Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Spotted Together Again: Photos
Jobs and Schmidt, whose companies have just ended their love affair, were spotted minutes ago talking business at Calafia in the Town and Country shopping center in Palo Alto. Our tipster saw em and ...
Yahoo proposes ‘really ugly hack’ to DNS
Network World - ANAHEIM, Calif. — Network engineers from Yahoo are pitching what they admit is a “really ugly hack” to the Internet's Domain Name System, but they say it is necessary for the popular W...
iPad App Store Unveiled, Our Exclusive Walkthrough
The iPad App Store is set to launch on April 3rd, but we have managed to access the entire thing a little early and we would like to share some of its secrets with you. — Before we get into any majo...
Apple Poised To Unveil ‘iAd,’ New Mobile Ad Platform Is Jobs' ‘Next Big Thing’
Even as the buzz builds toward the April 3rd ship date of the iPad, Apple is preparing to announce its “next big thing” — a new personalized, mobile advertising system that could well be called the “i...
Apple Buys iPad Trademark from Fujitsu
Apple now owns the iPad trademark. The trademark (Serial No. 76497338) was filed by Fujitsu in March of 2003 for their iPad wireless handheld computing device used by retailers. Records at the U.S. ...
Exclusive: Facebook Poaches Yet Another Major Googler-This Time, Ad Exec David Fischer [UPDATED]
David Fischer-who was VP of Global Online Sales & Operations for Google and more recently was heading up its local efforts-is taking a job at Facebook as VP of Advertising and Global Operations, accor...
Best Buy Preps for April 3rd iPad Launch
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy has reportedly begun preparations for the launch of Apple's Wi-Fi iPad models on April 3rd, providing its retail store employees with details of events leading u...
Radioshack search
RadioShack is looking to shack up with a deep-pocketed investor. — The Texas-based electronics chain is exploring strategic alternatives including a possible sale of the company that could fetch mor...
Here's How Google TV Will Work - And What It Might Mean
Last week, the NY Times shared some details of “Google TV,” the new set-top box Google is developing in partnership with Intel and Sony. The article provided a good outline, and now, based on additio...
Spotify Music Site Sees U.S. Start in Third Quarter; Plans BlackBerry App
Spotify, a virtual digital jukebox and Europe's largest legal online music site, aims to start U.S. operations in the third quarter. — The Stockholm-based company, which has 7 million users in Europ...
Web traffic redirected to China in mystery mix-up
Workers at Internet network operation centers around the world are trying to figure out why traffic to sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook was redirected to servers in China this week, giving...
Apple reportedly shifts orders for iPad touch panels from TPK to Wintek
Taiwan-based TPK Touch Solutions has seen Apple shift orders for iPad-use projected capacitive touch panels to fellow maker Wintek because of TPK's delayed shipments, according to industry sources in ...
Nokia Buys Mobile Web Browser Company Novarra
Nokia has acquired Novarra, an Illinois-based company that develops mobile web browser technologies. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. — The acquisition makes sense, considering that Nok...
Verizon winds down expensive FiOS expansion
NEW YORK - If Verizon Communications Inc. hasn't already started wiring your city or town with its FiOS fiber-optic TV and broadband service, chances are you won't get it. — Where it's available, Fi...
Check.in Is A Potentially Brilliant Remedy For Check-In Fatigue
Last week, I wrote about check-in fatigue. While there is a lot of excitement right now surrounding location-based apps, and particularly the ones where you “check-in” places, trying to use all of th...
What Microsoft learned from Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates
Having followed Microsoft for a few years now, I like to think that I've figured out some of its mysteries, but there's a big one that I've just never been able to crack: What in the heck was the comp...
jQuery's triumphant march to success
Five years ago, no one had heard about jQuery. It was just an idea in the back of Javascript guru John Resig's head. Today, jQuery is by far the most popular Javascript library in the world and is u...
Next steps for our experimental fiber network
Since we announced our plans to build experimental, ultra high-speed broadband networks, the response from communities and individuals has been tremendous and creative. With just a few hours left bef...
USB Memory Support for the Xbox 360 coming April 6th
On April 6th, we will be releasing a system update over Xbox LIVE for your Xbox 360 that will allow USB flash drives to be used for storing profiles, game saves, demos and more. I've been testing thi...
Startups Get Hit By Shrapnel In The Banking Bill
There is a big banking reform bill working its way through the Senate right now. It is sponsored by Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. It has a long name I can't remember, so I'll...
Confirmed: Intellectual Ventures Owns Smartphone Motion-Control Patent
Patent #7,679,604, “Method and apparatus for controlling a computer system,” the broad motion-control patent I've been writing about all week, has passed through a number of hands over the years.
U.S. must stop spying on WikiLeaks
Over the last few years, WikiLeaks has been the subject of hostile acts by security organizations. In the developing world, these range from the appalling assassination of two related human rights la...
Congress On China: Google Gets A Big Wet Kiss. Microsoft Is “Enabling Tyranny”
This is why I have a strong dislike of government and our system of lobbyists. Many people in the tech community are becoming increasingly skeptical of Google's motives in partially pulling out of th...
Google Nabs Longtime Top Oracle Exec to Run International Sales for Enterprise Unit
Amit Singh-a 20-year Oracle exec who has worked in product Development, channel management, sales, strategy and acquisitions-has taken a job as its VP of International Sales for Google's enterprise bu...
Smartphones to Overtake Feature Phones in U.S. by 2011
Roger Entner, Senior Vice President, Research and Insights, Telecom Practice — The iPhone, Blackberry, Droid and smartphones in general dominate the buzz in the mobile market, but only 21% of Americ...
280,000 pro-China astroturfers are running amok online
If you thought corporate “astroturfing” (fake grassroots activity) was a problem at sites like Yelp and Amazon that feature user reviews of products, imagine how much worse it would be if the US gover...