Acer to launch Chrome OS devices in two weeks (exclusive)
It's been some time since we received any new details on Chrome OS, Google's web-focused operating system for netbooks. But that's about to change in a couple weeks. We've learned from multiple sour...
Adobe targets Apple in ad campaign launched today, publishes open letter from founders
If you're reading Engadget today (and let's be honest, you're reading it right now), then you might have noticed that Adobe has launched a pretty full-force campaign to call out Apple on its anti-Flas...
Staying in Control of Your Facebook Logins
At Facebook, we're constantly working on new ways to protect you from scams and help you keep your account and information secure. Today, we're announcing some new tools and systems designed to keep ...
Exclusive: Google To Add Tethering, Wifi Hotspot To Android 2.2 Froyo
Google added a plastic desert sculpture of a frozen yogurt outside of their Android building today (here's Eclair, the last version), indicating the imminent arrival of the next version of the Android...
Pardon Our Dust
Today we're releasing several exciting updates to Hulu, most notably a new version of the Hulu video player. We've posted an overview of the new player, complete with an introductory video, here. An...
Larry Ellison On Sun Ex-CEO: Blogging Was Silly Diversion
Praising Sun's engineering prowess while damning the company's leadership, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Sun's engineers were given direction that “was so astonishingly bad that even they couldn't suc...
Let's Try This Again: How Much Web Video Is Really iPad-Ready?
Steve Jobs says there's no reason to cling to Flash video on the Web, because most Web video also works on the H.264/HTML5 standard he's supporting. — But Adobe (ADBE) says the majority of the Web's...
Air Force may suffer collateral damage from PS3 firmware update
When Sony issued a recent PlayStation 3 update removing the device's ability to install alternate operating systems like Linux, it did so to protect copyrighted content—but several research projects s...
Apple Gives a Nod to Newton with New ‘What is iPad?’ Ad
Apple started airing a new iPad ad tonight called “What is iPad?”. The Ad seems to be a departure from their recent ads with a bit of a gruff narrator walking through what the iPad is. However, it s...
New iPhone in Vietnam spotted running iPhone OS 4?
This is a bit of a confusing one, but we just got tipped an additional shot of this 4th generation iPhone that leaked out in Vietnam, but this time with a big twist: it appears to be running iPhone OS...
Skype VP says company isn't developing software for Windows Phone 7
Consider the bombshell dropped. Skype, the godfather of VoIP apps and an increasingly ubiquitous piece of mobile as well as desktop software, has just let it be known that it's not planning on bringi...
HTC's complaint against Apple examined
Okay, we've just gotten the full complaint HTC filed with the International Trade Commission this morning, alleging that the iPhone, iPad, and iPod infringe five of its patents and asking for sales an...
Exclusive BlackBerry tablet information
Been wondering about that BlackBerry tablet device you have been hearing about lately? We have some exclusive information to share with you. We have confirmed with multiple sources that the 8.9″ Bla...
A new look for Wikipedia
Wikipedia has some new improvements, thanks to the hard work and dedication of over half a million beta testers and volunteers who worked with the Wikimedia User Experience team over the last year! W...
Diaspora, The Open Facebook Alternative, Soars Past $50,000 In Micro-Funding
Whenever a service rises to popularity, an “open” alternative is usually close behind. The problem is that most of these alternatives never go anywhere, let along get close to the service they're try...
Twitter for Android: A closer look at Android's evolving UI patterns
[This post is by Chris Nesladek, Interaction Designer, Richard Fulcher, Interaction Designer, and Virgil Dobjanschi, Software Engineer — Tim Bray] — Along with our regular updates of the Android pla...
How Location-Based Social Networking Gets Creepy
It's 9 a.m., Do You Know Who the ‘Mayor’ of Your Kid's School Is? — I've been having a blast with Foursquare, checking in to new locations, finding my friends on the go and exploring this new type o...
Kayak.com Cofounder Paul English Plans to Blanket Africa in Free Wireless Internet
Paul English, the cofounder of travel search engine Kayak.com, wants to blanket all of Africa with free and low-cost Wi-Fi. It's a “big, big project,” one that will consume the next decade of his lif...
Consumer Reports says Apple retail's the best place to buy a phone
Apple's retail stores have been called “the best place to buy a cell phone” by no less an organ than June's Consumer Reports — despite the company only selling one model of the device. — Consumer Re...
Sprint and Walmart introduce Common Cents Mobile
Sprint and Walmart have announced they've banded together to launch a brand new, low-cost carrier...say hello to Common Cents Mobile. Service will be lit up on May 15th and the carrier will be featur...
Media Meets Commerce, As Thrillist Buys JackThreads (Plus, 1,000 Invites)
It was only this past weekend that Dave Chase argued in a guest post here on TechCrunch that online media companies should get into e-commerce through group buying and flash sale sites.
Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes only use cellphones
(Reuters) - Nearly a quarter of U.S. homes have abandoned land lines and use only a cellphone, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday. — Fifteen percent of households have standard plug-in phones bu...
iPhone 4G Processor Revealed
Today's photos from Vietnam of a leaked iPhone 4G prototype contain legible part numbers revealing new iPhone's processor: the Apple A4. — The silkscreen on the production A4 reads: — APL0398 339S0...