Default https access for Gmail
In 2008, we rolled out the option to always use https — encrypting your mail as it travels between your web browser and our servers. Using https helps protect data from being snooped by third parties...
Nintendo Wii to Add Netflix Service for Streaming Video
SAN FRANCISCO — Owners of the Nintendo Wii can finally stop waving their video game controllers in the air and sink back onto the couch. — Nintendo is bringing Netflix's online streaming video servi...
French 3 Strikes Group Unveils Copyright Infringing Logo
Starting in the spring, French file-sharers are set to be tracked and firmly dealt with by the country's controversial Hadopi agency. — Late last week at a ceremony in Paris, Frédéric Mitterrand …
Ron Jeremy says violent video games ‘worse’ than porn
Violent video games have “a much bigger negative influence on kids” than pornography, a leading porn star has claimed. — He said parents should be more worried about the harmful effects of such game...
Kodu Game-Creation Tool for Kids Adapted for the PC
Kodu, a game that helps youngsters learn how to program so they can create their own video games to play and share, is now available on the PC. — Microsoft is pushing to bring computer programming b...
How Google Ranks Tweets
Algorithms judge the relevance of microblog posts containing 140 characters or less. — To deliver useful search returns from the so-called real-time Web—such as seconds-old Twitter “tweets” reportin...
Apple, It's Time to Delete Safari From the iPhone
It took only a few hours: Apple has banned ForChan from iTunes, a perfectly innocent, web-based, dedicated image browser for the iPhone. Its only sin: It could display porn. Well done, Apple. Let's...
Facebook Joins With McAfee to Clean Spam From Site
It looks like Facebook has finally gotten fed up with all the viruses and spam that is plaguing the social network and ensnaring and embarrassing its 350 million members. — Late Tuesday, the company...
Start-Up Tries Free Texting in India
NEW DELHI—A service called SMS GupShup is winning the race to become India's version of Twitter by promoting social networking through text messaging on cellphones. But it faces a challenge: It can't...
Google's Nexus One phone sells a mere 20,000 in its first week
The Google Nexus One sold an estimated 20,000 units in its first week, according to market analytics firm Flurry. — Although the Nexus One received a lot of buzz as Google's own entry into the Andro...
Apple IPhone With Better Camera May Be Out By June, Goldman's Chen Says
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone will probably be available as early as June, include a more advanced camera, and may feature a touch-sensitive casing, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst...
Sony's E-Reader Opens New Chapter in Kindle Rivalry
Sony, the Japanese electronics giant, was a pioneer in the current wave of electronic book readers, introducing its first Sony Reader model back in 2006. But, it has been overtaken by Amazon.com, who...
Sergey Brin Is Force Behind Google's Showdown with China, Ken Auletta
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, the son of persecuted Russian Jews, has been the driving force in the the company's showdown with China, says Ken Auletta, New Yorker media columnist and author of the b...
Apple ‘experts’ to debut in retail stores within weeks
Apple's retail “experts” — a new position that will serve as a roaming counterpart to existing “geniuses” at brick-and-mortar locations — are expected to debut in stores in a matter of weeks, people f...