Microsoft starts selling PCs online
NEW YORK—In a surprise move, Microsoft has started selling computers and third-party software via its online store. — It's part of a broader push to try to give Windows the kind of lift that Apple h...
Motorola Droid makes appearance on Motorola's site
Uh... so much for an announcement event? Or Motorola just doesn't know what the hell is going on (most likely the reason), because the Motorola Droid makes an official appearance on Moto's U.S. site....
Amazon's international Kindle surprises owners with $20 refund, limited web browsing
The only thing better than unannounced functionality is an automatic, surprise refund on your purchase. With the international version of Amazon's 6-inch Kindle you get both.
Apple Ads' New Target: Windows 7 (See the Videos!)
Here are the three new Apple (AAPL) commercials trying to take a smack at the launch of Windows 7 (MSFT), the new operating system software from Microsoft. — The “Get a Mac” advertising features the...
Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On for Xbox Coming
In the first segment of our exclusive Steve Ballmer interview series, the Microsoft CEO and I talk about Natal, the blurring of console generations, and the surprising assertion that “you'll be able t...
Apple's new 27 inch iMac designed to also work as a display
Apple has designed its new 27" iMac model to serve as an external display for DisplayPort devices such as recent MacBook and MacBook Pros. — The new model is the first all-in-one system from Apple t...
Dvorak joins the Win7 basher brigade
Man, you know things are bad when even this f**khead turns on you. Dvorak says Win7 is just a “Vista martini.” But you'll never guess what's really got him soiling his Depends. — It's that the Bor...
Box.net Launches Integration With Salesforce
Box.net, the online file storage and sharing service, has just launched integration with Salesforce.com. Starting today businesses will be able to add a Box.net app to their Salesforce accounts, allo...
Toshiba Dynario fuel-cell: the battery revolution begins October 29th
We can hardly believe it but the day has finally arrived: Toshiba just launched the first Dynario fuel-cell for portable consumer electronics. That's right, the long promised and highly anticipated d...
Layers come to Google Maps for BlackBerry
We're excited to announce that version 3.2 of Google Maps for mobile is now available for BlackBerry. This release contains many of the same features we recently launched on Windows Mobile and S60, i...
AT&T cuts churn rate; Activates 3.2 million iPhones; Touts network upgrades
AT&T's bet on the iPhone continues to work well. The company reported a better-than-expected third quarter, delivered post paid churn of 1.17 percent (a low for AT&T), activated 3.2 million iPhones a...
Reading gets personal with Popular items and Personalized ranking
(Cross-posted with the Official Google Blog) — Today, we're launching two changes to Google Reader to help you discover more interesting content faster. Just as the launch of Personalized Search im...
Facebook shows off new homepage for touchscreen phones
Facebook is testing a new mobile homepage designed for touchscreen phones. You can try it here at http://touch.facebook.com. After launching apps for both the iPhone and Google's Android platform, F...
Chase Carey: Hulu to Charge in 2010
News Corp. Deputy Chairman Chase Carey opened the B&C OnScreen summit to discuss where he sees the business going. “It's time to start getting paid for broadcast content online,” he said. Carey said...
Engineers create fingernail-size chip that holds 1TB of data
The process also shows promise for boosting vehicles' fuel economy — Computerworld - Engineers have created a new fingernail-size chip that can hold 1 trillion bytes (a terabyte) of data — 50 times ...
The New CNN.com (First Screenshots)
Today, CNN has invited a number of journalists to One Time Warner Center in New York City to witness a preview of the new CNN.com homepage (they're calling the event “The Unveiling"). The site serves...
Mozilla's Raindrop: An Open Conversation Aggregator
While most conversation aggregators are concerned with harnessing your river of data, Mozilla is breaking it down into manageable raindrops. According to a morning blog post on the Mozilla Labs site ...