Twice the storage for a quarter of the price
(Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) — People today have more personal data online than ever before. More and more people are starting to move the bulk of their data off the desktop and int...
Why Retweet works the way it does
This week on Twitter, we're rolling a feature we've been working on for a while out to a lot more users. (If you don't have it yet, you will soon.) That feature is our native version of Retweet, whi...
How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7
An inaccurate quote has been floating around the Internet today about the design origins of Windows 7 and whether its look and feel was “borrowed” from Mac OS X. Unfortunately this came from a Micros...
Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour
November 2010 release, 5m units global ship, 14 games, and super-low sub-£50 price — MCV can this week reveal first details regarding the launch of Microsoft's Project Natal. — Our sources say the...
Facebook iPhone Dev Quits Project Over Apple Tyranny
“My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple's policies.” - Joe Hewitt — Facebook developer Joe Hewitt, the man behind the immensely popular Facebook application for ...
Online Ads Are Booming, if They're Attached to a Video
News Web sites are starting to look a lot less like newspapers and a lot more like television. — CNN.com and ESPN.com are featuring video much more prominently on their home pages, often prompting v...
Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009
Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $7.5 billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The market will show con...
Intego Security Memo: Hacker Tool Copies Personal Info from iPhones
Description: Following the recent discovery of a worm that changes wallpaper on iPhones , Intego has spotted another piece of malware that attacks iPhones, one that is far more dangerous than the ikee...
Apple Emerges as Nintendo Game Rival
Japan Giant's Lead in Hand-Held Devices Is Under Pressure From iPhone, iPod Touch — Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo Co., is a self-proclaimed Apple Inc. fan. He carries an iPhone and uses a...
T-Mobile Moves Aggressively into HSPA and HSPA+
From a carrier with no 3G offerings 18 months ago, T-Mobile has turned the ship fast—and turned the table on its competitors: T-Mobile used today's announcement of a new 3G USB modem to lay out its ag...
Google Tests Skippable Ads In YouTube Videos
Google will begin testing “skippable” pre-roll ads in videos on YouTube Wednesday that could lead the Mountain View, Calif. search engine toward a new advertising model. The small sampling, which run...
Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!
In 1990, Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr was brutally murdered. Two of his business associates were convicted, imprisoned for the crime, and recently paroled. Who killed Sedlmayr? Its a matter of pu...
Zune HD Marketplace now loaded with free 3D games
That latest update to the Zune HD's brainstem has unlocked an extra dimension to the multifunctional device, which can now boast “3D gaming device” among its many accolades. Aside from fixing a signi...
Research shows avatars can negatively affect users
(PhysOrg.com) — Although often seen as an inconsequential feature of digital technologies, one's self-representation, or avatar, in a virtual environment can affect the user's thoughts, according to r...
Ohai launches massively multiplayer online vampire game on Facebook
Game startup Ohai is launching a new vampire-themed online world on Facebook as part of an attempt to snare more time and money from social network fans. — Social games have exploded on Facebook thi...
Did Twitter Pluck a Data Management Guru from Yahoo!?
That Twitter is dealing with massive amounts of data flowing through its servers these days would be an understatement, as the service sees strong growth and significant mindshare. With the company h...
New PC to encourage older users
Eighty year old Betty Parsons uses a computer for the first time — A new computer aimed at people aged over 60 who are unfamiliar with PCs and the internet has been unveiled. — The simplified desk...
Microsoft to launch Windows Mobile 7 “Maldives” tester program in Q1 2010
According to ZDNet Taiwan, Microsoft is set release Windows Mobile 7 to OEMs for testing in Q1 2010, with a launch date set for Q3 2010, a year after the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5.
Rumor: Facebook, Gamercard colors in next PS3 FW update [Update: Real]
Update: Looks like these shots were taken directly from the PlayStation website itself. Link here, here and here. It's real. — Original: Facebook integration, the ability to change your gamercard ...
Universities reject Kindle DX as a textbook replacement
Two universities running Kindle DX pilot programs have rejected the device as a potential textbook replacement, citing a poor feature set and the controversial accessibility issues. Primary among the...
Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello
SAO PAULO — Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut. — The ...
China Lauds IPhone App That Spreads State Views
China's film and TV regulator late Tuesday praised the growth of an iPhone application from state broadcaster CCTV as the country looks for new ways to project its political views abroad. — The free...
Samsung plans Symbian-free future
Oh my god, it's full of widgets — Samsung's roadmap includes Windows mobile, Android and its new Bada platform, but there's no sign of Symbian in the plan. — The details come from Samsung VP Don J...
Facebook Facial-Recognition Tagger Goes Live
Face.com is opening its photo-tagging system, based on facial-recognition technology, to Facebook members Wednesday. … Photo Tagger, which launched to a limited group of users in July, scans a user's ...
Good Bloggers Make Good Neighbors, New Survey Shows
Back in the day, it was assumed that heavy Internet geeks were a bunch of basement-dwelling, trenchcoat-wearing, socially maladjusted introverts. — However, a new study from the Pew Internet Project...