Lenovo emerges as leading candidate for Palm -sources
Lenovo (0992.HK), the world's No.4 PC brand, has emerged as the leading candidate to buy struggling smartphone maker Palm (PALM.O), after the U.S. firm was rebuffed by other potential Asian buyers, so...
Blippy users' credit card numbers found on Google
Yesterday was a big day for social-oversharing site Blippy, which lets members automatically post their purchases to the Internet. The company announced $11.2 million in funding and was profiled in T...
Lost iPhone prototype spurs police probe
Silicon Valley police are investigating what appears to be a lost Apple iPhone prototype purchased by a gadget blog, a transaction that may have violated criminal laws, a law enforcement official told...
Cloudhopping
Twitter was inspired by SMS and we continue to embrace this simple but ubiquitous technology. In fact, Twitter's 140 character limit was designed specifically to allow for any tweet to be read in its...
Understanding the Open Graph Protocol
I attended Facebook's F8 conference yesterday (missed the keynote IRL, but you can catch it online) and came away pondering the Open Graph Protocol. — In they keynote Zuck said (as Luke Shepard call...
Google Dashes Hopes of Free iPhone Turn-by-Turn GPS
Google has denied the latest rumors that the search giant will bring free turn-by-turn GPS navigation on the Apple iPhone, although the features could come in the future to other (unspecified) mobile ...
Apple IPhone Captures 72% of Japan Smartphone Market
Apple Inc.'s iPhone shipments to Japan more than doubled in the past year, capturing 72 percent of the country's smartphone market, a research firm said. — Shipments of the iPhone, which began selli...
A Peek at the Next Kindle and Nook Display
Assuming the next generation Kindle and Nook stick with E Ink as their display provider, this video highlights what'll be new: Animation and nearly double the contrast ratio. — Shipping to OEMs in t...
Content ID and Fair Use
(Cross-posted from the Official YouTube Blog) — Over the past decade, the evolution of the Internet has altered the landscape for both traditional media companies and the doctrine of fair use, and t...
For Web's New Wave, Sharing Details Is the Point
SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Brooks wants the whole Web to know that he spent $41 on an iPad case at an Apple store, $24 eating at an Applebee's, and $6,450 at a Florida plastic surgery clinic for nose work. ...
Privacy issues? Google engineers leaving Facebook in droves
Well I bet they didn't quite expect that. In the wake of Facebook's F8 conference this week, where it apparently bid to become the new Sheriff of the Internet, Facebook's plans to effectively put ‘so...
B&N delivers meaty Nook update, teases iPad app
Barnes & Noble's new Read in Store feature is part of the Nook's firmware 1.3 update. — When Barnes & Noble launched the Nook e-book reader late last year, the company said that it would offer uniqu...
Gizmodo Caught In Copyright Crossfire
At TorrentFreak we keep a close eye on the DMCA takedown requests that are received by search engines such as Google and Yahoo. These are usually sent out by music and film companies but last week we...
Facebook And Microsoft Check-In With Foursquare. Will Crowley Sell?
There is a lot of action surrounding Foursquare right now. And CEO and co-founder Dennis Crowley has a tough decision to make. — It's already been widely reported that Yahoo is seriously pursuing a...
An Update on False Positive Remediation
As you know, McAfee on Wednesday released a faulty signature update file (DAT file) that caused problems for a number of our customers. — First off, I want to apologize on behalf of McAfee and say t...
Here We Go Again...
Velocity Micro's Cruz Tablet has Android 2.1 with full Flash support
Some alleged spy shots of a brand-new Android tablet materialized in our inbox this afternoon, and after sending a few e-mails and making a quick phone call, we can confirm they're 100 percent legit …
Palm Shake-Up Imminent, Rubinstein May Be Out
Palm right now is a disaster. Its sales are going nowhere, its market share is plummeting, and try as it might, it can't even find a buyer. Industry sources tell us that a major restructuring and ma...
Asustek Eee Pad to hit channel in July
Asustek Computer chairman Jerry Shen has announced, at a conference in Taiwan, that the company will introduce its tablet PC, the Eee Pad, at Computex 2010, scheduled between June 1-5, and is aiming t...
Shortage of Popular Intel Chips Threatens Laptop Rollouts
A shortage of the latest Intel laptop PC microprocessors appears to be worsening and could cause some PC vendors to delay the rollout of new laptop computers, chip distributors and industry researcher...