Phil Schiller keynote live from WWDC 2009
9:44AM Radiohead... again. ‘15 Step’ — 9:39AM And we're in! We've just gotten ourselves a sweet aisle seat, and hey... power! Thanks Apple, you sure know how to treat the livebloggers right. — ...
PC firms face China decree
Article from: — The Wall Street Journal — CHINA plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain websites, a mov...
Palm Pre Teardown
Introduction — We got our hands on the new Palm Pre from Sprint! Oh joy, our all-nighter in front of the Sprint store paid off! We're finished disassembling it now. Follow our updates @ifixit on ...
Movie studios launch Epix, 720p streaming service for films
Three major movie studios are about to try an interesting experiment. They are launching a new TV network called Epix that will show their own recent films in HD, but they're going a step beyond by b...
Analysts deem Palm launch a success; Pre inventory replenishment eyed
Analysts called the Palm Pre launch a success, but supplies were tight. — Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Walkley deemed the initial Pre sales “solid.” And J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster reckoned th...
Apps Boom as Companies Seek Space on Phones
Developers of programs for the iPhone have already managed to make a decent living selling hundreds of thousands of copies of games from their living rooms or garages. — But now, a new way to profit...
Acer to launch 3D notebook at the end of October, new netbook for 3Q10
Acer plans to launch a 15.6-inch 3D notebook, which the company jointly developed with Wistron, at the end of October 2009, according to Campbell Kan, vice president of Acer's mobile computing busines...
Apple's CEO Conundrum
Tim Cook has run Apple well in Steve Jobs' absence, keeping alive the question of whether and how soon he might be named CEO — Apple (AAPL) appears poised to make good on repeated assurances that CE...
Tennessee city considers suing Dell for failing to live up to tax break-for-jobs agreement
Dell says it will disclose employment numbers to city soon — City officials in Lebanon, Tenn., are discussing whether they should sue Round Rock's Dell Inc. for failing to live up its agreement …
Paid Twitter Streams Are Here: Super Chirp
A new service from 83 Degrees called Super Chirp launches this evening that lets Twitter users get paid for their content stream. — This is a theme we've touched on in the past. There is a huge mar...
Sony building Android-based Walkman and PND for 2010 launch?
We'll admit it, we expected to be knee-deep in Android gear by now. However, it seems like the consumer electronics industry wanted to build more mature products around versions 1.5 and 2.0 of Google...
Google Squared - the Cuilest search app ever
Everybody point and laugh — Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer - 30-day free trial — Fail and You Google recently released Google Squared, which is the Mountain View Chocolate Factory's attempt at str...
Can Computer Nerds Save Journalism?
Word to those who think the Internet spells the end of traditional print media: “hacker journalists” have arrived to save the day. (Read “The State of the Media: Not Good.") — A cadre of newly mint...
Microsoft Releases Bing API - With No Usage Quotas
When Microsoft launched their much-touted new search engine Bing last week it generated a lots of press and despite a somewhat muted expectations, it turned-out to be something of a hit. But lost in ...
The PC replacement cycle: Will Windows 7 light the fuse?
How long can enterprises milk their existing PCs without having to upgrade? The answer for now is: Quite awhile, perhaps forever. But technology chieftains are betting (praying?) that there's a big ...
The reason why AT&T won't support MMS with the iPhone until “late Summer”, tethering info!
We were just told the real reason why AT&T won't be supporting MMS on the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G S at launch, and you're going to laugh... Technically it will work right away our ninja tells us.
iPhone 3GS Complete Feature Guide
As expected, the new Apple iPhone 3GS is out. We were right: The photos of the new iPhone were real. Here you have a comprehensive guide to the iPhone 3GS' new features: — Speed — The “S” stands...
Bartz Continues Torpedoing Yahoo Search
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has been talking a lot over the past two weeks about Yahoo and how it competes against Google and Microsoft. Each time she does, I feel like she's digging the hole even deeper f...
Opera Mobile 9.7 beta: Not what we expected
We knew that Opera Mobile 9.7 beta was on its way (in fact, we expected it in May,) but the build released to Windows Mobile consumers on Monday morning isn't exactly what we had anticipated given cer...
Sun Stockholders to Vote on Oracle Deal July 16
Sun Microsystems stockholders will get their chance to vote on Oracle's proposed $7.4 billion acquisition when they meet July 16 at Sun's Santa Clara, Calif., campus. The deal would end more than sev...