has a lot of potential. — Recommends — The Palm Pre might have a slick OS and stylish hardware, but when it comes to apps, it has a lo...
Palm Pre goes on sale nationwide, line forms on the right
Oh, hey, look at that: you can buy a Pre now! As of 8:00AM on the East Coast, the phone went on sale at Sprint stores, with Best Buy, Radio Shack and Wal-Mart also retailing the phone today as Saturd...
Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council
Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. — The HSAC members will provide reco...
Get the Tech Scuttlebutt! (It Might Even Be True.)
AT 2:56 in the morning on May 5, a headline flashed on Gawker, the New York gossip site that also carries a smattering of Silicon Valley buzz. It was tentative in its phrasing: “Could Apple Buy Twitt...
Microsoft Store officially confirms Windows 7 boxart
It appears the Polish website, CentrumXP.pl, who a month ago leaked images of what was believed the be the Windows 7 packaging design and box art is more credible than I thought. Shortly after I wron...
Twitter's Real Time Spam Problem
And so real-time search begets real-time spam. We knew this would happen, but it's annoying and becoming a growing problem. Question is, will Twitter do anything about it, beginning with removing it...
You Say You Want a Cloud Revolution
Take yourself back for a moment to 1990, to the era of dueling operating systems: OS/2 and Windows. At the time, many people still used MS-DOS, and Windows was new (and klunky). Microsoft had cooper...
Ouch
So. — The Gillmor Gang was today. We started things off with a nice talk about Rajeev Motwani and his contributions to the community. That was nice. — Then Leo Laporte started talking about the ...
The Mercury News Interview: Sequioa's Michael Moritz on long shots and how he picks companies
One of the world's pre-eminent venture capitalists, Michael Moritz of Sequioa Capital, has picked winners like Flextronics, Cisco, Yahoo, PayPal and Google by focusing on small teams or individuals …
India's Tech Industry Must Reinvent Itself
Editor's Note: Raman Roy, chairman and managing director of Gurgaon-based Quatrro, is widely regarded as the pioneer of the Indian outsourcing industry. With more than 16 years in the business, he sh...
The newspaper suicide pact
Primarily written Friday night at O'Hare International. Lightly edited, with links added today. —dc — I think I'll remember last week as the moment when I finally knew, with a certainty approaching...
MySpace Ditches New Playa Vista Offices
A year ago MySpace and Fox Interactive Media were trumpeting an upcoming office move to Playa Vista in Los Angeles. Peter Levinsohn (former) President of the no longer existing Fox Interactive Media,...
Remembering Rajeev
It has been a long time since I have updated this blog. In fact, I have been doing some research for what I thought would be my next post. — Unfortunately, life does not always give you the luxury ...