Dell's numbers show PC industry staggering back
SAN FRANCISCO — Dell Inc.'s second-quarter results reinforce what other tech heavyweights have shown recently about the health of the personal-computer industry: it's still wounded by the recession, b...
Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters
The Met Office has caused a storm of controversy after it was revealed their £30million supercomputer designed to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters.
WiFi on steroids? First “WhiteFi” prototypes hit testing stage
Now that the FCC has opened empty TV channels to wireless networking, Microsoft Research wants to replicate the success of WiFi—but with 1km connection distances and much greater bandwidth. Welcome t...
Malware-Infected CD Mailing was Part of Pen Test
The malware-infected CDs that were mailed to some credit unions may have been part of a penetration test designed to gauge whether an employee would run the software. The SANS Internet Storm Center s...
How Yelp May Have Further Harmed The App Store Approval Process With Its Easter Egg
Editor's Note: This guest post was written by Matt Galligan, CEO of CrashCorp, a company working on a product called SimpleGeo providing “location as a service” as well as an Augmented Reality SDK for...
Rumor: Apple May Be Working on XL Tablets Running Full Mac OS X
This one caught us by surprise, but it comes from a source that has always been 100% reliable: Not only Apple may be working on a 10-inch tablet, but also in 13" and 15" models, one running Mac OS X.
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet. — ...
Storm 2, Touch Pro2, Omnia II and possibly the Pre - all in Verizon's inventory database
Published on: Today by PhoneArena Team — One of our most loyal tipsters has just shared some quite spicy info with us. Hi-end handset lovers will be delighted to know that the RIM BlackBerry Storm ...
Wake on Demand lets Snow Leopard sleep with one eye open
A new networking option in OS X 10.6 lets you access files on a slumbering Mac — To conserve power and reduce your electrical bill, you should shut down your computer or put it to sleep when not in ...
Apple can't stop reviewing iPhone apps
The iPhone is on top of the market with a lot of popular support, so journalists and bloggers know that any negative press will generate a lot of attention. Any anti-iPhone headline incites fans to d...
How To Beat the Kindle
Study everything the iPod's rivals did. Then do the exact opposite. — You might argue that Sony was visionary. In the fall of 2006, it introduced the first eBook with an E Ink screen—long before A...
China Unicom Strikes iPhone Deal
Apple Device Set to Enter World's Largest Mobile Market — China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced a deal with Apple Inc. to sell iPhones in China starting later this year, bringing the popular devic...
CHART OF THE DAY: Hulu Has More Viewers Than Time Warner Cable
Hulu's reach as a video platform keeps growing, now reaching more video viewers than the second biggest U.S. cable company. — In July, some 38 million people watched a video on Hulu, according to co...
Investor Group Makes Play For Skype
A group of well known venture capital and large private equity firms are pooling resources to make a bid to acquire eBay-owned Skype, according to a source close to the deal. — Investors in the prop...
The App Store Goes To China
A deal with China Unicom is good news for Apple—and better news for developers. — BURLINGAME, Calif. — The iPhone is going to China, which means more than 100,000 developers will have a chance to hi...
Intel Raises Third-Quarter Revenue and Gross Margin Expectations
As a result of stronger than expected demand for microprocessors and chipsets, Intel Corporation now expects revenue for the third quarter to be $9.0 billion, plus or minus $200 million, as compared t...
Snow Leopard's malware protection only scans for two Trojans
The much hyped built-in malware protection into Apple's Snow Leopard upgrade appears to be nothing more than a XProtect.plist file containing five signatures for two of the most popular Mac OS X troja...
Apple, AT&T Sued For Misleading MMS Marketing
Apple and AT&T promised MMS messaging for the iPhone, but haven't delivered. Despite a disclaimer, a dissatisfied iPhone user believes laws have been broken. — A lawsuit filed in Ohio on Wednesday ...
Snow Leopard Application Incompatibilities Compiled
Many users have been wondering whether their current applications will be compatible with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and both Apple and users with access to the final version of Snow Leopard have been wor...
Belgian teenager latest victim of exploding iPhone phenomenon
A 15-year old Belgian by the name of Salvatore is the latest victim in a series of mysterious iPhone explosions that have captured the attention of France's and the European Commissions' consumer affa...
Bush's Search Policy For Travelers Is Kept
Obama Officials Say Oversight Will Grow — The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search — without suspicion of wrongdoing — the contents of a t...
Quantum Cryptography for the Masses
A new partnership will make quantum cryptography more widely available. — Quantum cryptography could finally hit the mainstream thanks to a deal that will allow customers to adopt the technology wit...
Inside the Cafe at Facebook Headquarters
Black mission figs with Serrano ham. Tiny beef meatballs with pine nuts and sweet yellow peaches. Tender braised rabbit with moscatel, cinnamon, and fresh cherries. And rich chocolate roulade cake ...
The world according to Chambers
Cisco's chairman and chief executive is stretching his company in all directions. Can it hold together? — JOHN CHAMBERS no longer travels much. That is not for want of energy, of which the boss of...
Readers as patrons in the digital age
A few months ago someone sent me a link to a short story a friend of his had written and posted online. I made the mistake of glancing at it while at work and then got so absorbed I couldn't stop rea...
Anne Wojcicki and Sergey Brin Support CC with $500,000 Gift
Creative Commons is honored to have received an incredibly generous gift of $500,000 from 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. We are delighted that the couple recogniz...