Angry Birds developer claims Microsoft jumped the gun, Rovio ‘not committed’ to Windows Phone 7
Software developers make or break a platform, as Microsoft's Steve Ballmer once famously stressed, but that shiny new Windows Phone 7 site has angered a mildly important one of them.
Help record 10/10/10!
Depending on your timezone it is or soon will be October 10, 2010. Help record it by taking a photo or video and sharing it on Flickr. — When you upload, remember to tag it with “101010″ and add it...
Coffee, TV or Wi-Fi?
The politicians have it all wrong. We are not addicted to foreign oil. We are addicted to Wi-Fi, the wireless networking technology that holds our youth in its wavy grip. — How bad is it? Seventy...
India to develop its own futuristic computer operating system
BANGALORE: India would develop its own futuristic computer operating system to thwart attempts of cyber attacks and data theft and things of that nature, a top defence scientist said. — Dr V K Saras...
Meet NELL. See NELL Run, Teach NELL How To Run (Demo, TCTV)
A cluster of computers on Carnegie Mellon's campus named NELL, or formally known as the Never-Ending Language Learning System, has attracted significant attention this week thanks to a NY Times articl...
New Computer Switches Handle Heat That Renders Transistors Useless; Work Takes a Page from Victorian Invento
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have taken the first step to building a computer capable of operating in the heat of a jet engine or the sunny side of the planet Mercury.
After Building an Audience, Twitter Turns to Ads
Twitter at last looks serious about making money. — In the last two weeks, the company has introduced several advertising plans, courted Madison Avenue at Advertising Week, the annual industry confe...
Being Eric Schmidt (On Facebook)
I'd like to apologize to Google CEO Eric Schmidt for impersonating him on Facebook today. — It's actually pretty easy, too easy, to do this. A reader emailed earlier today letting us know that some...