Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users
Data Restoration to Begin as Soon as Possible for Affected Customers. — Dear T-Mobile Sidekick customers, — On behalf of Microsoft, I want to apologize for the recent problems with the Sidekick se...
Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”
During Google's third quarter earnings conference call today, one message came out loud and clear: Google's mobile strategy is starting to pay off. “Android adoption is about to explode,” declared CE...
Google to launch online electronic book store
Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a Web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle. — ...
Twitter Expands Lists Beta Testing. A Great New Feature.
Twitter has rolled out its new Lists feature to a larger portion of its user base right now. The feature allows you to group users you follow together and then lets you share those for others to also...
Can Apple Spoil Microsoft's Day?
The impending launch of Windows 7 is being seen by Jobs & Co. as an opportunity to lure PC users away — The entire personal computer industry is gearing up for Microsoft's (MSFT) Oct. 22 release of ...
Apple Opens Up ‘In App Purchasing’ for Free iPhone Applications
Apple has just sent out an e-mail to registered iPhone developers informing them that In App Purchasing, previously restricted to paid applications, is now also permitted in free applications.
Future Mac Pro: Apple to Enjoy Short-Term Exclusive Use of Future Xeon CPU?
According to one of our sources, Apple is finalizing the future Mac Pro models. They are currently testing the last evolution of Xeon CPU, known as Gulftown, that Intel only demoed a couple of times ...
Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a brash price war against Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, saying it would sell 10 hotly anticipated new books for just $10 apiece through its online site, Walmart.com. — T...
Twitter is Launching Its Own ‘Fledgling’ Wine Label
Forget drinking the company Kool-Aid. Twitter employees will soon be drinking the company wine. — ​Also known on Twitter as Bottles for Books , Fledgling Wines marks Twitter's foray into the ...
New in Labs: Google Docs previews
Being an avid Google Docs user, I receive a ton of emails with links to documents that my co-workers and friends share with me. From technical design documents at work to my roommate's expenses sprea...
Hands-on: Social networking on Xbox 360
Microsoft was expected to release Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm apps for the Xbox 360 as part of a system software update that went out back in August, It was decided that the apps should be delayed ...
The Hype Is Right
Apple's tablet will reinvent computing. … From the magazine issue dated Oct 26, 2009 — Apple is supposedly working on a tablet computer, and though it doesn't even exist yet, it has already enjoyed ...
This is why Apple's iFrame is a bad idea
Yesterday, word got out of Apple's new iFrame standard, which purports to expedite video editing by keeping the video in “the same format used on a computer.” Really, it's nothing but a resolution an...
When In Doubt Throw A Party, And Turn PR Up To 11
Something is up at MySpace. Everything was quiet for a long while as they went through executive turnover and mass layoffs. But suddenly they are back seeking the limelight. — CEO Owen Van Natta i...
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Returned to Growth in Third Quarter of 2009
Asia/Pacific and U.S. Show More Obvious Signs of a PC Recovery While EMEA Region Shows Ongoing Weakness — The PC industry performed better than expected as worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.9 millio...
Google Quietly Drops PageRank From Webmaster Tools
My piece this morning, Google Removes PageRank Data From Webmaster Tools from the Search Engine Roundtable has sparked a lot of discussion on Twitter. Google had indeed removed the PageRank statistic...
Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery
On Thursday morning, Amazon.com took another step in its effort to bring instant gratification to its customers, introducing a new “Local Express Delivery Option.” If an eligible item is ordered betw...
Spigit Raises $10 Million For Social Productivity Software
Social productivity startup Spigit raised $10 million in Series B funding from private equity firm Warburg Pincus. This brings Spigit's total funding up to $14 million. Spigit's CEO and Founder, Pau...
Nokia Reports Unexpected $834 Million Loss as Sales Miss Analyst Forecasts
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest maker of mobile phones, posted an unexpected third-quarter loss, reversing a profit in the year-earlier period as demand slid.
Channel 4 signs long-form content deal with YouTube
[UK] BREAKING: This is quite a big move from TV broadcaster Channel 4 in the UK. They appear to be admitting their 4oD video-on-demand ‘catch-up’ service is no match for putting the lot on YouTube. ...
Google Wave secured with ‘crypto fairy dust’
Wave goodbye to email spoofing. — Google Wave, the search giant's email-like collaboration tool, has been designed to avoid common security issues associated with traditional email because it contai...
Tandberg Shareholders Reject Cisco $3B Offer
Tandberg shareholders have rejected a $3 billion bid by Cisco to buy the Norwegian video conferencing equipment maker, apparently looking for a higher offer from Cisco or an-other company. They also ...
Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending
Kate Lambert recalls using her library card just once or twice throughout her childhood. Now, she uses it several times a month. — The lure? Electronic books she can download to her laptop. Begin...
Android about to get a lot sweeter
We don't know a lot about the feature set of Android 2.0, but the latest firmware version has started to appear in the wild. Earlier today, Android 2.0 was spotted on the upcoming Motorola phone and ...
How A Failed Poach Could Cost Mike Volpi The Skype Deal
Yesterday, the already very public fight for Skype entered yet another round, with the publication of recent filings of a motion for preliminary injunction against former Joost CEO and Chairman Mike V...
New twist on Twitter advertising: light a tweet bonfire
If you're a DailyKos reader, you've probably seen some new ads by the SEIU today appearing at the bottom of posts about health-care. — The ads look like this... The images I've posted here aren't a...
iPhone Sales: Now Bigger Than Ever
It's a great time to be a phone buyer, for we are seeing a whole new crop of what The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls super smartphones (I prefer the simpler “superphones") come to the marke...