Facebook May Not Be Skynet, but It Is Getting Smarter, and That's Bad for Google
Founder Mark Zuckerberg Is About to Tap Consumer Insights a Search Engine Can Only Dream of — Remember the computer network in “The Terminator” that progressively got so smart it became sentient and...
Gizmodo and the Prototype iPhone
The Phone — The first question is, how did the phone leave Apple's campus? — Starting a few weeks ago, some number of iPhone engineers who, because of the nature of their work were already familia...
Dell Looking Glass tablet leaks: Tegra 2 coming your way in November
We'd already heard that Dell was working on larger tablets, and tonight's huge leak brought us tons of info on the Looking Glass, a seven-inch big brother to the Streak 5 that's due out in November.
The Google Maps search box just got smarter
The Suggest feature for Google Maps helps you find what you want faster and more accurately by showing search suggestions for the most relevant places, businesses and points of interest as you type. ...
Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 Now Available
The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 was first introduced last May as a series of 6 applications that are designed to showcase Windows Touch in Windows 7 and to help people learn touch gestures. It...
Apple strikes back at Adobe, says Flash is ‘closed and proprietary’
In a rare public comment, Apple's public relations department responded Wednesday to criticisms from the project manager for Adobe Flash, suggesting his recent criticism of Apple was “backwards.”
Exclusive: Kakai, Stealthy No More-It's a Kindle for Students and Much More
Founded last May, Kakai is one of the start-ups in Silicon Valley in the deepest of stealth modes, despite a panoply of high-profile players involved. — But, while reports have been sketchy around i...
Legal spying via the cell phone system
Two researchers say they have found a way to exploit weaknesses in the mobile telecom system to legally spy on people by figuring out the private cell phone number of anyone they want, tracking their ...
HP vs. Everybody
Be inconspicuous. If there's one tenet of the legendary corporate culture known as the HP Way that CEO Mark Hurd has mastered, that's it. Known as a numbers guy who shirks the limelight, Hurd has pr...
Search by Voice Comes to Google Maps 4.1 for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones
We understand that typing on phones isn't as easy or fast as talking into them. As a result, we're big fans of letting you search in Google Maps for mobile in the most natural way possible — with you...