The New York Times Algorithm & Why It Needs Government Regulation
The New York Times is the number one newspaper web site. Analysts reckon it ranks first in reach among US opinion leaders. When the New York Times editorial staff tweaks its supersecret algorithm be...
Reality Check: Modding the DROID X may not lead to a bricked phone
A post by p3Droid on the My Droid World forums claims to shed some light on the rumored locked bootloader of the DROID X. According to the posting, the Droid X ships with an e-fuse chip that locks the...
Apple Engineer Told Jobs IPhone Antenna Might Cut Calls
Apple Inc.'s senior antenna expert voiced concern to Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs in the early design phase of the iPhone 4 that the antenna could lead to dropped calls, a person familiar with t...
Google Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. — “Google had a strong second quarter,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. “Solid growth in our core...
Apple Tried To Buy Palm Before HP Won The Bidding War — And RIM Completely Blew The Deal
And RIM Completely Blew The Deal — The race to buy Palm earlier this year was fast and hot, with the company's bankers contacting 16 companies about the deal, including five serious potential suitors...
Exclusive: Apple's FaceTime coming to iPod touch, iPad, we detail how
One of our reliable Apple connections (not Jason Burford) just let us know some pretty fantastic news. It's been widely assumed that Apple will start to roll out their FaceTime real-time communicatio...
Apple readies 11.6-inch MacBook Air and new iPod touch
Apple is ready to launch a new generation MacBook Air featuring an 11.6-inch display and Intel Core i-series ultra-low voltage processor in the second half of 2010, as well as a new iPod touch in Augu...
The full movie trailer for Sorkin's The Social Network is out
The full trailer for Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher's film on the origins of Facebook is out. — Unlike the earlier teasers, which were rather apocalyptic, this one features real footage from the fil...
Apple Releases iOS 4.0.1 for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G
Apple today has released iOS 4.0.1 in a bid to fix the reception issue which has been plaguing iPhone 4 users since its launch last month. This new update addresses the reception issue which is exper...
Exclusive: HP's Android Tablet Tabled
Hewlett Packard is working on a variety of tablet PCs, running a variety of operating systems. Among them, an Android device that was supposed to arrive at market in the fourth quarter of 2010. But ...
This Is How Much the New iPhone 4 Signal Bars Have Grown
As promised, the new iPhone system update corrects the bar signal display. Also as promised, it provides another “enhancement”: Taller signal bars! Free tip: If you paint flames on the back of your ...
App Inventor and the culture wars
Google's new App Inventor gets to the heart of the cultural difference between Apple and Google. If you haven't seen it yet, App Inventor is an experimental new SDK for the Android platform. What's ...
AMD reports record Q2 revenue as it rides PC market recovery
PC chip maker Advanced Micro Devices reported record revenue of $1.65 billion in the second quarter, but it still had a net loss for the period because of a loss related to its ownership in chip manuf...
Get Firefox Home on Your iPhone!
We are happy to announce that the wait is over. — Firefox Home, a free application, is now available for download on your iPhone or iPod Touch. — Firefox Home provides access to your Firefox deskt...
Apple Is Not Expected to Recall Troubled iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO — As Apple prepared to address the mounting controversy surrounding the antenna of the iPhone 4, one thing appeared clear: the company does not plan to recall the popular device. — A p...
Google Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. — “Google had a strong second quarter,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. “Solid growth in our core...
This Is How Much the New iPhone 4 Signal Bars Have Grown
As promised, the new iPhone system update corrects the bar signal display. Also as promised, it provides another “enhancement”: Taller signal bars! Free tip: If you paint flames on the back of your ...
Windows Phone 7: Don't bother with this disaster
Microsoft's demos of its great mobile hope shows Windows Phone 7 to be only a tepid knockoff of a 2007-era iPhone — There's no kind way to say it: Windows Phone 7 will be a failure. Announced to mu...
MySpace gets a huge update with really slick profile pages.
Yes, really. — The social media maven that time seems to have forgotten has perhaps just thrown down the gauntlet in the world of social profiles. To be honest, this is the one place where MySpace ...
Droid X actually self-destructs if you try to mod it
Well, I might have recommended a Droid X for big-phone-lovin' fandroids out there... but now that I've read about Motorola's insane eFuse security system, I'm going to have to give this one a big fat ...
Motorola Droid X Review
Dipped in clarified cyborg testosterone as it comes off the assembly line, the Droid X is sci-fi machismo congealed into a phone. Yet it's gelded by steroidal software—a fussy, awkward android with a...
The Google Algorithm
Google handles nearly two-thirds of Internet search queries worldwide. Analysts reckon that most Web sites rely on the search engine for half of their traffic. When Google engineers tweak its supers...
Prediction: This Statement Is Going To Come Back To Bite Microsoft In The Ass
“It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I'm okay with that.” — That was Microsoft COO Kevin Turner during his keynote speech at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Wash...
Microsoft Cans 1 Vs. 100 for Xbox 360
Just as we suspected, Microsoft confirmed today that there will be no third season for their Xbox 360 version of 1 Vs. 100 and that the game won't be returning. — “When we started on this journey, w...
Facebook refuses to take down tribute page to killer
Raoul Moat used to be the doorman at a nightclub and became famous in the U.K. during the past two weeks because he shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend, shot and killed her new boyfriend, and shot and ...
Report: Apple's iPad to copy iPhone in eating up lion's share of profits
Financial analysts at Goldman Sachs report in graphic detail that Apple has inhaled the bulk of profits of the global mobile phone business with iPhone, and now appears poised to do the same in tablet...
Yahoo Begins Testing Bing Powered Results This Month
Yahoo sent out an email discussing some of the organic Yahoo-to-Bing transition topics that are on the mind of their advertisers. The email goes over typical questions and tips but adds some addition...