T-Mobile: we probably lost all your Sidekick data
Well, this is shaping up to be one of the biggest disasters in the history of cloud computing, and certainly the largest blow to Danger and the Sidekick platform: T-Mobile's now reporting that persona...
Facebook Tries To Suck The Last Drops Of Life Out Of Orkut In The US
Facebook has seen amazing growth over the last few years, and has long since established itself as the largest social network in the world. But the battle isn't over yet — Facebook is still duking it...
What's replacing P2P, BitTorrent as pirate hangouts?
RapidShare, others provide ‘essentially your own private FTP server’ — Computerworld - Driven by increased crackdowns on BitTorrent sites such as The Pirate Bay, software pirates are fast-moving the...
Video: The New Windows Mobile advertisement is kind of strange
Microsoft has been absolutely hammered in the press this week over the introduction of its new Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. And, I am afraid, the new ad campaign won't do too much to help thi...
Why startups shouldn't have to pay to pitch angel investors
[ disclaimer: written with boiling blood ] — When confronted with an abuse of power, an injustice or a scam I've developed a really effective technique: I blog, tweet and whine about it passionately...
Insure.com Sells for $16 Million - Highest Domain Sale Recorded
Insure.com, a publicly traded company whose shares trade on the NASDAQ stock exchange, sold its corporate name and related domain name for $16,000,000, and the company will be renamed Life Quotes. Th...
Any Data You Give to Google Can and Will Be Used Against You
The uber-geeks who run Google don't seem like to think about the messy world of law and politics. But it can't be avoided. The latest example: A Bear Stearns manager done in by a GMail account he th...
Hey Media Company, Buy BNO News. Now. Really.
By now, there's no need to repeat the backstory of Breaking News Online to the news junkies among us, especially those of us on Twitter and iPhone. If you do need the background, here's the story. I...
AT&T: What iPhone problem?
Why is the carrier trying to downplay the effect of Apple's bandwidth-hogging smartphone? — Source: Rysavy Research — In his keynote address at the CTIA's (Cellular Telephone Industries Associatio...
EU in contact with U.S. govt on IBM investigation
* EU says no joint probe with U.S. into IBM — The European Commission said on Friday it was assisting an antitrust investigation into technology services company IBM (IBM.N) by the U.S. Justice Depa...
Shake. Load. Kaboom. $600+/day.
Most iPhone apps lose money, but some freebies — like Shotgun — rake in the cash — As an app, Shotgun Free doesn't do much. Give it a shake and it makes the sound of a shell being chambered. Tilt ...
NBC Sued in Font-Related Flare-Up
NBC's legal team has one more headache on its hands. On Tuesday afternoon, the company was served with a lawsuit by the Font Bureau, one of the country's leading typographic design firms and the comp...