Kinect Pushes Users Into a Sweaty New Dimension
With the money Microsoft has spent on failed efforts to design hardware, you could finance a trip to Mars. — Its failures make up quite a flop parade: WebTV. Spot Watch. Ultimate TV. Ultra Mobile...
How Facebook is Pulling an Android... and Why
If you think Facebook's announcements of Single Sign-On, Places API and Deals Platform were a disappointment, you and I disagree, and I'll tell you why. Grab a few Red Bulls, blast some Ronald Jenkee...
Location Services Have Not Caught On, Report Says
Checking in at Monique's Chocolates in Palo Alto, Calif. — Tech companies, venture capitalists and retailers have expressed no small amount of enthusiasm for location-based Web services, which allow...
Intel Light Peak tech coming—will Apple follow?
will Apple follow? — A technology developed by Intel and backed by Apple is expected to appear earlier than previously thought, paving the way for very-high-speed connections on both PCs and Macs. —...
Apple confirms MacBook Air bugs internally
The sleek new MacBook Air models unveiled late last month are the slimmest computers Apple has ever produced — but the manufacturer still managed to find the space to pack in a few troublesome bugs. ...
Nudge an E-Mail to Come Back Later
Do you ever feel as if there are e-mails in your inbox that are just staring at you? Taunting you as you click on newer messages? If they could speak, they would probably rudely say, “Hey buddy, loo...
Samsung Galaxy S first smartphone to be Wi-Fi Direct certified
Samsung has generally been on the cutting edge when it comes to giving its smartphones the latest and greatest in terms of compatibility, with the Omnia being the first DivX certified handset in Ameri...
UK government plans East London tech cluster, Startup Visa, review of IP law, £200 million in finance. What?
The British Prime Minister is expected to announce today that the East of London, which in the last three years has seen a 700% growth in tech companies starting up there …
Finally, someone at Microsoft says tablets are cannibalizing netbooks
I finally got someone at Microsoft to admit that tablets are cannibalizing netbooks, something research and financial firms have been starting to report in recent months. On Monday I spoke to Gavriel...
Kik Messenger sees explosive start — a mobile chat better than SMS?
a mobile chat better than SMS? — Kik, a new chat application for smartphones that is quicker and more social than SMS, is showing impressive viral uptake. The company says it has registered 450,000 ...
Google To Facebook: You Can't Import Our User Data Without Reciprocity
The war between Google and Facebook is heating up: Google just made one small tweak to its Terms of Service that will have a big impact on the world's biggest social network. From now on, any service...
Consumer Reports debunks the ‘racist’ Kinect
Is Kinect “Racist”? — Video: Consumer Reports — Shortly after the first Microsoft Kinect for Xbox reviews starting appearing in the wee hours last night, another Kinect story cropped up. It seems...
The power of Google Instant, now in your pocket
Google Instant makes search faster by displaying not just predictions but actual search results as you type. This saves valuable time on a desktop browser, but wouldn't it be great to have Google Ins...
Windows Phone 7 Attracts Interest As Development Platform
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 is not out of the gate and yet it's already doing a solid job convincing developers, advertisers and publishers that it has a future, according to a new report from Millenn...
Feature: The future of notebooks: Ars reviews the 11" MacBook Air
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is no stranger to superlatives. Every product Apple makes is “insanely great,” “amazing,” or even “magical.” So when he unveiled the latest MacBook Air models, declaring them to...
Introducing the new Skype for Mac, now available in Beta
It was worth the wait - the new Skype 5.0 is now available for Mac today in beta, introducing a revamped look and feel that simplifies navigation and provides a more Mac-like experience. For example,...
Your city sucks! (And so does mine)
It seems the the latest craze amongst entrepreneurs and, in particular, tech “hubs” is to pull out the ruler and compare penises. As someone who's slept with three of those technology hubs I'm going ...
How one company games Google News
Note the second cluster of stories produced by a Google News search for “iTunes” yesterday afternoon. All of those Red Label News stories were basically the same: spammy SEO-keywords alongside Web ad...
Verizon pricing Droid Pro at $179, Samsung Continuum at $199?
Well, here's some good news — we just received an internal Verizon pricelist confirming that the Droid Pro will sell for $179 when it hits on November 9th, a far sight lower than the $299 we'd origina...
Nicaragua Raids Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps
An error on Google Maps has caused an international conflict in Central America. — A Nicaraguan military commander, relying on Google Maps, moved troops into an area near San Juan Lake along the bor...
Samsung sees Galaxy Tab sales above 1 million units this year
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co, the world's No.2 handset maker, said on Thursday consumer response to its Galaxy Tab tablet had been strong and sales of the handheld device would exceed one millio...
LG Owners to Get Free Access to Popular Windows Phone 7 Applications
LG and Microsoft collaborate on developer program for a new mobile platform. — LG Electronics (LG) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT") announced today that they are teaming up to provide customers w...
FTC appoints Princeton computer scientist Felten as chief technologist
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has named Edward Felten, a Princeton professor of computer science and public affairs, as the agency's first chief technologist to help guide government policy ...
Wireless Carriers Sow ‘4G’ Confusion
Get ready for a confusing new war of words in the cellphone business. — While many American consumers are still scratching their heads over what exactly to make of current 3G mobile technology, carr...