Yahoo committed seppuku today.
The once proud warrior of the internet space laid down its sword, knelt at the feet of Microsoft and gutted itself today. There was no honor in this death, it was one brought by the shame of losing ...
Apple's Chickens**t Approval Process Has Gone Too Far
The App Store approval process has always been mysterious, slightly ridiculous and mildly infuriating. But with the summary execution of Google Latitude as well as every Google Voice app, it's finall...
Will Apple CEO Headline CES '10?
Those snubbed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs take heart. He won't return calls from Gary Shapiro, who heads the world's largest consumer electronics industry trade group. — Bloomberg News — Steve Jobs, ...
Details on presidential motorcades, safe house for First Family, leak via P2P
Lawmakers eye bill to ban P2P use on government, contractor networks — Computerworld - Details about a U.S. Secret Service safe house for the First Family — to be used in a national emergency …
Alan Cox Quits As Linux TTY Maintainer — “I've Had Enough”
“I've Had Enough” — The Slashdolt writes “After a stern criticism from Linus, the long-time kernel hacker Alan Cox has decided to walk away as the maintainer of the TTY subsystem of the Linux Kernel,...
Google Dumps Another Half-Million Free Titles In Sony's eBook Store
Sure, their authors are all dead, and they're already technically free anyway, but another 500,000 properly formatted, lovingly .EPUBed public domain titles have arrived in Sony's ebook store, courtes...
Stunning Nano-Phone Surfaces in Patent
A belated US Patent via an Australian filing mysteriously surfaced this month revealing a stunning nano-phone concept in development at Apple. The design involves a very sophisticated yet complicated...
Clampi Trojan stealing online bank data from consumers and businesses
LAS VEGAS—Hundreds of thousands of Windows computers are believed to be infected with a Trojan called “Clampi” that has been stealing banking and other log-in credentials from compromised PCs since 20...
Windows Mobile becomes Windows Phone
What's in a name after all? — AT AN EVENT to show off upcoming Christmas goodies, Microsoft let slip to the INQ that Windows Mobile 6.5 is to be re-christened Windows Phone. — This, says Vole, is ...
Real Black Hats Hack Security Experts on Eve of Conference
LAS VEGAS — Two noted security professionals were targeted this week by hackers who broke into their web pages, stole personal data and posted it online on the eve of the Black Hat security conference...
Use Mobile Devices Hands-Free Anywhere With Gorillamobile
Sometimes the best accessories are the simplest. Mobile tech sees us (rightly) obsessing about batteries, radios and the like, but often the lowest-tech things can offer the greatest benefits. Take ...
WizeHive: Collaboration tool for busy people
Because I work almost exclusively in remote-based teams, I'm always looking for new tools and services that can help me manage my daily tasks and effectively collaborate with my team members. One of ...
Company Receives Patent for Podcasting
VoloMedia, a podcast analytics, advertising, and distribution company, just received a patent for “providing episodic media,” including podcasts. According to the company, which filed for the patent ...
Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet?
There are tests that have right answers, which are returned with a number on top in a red circle, and there are tests with open-ended questions, which provide insight into the test taker's mind. — T...
Farrell: Natal will arrive late next year
Microsoft's Natal will launch late next year, THQ CEO Brian Farrell has revealed in his company's Q1 earnings call. — In response to a question about hardware price cuts and market changes in the up...
Foxconn suicide turns spotlight on counterfeiting
HONG KONG (Reuters) - One week after the apparent suicide of a Chinese factory worker accused of stealing a carefully guarded Apple iPhone prototype, one question remains unanswered: what happened to ...
Yahoo Shareholders Transfer $2.9 Billion To Microsoft Shareholders
Anyone wondering who got the better deal today (my detailed thoughts later) need only look at the stock movements of Yahoo and Microsoft. Yahoo dipped 12.08% to $15.14, knocking $2.91 billion off the...
360 Twitter/Facebook “before Xmas”
Microsoft has said that the Twitter and Facebook applications planned for Xbox 360 will be separate applications rather than part of another broad dashboard update. — Microsoft marketing type James ...
Microsoft, Yahoo! Change Search Landscape
Global Deal Creates Better Choice for Consumers and Advertisers — Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve the Web search experience for users and advertisers, and deliver susta...
Get on-the-go restaurant reservations without any reservations
OpenTable for Palm webOS is the latest addition to the Palm Pre's beta App Catalog. The popular restaurant reservation service adds a few new goodies to the menu thanks to the unique capabilities of ...
SugarSync extends backup/sync/share service to Android, eyes netbook market
We've written before about Sharpcast and its creation, the SugarSync system that let users backup, sync, and share files from their computers and smartphones. VentureBeat writer Anthony Ha called it ...
Apple adds keywords to App Store additions for easier search
Soon after Apple admitted that improvements were needed in helping users locate App Store software, developers have been asked to add a list of keywords for their submitted applications to improve dis...
Time Warner Inc. Reports Second-Quarter 2009 Results
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX - News) today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2009. — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bewkes said: “I'm...
BlackBerry 8530 headed to Verizon, totes Wi-Fi
It's no secret (well, maybe you just haven't heard yet) that the freshly announced BlackBerry 8520 will come in a CDMA flavor as well. It also doesn't take a rocket scientist to put together a full s...
T-Mobile announces HTC Touch Pro2 for August 12 availability
Sure, the Touch Pro2 from HTC is available from a variety of carriers around the world at this point — but you won't find many (read: none) that are offering it in the US right now, which makes T-Mobi...
Palm's Pre can't offset Sprint's subscriber losses
Sprint called the launch of the Palm Pre a success, but it wasn't enough to offset a net subscriber loss of 257,000 in the second quarter. — The subscriber loss, which came amid a churn rate of 2.05...
Windows 7 Ultimate cracked and activated with OEM master key
Windows 7 has yet to even be released officially to the general public, and already the dodgy folk on the Internet have fully cracked and activated the Ultimate version, with help from a leaked Lenovo...
What if...Microsoft Had a Windows App Store?
I continue to think of my iPhone not as a phone but as a personal computer. Which is why I continue to be so nonplussed about Apple's barring of some applications on the grounds that they compete wit...
VOLOMEDIA'S PODCASTING PATENT
Our company, VoloMedia, was awarded U.S. Patent 7,568,213 titled “Method for Providing Episodic Media” yesterday. The relative breadth of the issued claims under this patent has given rise to many q...