Apple stops selling MacBook Pros until the refresh
You can no longer get your hands on a MacBook Pro from the Apple online store until after the refresh expected to be on Thursday this week. Apple's got a 3-5 day wait on new MacBook Pros which puts t...
Could the iPad 2 Be Getting Light Peak?
After reading the report that Apple is planning to introduce its new Light Peak-based high speed interconnect technology “soon”, it struck us that Light Peak could help explain some particularly incon...
Engadget loses its second editor in two days: Ross Miller resigns
Engadget will be saying farewell to its second editor in the space of a week after its Associate Editor Ross Miller announced he was to leave the popular technology website after five years of service...
Google May Kill Chrome URL Bar
Google is working on a “major” overhaul of its Chrome browser user interface (UI). Among the options on the table is the elimination of the URL bar, which could be the most significant UI change to t...
Steve Jobs gave Russian President an AT&T iPhone, still locked
A somewhat humorous note from our Russian readers this morning. Apparently, the iPhone that Steve Jobs gave to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was, and still is locked to AT&T. Woops! A translate...
Twitter Reinstates UberMedia Apps UberSocial And Twidroyd
Looks like Ubermedia has had it's API access reinstated this Sunday afternoon, after a dramatic turn of events Friday. — From Twitter Support: … No word yet on whether the apps are actually function...
Smart Dictators Don't Quash the Internet
Mubarak had no idea how to counter the power of social media. China, Russia and Iran know better — Egyptians celebrate in Tahrir Square after hearing the news that Hosni Mubarak has resigned. Prot...
Exclusive: iPad 2 Leather Case Hands-on & Video!
Ooops. we got an iPad 2 leather case from an Asian case supplier, and here's what we know about the iPad 2: — Finally, we have some interesting updates for the much-rumoured iPad 2. Yup, we hope yo...
Westboro Church to Anonymous: Bring It, Cowards
Megan Phelps-Roper, granddaughter of Westboro Baptists Church founder Fred Phelps, responded on Twitter to the Anonymous threat.
Intel's new Itanium is the Moby Dick of microprocessors
It's a whale of a chip. Intel is announcing today the 10th generation of its Itanium chip, which is a 64-bit microprocessor aimed at the very high end of the corporate computer market. — The chip i...
Socialcam: A Look At Justin.tv's Upcoming ‘Instagram for Video’
Between the likes of picplz and Instagram, image-sharing sites are making plenty of headlines these days. And there's one obvious offshoot that seems ripe for similar services: video. Granted, Path ...
Hotfile Goes To War Against Copyright Infringers
As bandwidth and storage capacity have increased, so have the capabilities of file-hosting services. Perhaps inevitably, not only are they used for the storage personal files, but increasingly for th...
The Revolution That Wasn't
Late last night, I noticed that calls for large protests in several major Chinese cities were circulating on Twitter. Using the hashtag #cn220, users were reposting information from the overseas Chin...
Geohot Starts a Blog, Asks for Help and Support from Fans to Fight Against Sony
After discussing the entire situation with his lawyers, Geohot has decided to start a blog yet again. He is asking for help and support from his fans in an effort to fight his case against Sony.
Presidential Hopeful Rick Santorum Stymied By Search Problem
As former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum sets his sights on the White House, he has a lot of awareness-raising to do, and he desperately needs some help with search, a Roll Call piece this week sh...