HP Announces The TouchPad
It's official. Palm's new WebOS state is device is called the Touchpad. It has a 9.7-inch screen, front 1.3-megapixel camera, and comes in 16 or 32GB models. It runs a 1.2GHz Snapdragon Processor p...
iPad 3 Could Launch By Fall, John Gruber Hints
Is Apple launching the iPad 3 this year — and moving to a fall iPad release schedule? — It's widely expected that the iPad 2 will go on sale around April, near the 1-year anniversary of the first iP...
The HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable has 2.6-inch display
The HP Veer: smallest smartphone in the webOS stable, 2.6-inch display, coming this spring By Chris Ziegler posted Feb 9th 2011 1:31PM Breaking News You wanted a small smartphone? Well, you've got it...
Google 2000 vs. Google 2011
I sometimes hear people say “Remember when Google launched and the results were so good? Google didn't have any spam back then. Man, I wish we could go back to those days.” I know where those peopl...
Exclusive: Andreessen Horowitz Invests $80 Million in Twitter
Andreessen Horowitz has invested more than $80 million in Twitter via purchasing stock in secondary markets. — When called about it by BoomTown, a spokeswoman at the high-profile Silicon Valley vent...
Nokia drops first MeeGo phone before launch -sources
Nokia (NOK1V.HE) has ended development of its first smartphone using its new MeeGo operating system before it was ever launched, two industry sources close to the company said. A spokesman for Nokia ...
Flash Player 10.2 is Here: Available Now for Windows, Mac, and Linux
Today, we're launching Flash Player 10.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. We're especially excited that this release introduces Stage Video, a full hardware accelerated video pipeline for best-in-class, ...
Steve Jobs' first TV appearance: video
Was Steve Jobs always the polished performer? No. Was he always cool, calm and confident in front of the cameras? From this warm-up footage prior to what's claimed to be his first appearance on TV, ...
AT&T launches unlimited calling to any mobile number
AT&T has dropped a major gift in to the laps of its customers today: unlimited free calling to any mobile number. — Of course, there are a few catches. The numbers do have to be based in the United...
Android 2.3.3 Platform, New NFC Capabilities
Several weeks ago we released Android 2.3, which introduced several new forms of communication for developers and users. One of those, Near Field Communications (NFC), let developers get started crea...
Tech war: Google vs. Microsoft
Google is under siege in Washington like never before — and it says an “anti-Google industrial complex” is to blame. — In an interview with POLITICO, a Google spokesman argued that a cabal of antitr...
Exclusive Video Of INQ's Facebook Phone
Remember all that talk about a Facebook phone? And by that I mean an Android phone built by various cell phone manufacturers optimized for social experiences with Facebook's help. If you want a refr...
Sales of Apple's Verizon iPhone predicted to top 1M in first week
Despite the fact that the new Verizon iPhone 4 is essentially the same as the model that went on sale 8 months ago with rival carrier AT&T, Apple is still predicted to top a million sales of the highl...
Meet Microsoft's new Server and Tools boss: Satya Nadella
Microsoft has gone in-house and chosen Satya Nadella as the new president of the company's Server and Tools division. — Nadella will be replacing Server and Tools President Bob Muglia, who announced...
16GB BlackBerry PlayBook Priced at $499 and heading to Office Depot
Earlier this week we saw some news that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be sold at Staples (among plenty of other retailers) and it looks like it will be on the way to Office Depot as well.
Bill Gates Dumping Microsoft Shares By The Millions
Over the past 12 months, Chairman Bill has sold off 90 million shares in the company he co-founded. Does he think it's become that bad an investment? — Maybe he's not impressed with its tablet stra...
Dell Adamo, spunky MacBook Air rival, is no more
After a few last gasps at deep discounts, the Dell Adamo line and brand name will be discontinued, CNET has learned. First revealed—with much fanfare—at CES in 2009, the Adamo was a worthy competitor...
repetition #repetition #repetition
This might be the most useful graph you see all week: — I mean, the implications are obvious... right? — Just kidding. Bear with me and I'll explain: The graph above is from a new paper (PDF) fro...
Apple granted patent where carriers bid to provide service to iPhones
A patent recently granted to Apple could wrest power away from the wireless carriers by creating a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) system that would allow networks to bid against each other ove...
Exclusive: Rackspace to Acquire Anso Labs
Web-hosting and cloud services provider Rackspace is acquiring Anso Labs, a San Francisco-based outfit that provides cloud consulting and services, according to sources familiar with the deal, which i...
Google Will Make $10 Per Android User In 2012: Report
A number of reports out underscore how strategic mobile is now for Google's business. The first, from IDC, says that there were more smartphones shipped in Q4 than PCs. Think about that. And earlie...
Nokia Is Said to Be Near Partnership With Microsoft
Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj is close to announcing a software partnership with Microsoft Corp., a bet that together the two companies can better challenge Google Inc. and Apple Inc., according to ...
PS3 ‘jailbreak code’ retweeted by Sony's Kevin Butler, no punchline needed
Oh, honey. Sony PlayStation's (entirely fictional) Kevin Butler holds many (also fictional) positions within the company, but apparently none of them require him to keep up with (very real) news even...
Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer
As Internet valuations climb and bankers and would-be buyers circle Silicon Valley in an increasingly frothy tech market, many eyes are on one particularly desirable, if still enigmatic, target: Twitt...
Amazon's Data-Center Guru Honed Skills Fixing Lamborghinis
James Hamilton's challenge: making data centers more efficient while fending off a threat from IBM, AT&T, and Microsoft — Amazon.com (AMZN) Vice-President James Hamilton's schooling in computer data...
Yes, Apple Is Lining Up For A “Surprise” This Fall. And Yes, It's Likely An “iPad 3″
The following may sound a little crazy considering that the iPad 2 has not even been acknowledged or introduced by Apple yet. But from what we're hearing, the next iteration of the iPad …
Industry first: Smartphones pass PCs in sales
International Data Corp is showing that in the final quarter of 2010, smartphones passed global PC shipments for the first time in history. — As predicted a few months ago, Smartphones have passed P...
Facebook Rolls Out Major Upgrades To Ad System
This evening Facebook has rolled out a number of significant upgrades to the company's self-serve advertising system which will benefit those marketing their Facebook Pages as well as advertisers in g...
EBay to Unveil Plan to Help PayPal Repel Google, Apple Threats
EBay Inc., preparing for a day when its PayPal online-payment unit is its biggest source of revenue, will lay out a three-year plan tomorrow for expanding the business and warding off threats from Goo...
Former Apple and Lucasfilm Exec Joins HP To Help Bolster The webOS App Catalog
After HP unveiled the Pre3, Veer, and TouchPad at their big webOS event today, we figured they were pretty much done with news for the day. — Turns out, they had at least one more tid-bit to share.
Verizon iPhone 4 Now Available for Online Orders
Verizon and Apple have opened their website to accept orders for the Verizon iPhone. The Verizon iPhone was available for pre-orders for existing customers last week, but is now available for the gen...
Judge points to problems with ‘unsecured Wi-Fi’ prosecutions
Digital Economy Act under more scrutiny after senior judge highlights problems with copyright claims — A senior court judge has pointed to severe problems with the way the Digital Economy Act enable...
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play to launch on Verizon?
As we reported, Sony Ericsson will be introducing the Xperia Play on February 13th. That, of course, is the day before the start of the MWC in Barcelona. From the beginning when the device was a mer...
It's Official: Voice is Worthless
With AT&T announcing its free mobile to mobile calls to help fend off customers defecting for the iPhone on Verizon's network, it's time to recognize that voice is now worthless. We can joke that AT&...
Samsung Galaxy Indulge shows up on MetroPCS: LTE, Android 2.2, 1GHz processor
We don't have any official pictures yet, but there's now a placeholder entry for a so-called SCH-R910 Galaxy Indulge from Samsung on MetroPCS' official site, in all likelihood that device we'd previou...