Putting What Little We Actually Know About Chrome OS Into Context
It has seemed obvious for some time that Google would someday release a PC OS. I became convinced after they released Android: if they're creating and giving away a free OS for phones, why not PCs, t...
Seeing the world with improved Google Search results
As an avid traveler, I know how helpful it can be to see a map when searching for a location on Google. Using our Universal Search technology, we have provided maps in our search results for more tha...
Apple iPhone MMS Delayed, Coming Sept, Tethering $55 Extra
EXCLUSIVE: We originally brought you the story last month stating MMS and tethering would be coming in July. AT&T responded directly to our story and stated it would be delayed. Well those stories a...
AmazonWireless: shopping the phone instead of the plan
I've said it time and time again. When it comes to buying a wireless phone, my best advice is to shop the service, not the device. It's common sense. The device can be the best in the world but if...
Microsoft VP says Google's playing defense with Chrome OS
Microsoft founder Bill Gates may not want to comment on Chrome OS, the just-announced operating system from Google. But Walid Abu-Hadba, the software giant's Vice President of Developer and Platform ...
Power.com Countersues Facebook Over Data Portability
The Data Portability wars just got a little more interesting. Power.com, the service that lets users aggregate their social networks into a single hub, is countersuing Facebook for restricting users'...
Flickr Follow-Up Project Has A Name, Tiny Speck. And They're Hiring.
Back in June of last year, Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake, the husband/wife team that started Flickr, left Yahoo to pursue other interests. We already know what Fake's new project is, the just...
Sony to release Vaio P ‘mark 2’ in October
Sony's latest ultra-portable finds its niche — While Sony's Vaio P series - the sexy ultra-portable ‘notbook’ that launched earlier this year - came under fire from critics for its painfully-slow bo...
OS X Snow Leopard 10A402 Brings Visual Tweaks and Other Enhancements
With the release of the OS X Snow Leopard 10A402 beta yesterday, users have been poring over the new version looking for changes. Among the most obvious changes have been a few visual tweaks, althoug...
Redfin Turns Profitable, Real Estate Industry Shudders
An interesting tidbit from today's Naked Truth event in Seattle: Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said his company just turned profitable. Since I was sitting next to him on the panel, I asked him off microph...
One-Third of Mobile Phones to Use Accelerometers by 2010, Spurred by iPhone and Palm Pre
Owing to the essential role they play in the user interfaces of hot smart phones like Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Palm Inc.'s Pre, accelerometers are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipp...
Apple says cases cause iPhone 3GS discoloration
Summer in Texas this year is hot, but not as hot as the debate over the iPhone 3GS overheating, an issue circulating the Internet for several weeks now. The debate finally came to a head when some us...
my thoughts on what to do as a new / unknown artist
This was written on a bumpy Euro-bus ride across the wilderness - may ramble a bit but I think the point gets across. — TR — UPDATE 2: — Here's a message from Ian Rogers of TopSpin — UPDATE 1:
Read the Never-Before-Published Letter From LSD-Inventor Albert Hofmann to Apple CEO Steve Jobs
The following post is adapted from the new book “This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America.” The letter is published with the permission of the estate of LSD-invent...
A Day In The Life Of A Twintern
Meet the recent college grad who tweets for Pizza Hut. — Most people measure the workday in hours, but for a new crop of employees—interns in charge of their companies' Twitter feeds—the day is meas...
BlackBerry Onyx to come with a trackpad - new device strategy?
The BlackBerry Onyx has been spotted with a trackpad. Although the Tour 9630 does not have a trackpad, the BlackBerry Gemini 8520 does. This could mean that RIM is thinking of making all devices pos...
Digital Musical Chairs at MySpace and FIM Still Going-Exec Departures and More...
Especially departures, it seems, as the massive restructuring …
Sprint's BlackBerry Tour to sprout WiFi next year
Sprint Nextel said it will release an updated version of the BlackBerry Tour next year that will include WiFi, a move that reflects the carrier's recent decision to require its smartphone suppliers to...
Orange launches DRM-free music downloads
Orange UK has announced that from today it will be selling DRM-free music downloads from its online and mobile music stores. As part of that change, it's also introduced variable pricing - the same c...
Users upset after CA anti-virus detects Windows system file as virus
Users of Computer Associates anti-virus software were complaining on Thursday after the company's anti-virus software mistakenly identified a Windows XP systems file as a virus. — Some customers wer...