Schiller Reaches Out Again To Acknowledge App Store Problems
A few weeks ago, we wrote about Steven Frank, a well-known Mac developer who was giving up his iPhone over his disgust with the ways Apple is managing the App Store. (This was right before Mike also ...
More iTunes 9 details, Apple developing social networking application?
Our same source is back at it again and we have some further clarification on the iTunes 9 rumor we posted a couple days ago. We really have to take this information at face value, but again felt it ...
RealNetworks Barred From Selling DVD Copy Maker
RealNetworks, the Seattle-based digital media company, portrays itself as fighting for people's right to legally make backup copies of the DVDs they own. It appears to have lost at least the first an...
Dashboard Updates: Xbox LIVE Update
One of the amazing things about the Xbox LIVE experience is that it's always getting better. The latest Xbox LIVE Update truly cranks it up a notch - with features that improve your entertainment exp...
Engineering POV: IE6
The topic of site support for IE6 has had a lot of discussion on the web recently as a result of a post on the Digg blog. Why would anyone run an eight-year old browser? Should sites continue to sup...
Zune HD Prices Leaked: 16GB for $220, 32GB for $290
It feels like we know everything about the Zune HD—except the price. Well, now we know, if Best Buy's inventory system is right: the 16GB model will go for $220, and the 32GB model will be $290. — ...
Zune HD Release Date and Packaging Leaked, Will Hit Stores September 15th
Some loyal Giz readers and Best Buy employees sent us a couple shots of the much-anticipated Zune HD's packaging, and they clearly state that the gorgeous PMP will be available on September 15th. Bre...
Delicious Founder: I Wish I Had Not Sold to Yahoo
Back in 2005 (a long time in the social media world), Yahoo acquired Delicious, the popular social bookmarking website. Both Yahoo and Delicious founder Joshua Schachter had big plans to change the w...
Microsoft, Nokia plan mobile Office deal
Microsoft is expected on Wednesday to announce a partnership with European mobile giant Nokia to help get its Office software onto that company's mobile phones, CNET News has learned. — With the nex...
Tough times in the porn industry
The business, centered in the San Fernando Valley, is being undercut by a growing abundance of free content on the Internet. — On a recent Saturday night, Savannah Stern earned $300 to hang out for ...
Apple again offers matte screen option for 15-inch MacBook Pro
Confirming an AppleInsider exclusive tip from less than a month ago, Apple has restored the antiglare upgrade option — at a cost of $50 — for its 15-inch MacBook Pro line. — The change is a quiet co...
MLB beefs up Roku's rotation
In its bid to put together a roster of compelling content, Roku has just acquired an ace. — Starting Tuesday, the set-top box—known to many as “the Netflix box”—will begin streaming Major League Bas...
Mahalo 2.0 Is Kicking Ass
Jason Calacanis continues to do what he does best: Innovate. — When the original concept for Mahalo didn't work as well as he thought it would, he did what all great entrepreneurs do: Try something ...
tr.im Resurrected
We have restored tr.im, and re-opened its website. We have been absolutely overwhelmed by the popular response, and the countless public and private appeals I have received to keep tr.im alive. — We...
Xbox gaming platform may soon span Web, console, mobile
A new job posting suggests that Microsoft is looking to create a gaming platform that goes beyond just the Xbox 360. Way beyond. — According to a job posting from August 10, 2009, Microsoft is look...
Delicious Creator Quietly Launches Threaded Twitter Conversations
Joshua Schachter is best known as the creator of Delicious. But a few years after he sold it to Yahoo in 2005, he left the company and joined Google. Since then, he's been known to speak his mind ab...
Dell to launch China-only mobile phone after all, calls it “Ophone mini3i” (Updated)
We broke the news on Dell launching a China-only cell phone on Sunday, and today major Chinese news portal 163.com reports the device is on its way: What Dell will be offering in China is an Android-p...
Twitter CEO's wife tweets about labor, ongoing birth of first child
Sara Morishige Williams, Twitter CEO Ev Williams' wife, is certainly making use of the company product — for the birth of their first child. — She went old-school, using text messages rather than a ...
Sony Launches High-power
Sony Corporation today announced that it has launched a new type of lithium ion secondary battery that combines high-power and long-life performance …
Get Ready Penny-Pinchers, the New Yahoo! Deals is Here!
The One-Stop Online Bargains Shop Makes Couponing Easy, Back-to-School Shopping Fast, and Rewards One Lucky Shopper with $20,000 — With the heightened interest in saving money during this economic d...
Nokia: We're Fully Commited To Symbian
The Financial Times (Germany) quoted a source close to Nokia saying that the company might dump the Symbian operating system and instead opt for its LinuxOS, Mameo. The rumor got picked up by various...
Intel, Micron develop flash chips for USB drives
On Tuesday, Intel and Micron Technology announced the development of high-data-capacity flash memory technology for flash cards and USB drives. — And in a related announcement, Intel said Monday tha...