Ninjawords: iPhone Dictionary, Censored by Apple
Two years ago I linked to a web site called Ninjawords — a fast, simple online dictionary backed by a good data source (Wiktionary). — The developers behind Ninjawords, Matchstick Software, have rel...
Updated plist suggests new Apple device “iProd” coming soon
An updated USBConfiguration.plist in the most recent version of iPhone OS 3.1 beta offers compelling evidence that Apple has continued development on an unknown device, referred to as “iProd,” that wa...
WSJ's New Policy: Won't Take Herd Embargoes
The Wall Street Journal has a new policy for its editorial staff, we have learned: it will not accept embargoes for stories, but will take exclusives if handed to them. We have confirmed the policy f...
Rivalry Between Apple and Palm Intensifies
The Palm Pre has a large touch screen, slide-out keyboard and fast Web browsing. Palm also likes to point out that another selling point is the smartphone's ability to link to iTunes, Apple's music a...
Apple's Rejection of Google Voice Points to Just One Thing
Why would Apple deny customers the Google Voice functionality and risk the ire of the FCC? eWEEK Labs' Andrew Garcia suspects it's because Apple is building a similar service for MobileMe. — The fla...
Sponsored Tweets Launches: The End of Twitter As We Know It?
We heard rumblings that IZEA's Sponsored Tweets was about to debut back in June. Today, IZEA's platform launched, and it is what we all expected: a pay per tweet service. — Sponsored Tweets, now li...
Creepy? Annoying? Or Creepy and Annoying?
The Thinking Behind Modernista's Baffling Palm Pre Ads — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Gary Koepke, co-founder and executive creative director at Modernista, loves that you're creeped out by his ads for Sp...
The GigaOM Interview: FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Mobile, Broadband, iPhone & Innovation
Late last week, a day before the Federal Communications Commission started to investigate the Google Voice App fiasco, I spoke with the new FCC chairman, Julius Genachowski.
Sony launches two new readers including a pocket-sized $199 device
Sony on Wednesday will unveil two new e-book devices, a pocket edition with a 5-inch screen for $199 and a touch-screen version starting at $299. The devices will be available at the end of August.
Nikon's Digital Camera is the First with a Projector
That LCD on the back of your camera can get a little crowded when family and friends are all clamoring at once to view your images. Nikon is intent on changing that with the introduction of the Nikon...
Facebook app lets Intel PCs donate processor power
Can't donate your personal time to a good cause? Intel is providing what may be the next best option. — Intel teamed up with GridRepublic on Monday to launch a Facebook application that allows the ...
Apple Wants To Build A PayPal Killer, Say Wall Street Gossips
Wall Street gossips tell us that Apple (AAPL) executives have dropped hints suggesting the company is considering creating a service that would allow iTunes Store account holders to use those accounts...
Toshiba unleashed the world's first 64GB SDXC Cards
Toshiba just announced today they achieved the development of the all new SDXC card capable to provide up to 64GB of memory. — According to the Japanese manufacturer, the first sample will be availa...
Nvidia silently introduces ION LE
In Geforce /ION 190.38 — Nvidia has silently introduced what seems to be its second ION based product. The product is simply branded as ION LE and LE denotes the entry level product. — We've aske...
Audio care packages for service members with Google Voice
(From time to time we invite guests to blog about initiatives of interest and are pleased to have Sergeant Dale Sweetnam join us here. SGT Sweetnam is working with Google's communications team this y...
Startups unite to drive nail into the coffin of Internet Explorer 6
If you're still using Internet Explorer 6 — the frequently criticized web browser that was first released in 2001 — the Internet is becoming an increasingly hostile place. — Popular sites like YouTu...
Microsoft's Point Man on Search-Satya Nadella-Speaks: “It's a Game of Scale”
Another Microsoft exec BoomTown spoke to-while in Seattle last week-was Satya Nadella, SVP of Research and Development at its Online Services division, also known as the man in charge of search and on...
Why A Netflix Streaming iPhone App Could Actually Happen
Netflix (NFLX) is rumored to be working on an iPhone app for its popular movie streaming service. — If it's true, there are plenty of technical, legal, and behavioral hurdles here: For example, gett...
Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 Makes Everyday Tasks Easier with Smart Features for Windows 7
New desktop set offers ultimate comfort made easy. — REDMOND, Wash. Aug. 4, 2009 More than seven in 10 Americans have felt discomfort from computer use,1 so today Microsoft Corp. debuts …
Bodega Launches Mac OS App Store
IDFusion Software, the company behind Bodega, today announced the first public release of Bodega, an application store for Mac applications. Bodega is a free download, for both users and developers, ...
New Flickr Search
Today we're pleased to announce a redesign of our search results page. The changes we've introduced make it easier to browse through the billions of photos and videos on Flickr, and to connect to the...
Oldest BitTorrent Site Targeted by Police, Owner Arrested
After gaining a warrant eleven days earlier, on Monday 27th July at 09:05 police backed up by the MPAA-funded UK anti-piracy group FACT conducted a raid on the home address of the owner of one of the ...
Delicious Homepage Gets “Fresh”
Way back in January I released a simple application called TweetNews, which essentially ranks the latest Yahoo! News articles by their number of related Twitter messages to determine relevance for rea...
Extra! Extra! Updates from our growing newspaper archives
Last September on this blog, we announced a new initiative to digitize newspapers and make them accessible and searchable online. — We've recently updated our index, quadrupling the number of articl...
80GB PLAYSTATION 3 To Be Discontinued In Japan
The 20GB, 40GB and 60GB versions of the PS3 have been discontinued. According to this, it looks like the 80GB PLAYSTATION 3 is next. — This notice is apparently from retailer 7-Eleven (7-Eleven sel...
iLike rolls out App platform, with 250 bands signed on
Seattle social music service iLike really has platformized its iPhone App technology. — The company today is announcing that 250 bands - including big names such as Sonic Youth, Michael Franti, Enri...
Sony's PlayStation 3 Slim to debut August 18th at Cologne gamescom?
Whoa, Nelly! No sooner than we hear that Sony is informing Japanese retailers that the 80GB PS3 model won't be shipping any longer after August 8th, along comes this to stoke the raging rumor fires o...
Amazon slashes $50 from 160GB PS3 price
Online retailer Amazon has cut the price of the PlayStation 3 160GB bundle by USD 50 for its customers in the US. — The console, normally selling for USD 499 is now available for USD 449, and includ...