Windows Phone 7: A Fresh Start for the Smartphone
The phone delivers a new user experience by integrating the things users really want to do, creating a balance between getting work done and having fun. — The goal for Microsoft's latest smartphone ...
Trent Reznor: Zuckerberg Should Not Be Mentioned In The Same Breath As Steve Jobs
As you may be aware, musician Trent Reznor wrote and recorded (along with Atticus Ross) the score for David Fincher's new film, The Social Network — you know, the Facebook movie.
‘Scrapers’ Dig Deep for Data on Web
At 1 a.m. on May 7, the website PatientsLikeMe.com noticed suspicious activity on its “Mood” discussion board. There, people exchange highly personal stories about their emotional disorders, ranging ...
Apple Will Take A Pass On 4G Networks For The iPhone In 2011— Sorry Verizon and AT&T
Sorry Verizon and AT&T — Back in August I broke the news that Apple was lining up a component purchase of several million chipsets from Qualcomm for a CDMA-powered Verizon iPhone due in January.
SFR outs the Palm Pre 2: 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM
Considering how tight of a lid Palm and HP have been keeping on details about the next Palm device, we were surprised to see it pop up on the website of French carrier SFR (who recently disappeared th...
Updated Yahoo Messenger app now live in App Store, 3G video calling bonanza awaits you
Not stoked on Skype or FaceTime? Looks like you've got another option, bub. That overhauled Yahoo Messenger app we told you about 48 hours ago is now live in the App Store, offering multitasking …
IBM joins the OpenJDK community, will help unify open source Java efforts
When people talk about open source, the notion of “forking” often comes up. The idea is that some folks are not happy with the direction in which a project is going, so they take a copy of the source...
Yahoo's Bartz: most overpaid
Yahoo's Carol Bartz is the new face of excessive CEO pay. — You can pay me now... Bartz (right) sports the biggest paycheck on the list of 25 overindulged big companies compiled by proxy adviser Gl...
Facebook, Zynga Impose Fees on Private Sales of Shares
Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. are charging fees of at least $2,500 for each sale of company shares, a move legal experts say discourages employees from putting equity in the hands of large...
“Deleted” Facebook photos still not deleted: a followup
Facebook may be making strides in some areas of privacy, but the company is still struggling when it comes to deleting user photos—or not deleting them, as the case may be. — We wrote a piece more t...
Bill Gates talks education tech
Bill Gates has been taking online classes for years. Now, he thinks it's time to make sure a whole lot more students do the same. — Today, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing a new ...
Improving Access to the Public Domain: the Public Domain Mark
Today, Creative Commons announces the release of its Public Domain Mark, a tool that enables works free of known copyright restrictions to be labeled in a way that allows them to be easily discovered ...
Google to map inflation using web data
Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the ‘Google Price Index’ - a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative to official statistics. — The wo...
GAP LISTENS TO CUSTOMERS AND WILL KEEP CLASSIC BLUE BOX LOGO
“Since we rolled out an updated version of our logo last week on our website, we've seen an outpouring of comments from customers and the online community in support of the iconic blue box logo. ”
Gene Munster: Android-Based Tablets Will Be More Popular Than Apple's iPad
While Apple supply chain vendors in China and Taiwan claim Apple is gearing up to sell 45 million iPads for the next year, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster thinks that number is “a little bit aggres...
iPhone apps now more popular than major TV shows and sports broadcasts
Is iPhone the next American Idol? — The daily audience for apps that run on Apple's iOS operating system (for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) has now surpassed 19 million users, who spend an avera...
Google Bets on Cheap Smartphones for India
NEW DELHI—Google Inc. is pushing to become a significant player in India's huge wireless industry as a range of little-known Indian handset makers release low-cost devices that include the tech giant'...
The Zombie Network: Beware ‘Free Public WiFi’
Despite its enticing name, the network, available in thousands of locations across the United States, does not actually provide access to the Internet.
Finding Your Way Through the Mall or the Airport, With a Cellphone Map
SAN FRANCISCO — Mobile phone maps have guided people through streets and alleys around the globe. But when those people step into a sprawling building, they can get lost. — Inside, people have to a...
Ten Theses on Tablets
As of now, I've been carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab for a month, using it every day; this has included two major road trips. I suppose there are a few other humans who've had this much hands-on with...
Why cell phones may be more dangerous than we think
After many years of increasingly erratic behavior, Alan Marks, of Lafayette, suddenly experienced a severe seizure in the middle of the night. His wife, Ellie, called 911 and Marks was rushed to the ...
Music Industry Fails In High Court Bid To Force 3 Strikes on ISP
An Internet service provider has won its “3 strikes” legal battle with the music industry. The Irish Recorded Music Association - Warner, Universal, Sony and EMI - had tried to force UPC to disconnec...
Commission proposes new EU cybercrime law
The European Commission wants to harmonise the laws of EU member states dealing with cyber-attacks. It wants to create a new Directive on attacks on information systems, it said in a statement. — T...
Eminem's publisher demand $2.2 million from Apple
Eminem's people are determined to force Apple (AAPL) to cough up cold hard cash in settlement of the outstanding litigation over download sales of the artist's music. — Eminem's music publisher has ...
Google to map inflation using web data
Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the ‘Google Price Index’ - a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative to official statistics. — The wo...