Michael Jackson's Last Performance on the Web: Big, but Not Obama Big
Depending on your perspective, this is either interesting news or heartening news: Michael Jackson's funeral and memorial were indeed a giant Internet event. But they don't seem to have been as big a...
Sony Vaio W netbook now official in US, coming August for $499
Not so much of a surprise now, but Sony's bringing its 10.1-inch Vaio W stateside as well, and yes, according to the Sony reps we talked to, this time they really do mean to call it a netbook, unlike ...
Online attack hits US government Web sites
IDG News Service - A botnet comprised of about 50,000 infected computers has been waging a war against U.S. government Web sites and causing headaches for businesses in the U.S. and South Korea. — T...
Where have all the white iPhones gone?
It's the reverse of Henry Ford's line about the Model T. Today you can buy any iPhone you want, as long as it's not white. — Apple (AAPL) has been having trouble keeping the entry-level white iPhon...
Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Script Might Actually Be Amazing
Ah yes, Aaron Sorkin's movie about Facebook. “Imagine going from nothing to a billionaire in less than a year. How do you even grasp that kind of success? How do you live a normal life? How do you...
Push Gmail Comes To The iPhone — Through An App (If It's Accepted)
Through An App (If It's Accepted) — You'd think on a phone that can do as many cool things as the iPhone, push email through one of the world's most popular email services, Gmail, would be one of the...
So Much For That Idea. Facebook Has Killed Off Its Great Apps Initiative
Last summer Facebook announced two new programs designed to help surface some of the best applications on Facebook Platform. The first, called Verified Apps, was to help users find applications they ...
Hear That? It's The Sound Of Your New Hearing Aid, The iPhone
Back in 2007, Amy Tenderich wrote about the need for Apple to share its renowned industrial design and user-friendliness with the medical device community. Her plea wasn't necessarily for Apple to ge...
New algorithm guesses SSNs using date and place of birth
Two researchers have found that a pair of antifraud methods intended to increase the chances of detecting bogus social security numbers has actually allowed the statistical reconstruction of the numbe...
What The Hell Happened To The Free Version Of Google Apps?
The free version of Google Apps is history. The current sign up page makes no mention of the previously free Standard edition. Instead, new users get a 14 day free trial, and then must pay $50 per u...
IAC's Match Agrees To Buy People Media For $80 Million
Broad-based online dating site Match.com is buying into the targeted subscription dating business with the acquisition of People Media from private equity firm American Capital Ltd. and various invest...
Palm Pre to Launch in Europe with O2 and Movistar
Print page E-mail page Download PDF — Palm webOS Phone to Arrive in UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain on Local Telefónica Networks — Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced that the Palm(R) ...
Google Will Star in Emerging News Model
As usual, the media got the message wrong. “The gloves are coming off!” screamed the headlines last week, after Les Hinton, the current CEO of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, comp...
Microsoft opens Hohm to energy monitoring
Microsoft opened up its Hohm Web application on Monday to U.S. users, a site that gives people a starting point for cutting home energy use. — The launch of Hohm, still in beta, was marred at least ...
$1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset says
While an appeal is likely in the cards, the motion Jammie Thomas-Rasset's lawyers filed today was a request for new trial (PDF) or for the judge to alter the jury's “shocking” $1.9 million award. — ...
Where to watch the Jackson memorial online
If you weren't among the luck few who won tickets to attend Tuesday's memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and feel the need to bear witness to the spectacle, fear not—several Web sit...
LG teases next-generation Chocolate for August unveiling
To say that the Chocolate was a hit for LG would be similar to saying the PlayStation 2 went over well for Sony. Indeed, the outfit's best selling handset ever (21 million units worldwide) holds a sp...
Viliv S7 convertible priced, poised for release
Boy, Viliv is certainly on a hot streak. The X70 preorder event has barely cooled and already the company is promoting the highly anticipated Atom-based S7 convertible UMPC on its website. Advertise...
A Nobel Peace Prize for Twitter?
The free social-messaging utility uniquely documented and personalized the story of hope, heroism, and horror in Iran. — WASHINGTON - — The video gave substance to what seemed so far away. We saw...