Microsoft Reports First-Quarter Results
Windows and Xbox exceed expectations due to strong consumer demand; cost discipline drives earnings per share growth — Segment Revenue and Operating Income (Loss) — View the PowerPoint Earnings Re...
Verizon's Droid is a series, not just a phone; Droid Eris coming from HTC
We just got some wild information from a trusted source about Verizon's Android strategy, and let's just say this shakes things up a little bit. Here are the big takeaways: — Droid is the brand name...
Google Placates India, China With Different Map Versions
Google has hit upon an interesting way of placating both China and India over the way its map application displays Arunachal Pradesh, a region whose ownership is disputed by the two countries. — The...
Evolving the look of Google Maps
Today the Google Maps team is rolling out a number of refinements to the look and feel of our maps, the biggest such changes since we first launched about 4.7 years ago. In that time we've been stead...
Ballmer on the Smartphone Race: “It Doesn't Matter What the Critics Say”
In this segment of my exclusive interview series with Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, I brought up the sore subject of Windows Mobile 6.5. After defending it, he cited another product that did well but...
Video hilarity: Windows 7 launched on a MacBook Pro on NBC's The Today Show
Oh, dear. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was on The Today Show (international viewers: The Today Show is a morning news and entertainment program that airs on NBC, a big TV network here) to unveil Windo...
Video: Dell Adamo XPS Can Only Be Opened By Rubbing It
The Dell Adamo XPS isn't only ridiculously thin, but it opens like no laptop ever seen before. Its propped up keyboard can only be opened by sliding a finger on the lid's heat sensing strip. See it ...
Universal phone charger approved
A new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body. — Industry body the GSMA predicts that 51,000 ...
Netflix to Launch Streaming-Only Service...but Not in the U.S.
During yesterday's Q3 earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings revealed the company's plans to launch a streaming-only service which will allow users to watch movies via their PCs without having to si...
Windows 7 student upgrade installer not working for many
The Windows 7 launch seems to have gone off mostly roses and sunbeams, but we're hearing today that quite a few people have had issues installing the downloadable $29 student upgrade edition on 32-bit...
Facebook Now Accounts For 1 In 4 Internet Pageviews
Here's a startling conclusion by Perry Drake of database marketing firm Drake Direct: — Facebook accounts for 25% of U.S. online pageviews. — Perry's analysis was prompted by a study showing that ...
Amazon Puts Wine Program on Hold
Amazon.com, considered the world's largest online retailer, may be bailing on its wine program, which never really got going, winebusiness.com has learned. After some two years of preparation, Amazon...
Windows 7 is a triumph in the operating system's line
Windows 7 Demo … I found Windows 7, officially released Thursday, to be confusing and disorienting from the very start. I felt lost: where was the familiar sensation of pain, frustration and rage tha...
Full Circle In Sight As Inventor Of The World Wide Web Signs Up For Twitter
Sir Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee, credited for inventing this little thing called the World Wide Web, has signed up for Twitter in a move that could potentially rip a hole in the time/space continuu...
AOL: We're working on something big and secret
SAN FRANCISCO—Tim Armstrong is such a tease. — The AOL CEO, speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit on Thursday, didn't have any high-profile announcements like many of the other speakers at the conference. ...
Million-Dollar Apps
In the course of reporting my feature story on apps for the Web and mobile phones, I asked developers how much money these little pieces of software are actually bringing in. While they are certainly...
We have no plans for Blu-Ray on Xbox 360
During an interview yesterday, Steve Ballmer was asked about Blu-Ray and the Xbox 360. I wanted to clear something up. Steve was referring to Blu-Ray accessories for the PC. As we have said in the ...
Apple shuts down ZFS open source project
Apple's efforts to support the development of ZFS, an advanced file system originally created by Sun, were officially terminated today in a notice posted by MacOS Forge. — The tersely worded message...
Nigeria actually arrests, shuts down online scammers
It turns out Nigeria is taking measures to fight Internet scams—law enforcement there has shut down close to a thousand websites and made 18 arrests as part of a new initiative to save the nation's re...
Who Knew Senior Citizens Hated Net Neutrality?
‘XYZ Organization’ magically shares AT&T's lobbying positions — We've long criticized the broadband industry's biggest companies for their unethical practices when it comes to DC lobbying, from the ...
Burger King Japan selling Windows 7 burgers
Microsoft has taken the unusual step of promoting Windows 7 in Japan with Burger King's launch of a Windows 7 Whopper. Fitting in with the software theme, the burger stacks seven patties in an otherw...
Apple ships Final Cut apps upgrade, new OS X Server tools
Apple has unleashed a pair of important software updates, one for users of its professional applications, the other for Mac OS X server admins (whose numbers recently begun to swell on the release of ...
Canonical takes on Win 7 with Ubuntu 9.10 RC
IDG News Service - Canonical on Thursday made available the Release Candidate of its latest Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 9.10, on the same day Microsoft launched the long-awaited Windows 7. —...
Book listing implies Apple to release ‘Aperture X’ in 2010
A new book available for preorder on Amazon.com implies that a new 3.0 version of Aperture, called Apple Aperture X, could be coming by May 2010. — The book title is listed as “Apple Aperture X (3) ...
ScrollMotion releases in-app purchase, has sold over 200,000 e-books on the iPhone
Amazon may have sold over a million Kindles and millions of e-books, but there's another e-book reader that seems to be gaining some traction: the iPhone. And of the many e-book readers on the iPhone...
That Was Fun, But Now Nokia's Looking To Sell Off Dopplr
The damn ink isn't even dry on the Dopplr acquisition by Nokia that everyone said would never happen (it did). And yet, we're now hearing rumors that Nokia is quietly looking for a buyer to take the ...