iPad 2: Thin, Not Picture Perfect
Just as most of its competitors are rolling out their first multitouch tablets to compete with its game-changing iPad, Apple on Friday will start selling a second-generation model, the iPad 2. — The...
Developers rip apart iPad iOS 4.3, find A5 processor == S5L8940
Some interesting news is coming out of the development community as developers take apart the newly released iOS 4.3 software (or really just publish stuff they've been under NDA about until now).
Kinect Confirmed As Fastest-Selling Consumer Electronics Device
New Kinect Device sells quicker than the iPhone and iPad — Guinness World Records, the global authority on record breaking, today confirm that the Kinect for the Xbox 360 is the Fastest-Selling Cons...
Microsoft France says Windows Phone 7 NoDo to arrive in the second half of March
one of the most prevalent rumored dates for Microsoft's “NoDo” update to Windows Phone 7 — came and went, many WP7 users were wondering what happened. — To be fair, Microsoft officials never promise...
Safari/MacBook first to fall at Pwn2Own 2011
VANCOUVER — A team of security researchers from the French pen-testing firm VUPEN successfully exploited a zero-day flaw in Apple's Safari browser to win this year's Pwn2Own hacker challenge. — VUPE...
Exclusive: AOL Will Lay Off Several Hundred Employees, Starting Tomorrow
The AOL layoffs are actually here, and they are smaller than some had expected. — According to several people close to the situation, the New York-based Internet giant will lay off several hundred s...
Apple TV Now Has MLB.TV And NBA Live Game Streaming
Good news for baseball and basketball fans: Apple TV now has MLB.TV, baseball's live game streaming service, and NBA basketball streaming, too. — MLB is now promoting the service on this page. This...
You've got mail: What your email domain says about you
Spoiler alert: if you lean towards visual images, check out the interactive version of this report, or click on the summary image below. For details and graphs and context, though, keep reading! … Ad...
Forbes rich list: Facebook six stake their claims
Six Facebook billionaires make it on to Forbes's latest rich list but top spot again goes to Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim — It may not have been Facebook's year at the Oscars, with The Social...
Mozilla Firefox 4 Release Candidate for Windows, Mac and Linux Now Available
Mozilla Firefox 4 for Windows, Mac and Linux has exited the beta cycle and is now available as a release candidate in more than 70 languages. The millions of users testing Firefox 4 will be automatic...
Click-to-call emergency information
In November 2010, we began displaying relevant emergency phone numbers at the top of the results page for searches around poison control, suicide and other common emergencies in 14 countries. Today, ...
SXSW Interactive grows up, faces social backlash
Not everyone had a great time at SXSW 2010; here's hoping 2011 grows gracefully — Is the South by Southwest Interactive Festival - which last year passed SXSW Music in paid registration to become th...
Blekko Blocks More “Spam” Domains: 1.1 Million Of Them
Search engine Blekko has announced that it has now blocked 1.1 million domains from its search results using a new system it calls “AdSpam,” and new pages won't be added if they don't pass muster. — ...
Microsoft seeks to toss Apple ‘App Store’ brief, says font too small
In the legendary rivalry between Microsoft and Apple, there have been many subjects of dispute. But this may be a first. And no, the headline above is not from The Onion. — Microsoft, opposing Ap...
Apple to begin production of white iPhone 4 this month, ship by April, says analyst
Apple is expected to begin production of its long-awaited iPhone 4 sometime this month, with shipments no later than early April, according to one analyst's checks. — Manufacturers will initiate pro...
Someday, the sun will set on SEO — and the business of news will be better for it
and the business of news will be better for it — Editor's Note: Richard J. Tofel is general manager at ProPublica, a Wall Street Journal veteran, and author of a number of books, most recently Eight ...
Exclusive: Food Delivery Search Engine GrubHub Raises $20 Million
We've learned exclusively that Chicago-based startup GrubHub, a service that lets you order food for delivery or take out from local restaurants online or by mobile phone, has raised a whopping $20 mi...
Veteran VC says 'no bubble" in Silicon Valley
I just finished an interview with Bill Davidow on the subject of his new book “Overconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet.” I'll post the interview later. — I took the opportunity of ask...
Zaarly: Is This The Future of Mobile Money and Markets?
As the president of Kauffman Labs, the Kauffman Foundation's program that supports entrepreneurship, Bo Fishback has seen a lot of startups. He's heard a lot of pitches from companies who insist they...
JP Morgan: Apple's iPad 2 could cause ‘bubble burst’ for rival tablets
According to one Wall Street analyst, Apple's soon-to-be-released iPad 2 could burst a bubble for competitors who are hoping to capitalize on the growing tablet market but remain unable to catch up.
Founders Gain Clout in Venture World
Investors Desperate to Find Hits Drive Up Valuations and Attach Fewer Strings to Their Deals — As venture capitalists scramble to get a piece of Silicon Valley's new Web boom, entrepreneurs like Aar...
Apotheker Seeks to Save HP's ‘Lost Soul’ With Software Growth
Leo Apotheker stood before 4,000 Hewlett-Packard Co. colleagues Jan. 31, shielded from the afternoon Bangalore sun by a vast white tent. — Speaking with the accent that betrays his German roots, Apo...
A New Name for Stack Overflow (with surprise ending)
It's been a while since we've done something arbitrary, complicated, and confusing, so today I'm happy to announce that the name of the company has been changed, effective immediately, to Stack Exchan...
Apple, TSMC to expand foundry ties
Apple, TSMC to expand foundry ties — SAN JOSE, Calif. - Rumors are running rampant that Apple Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) are expanding their foundry ties-a possible ...
The Mysterious Case of the $12,500 Groupon Discount
When is a coupon too big? Meet the jumbo Groupon. — By now you're familiar with Groupon deals. You get a wacky, manically written email each day offering you $30 of tapas for $15 or half off a ful...
VMware View Client for iPad Released
There's an old saying which goes “The best things in life are free”. Even better are those things which will forever remain free. Such is the case with the new VMware View Client for iPad, announced...
What Is Twitter's Problem? No, It's Not the Product
With increasing regularity, Twitter — the San Francisco-based micro-messaging company — finds itself in conflict with its ecosystem. Last year, its decision to buy Twitter clients only resulted in fr...
∞ The Very Difficult Problem of Notifications
There has been a lot of talk lately about mobile notification systems and specifically what Apple might/should bring to iOS — I think that everyone can agree though that all notifications systems fall...
New net rules set to make cookies crumble
How websites track visitors and tailor ads to their behaviour is about to undergo a big shake-up. — From 25 May, European laws dictate that “explicit consent” must be gathered from web users who are...
Personalized iPad Magazine Zite Learns As You Read, Challenges Flipboard
Have you ever created a Genius playlist on iTunes or set up a station on Pandora? Just plug in one song, and you instantly hear music that matches your tastes. Think of Zite, the free personalized i...
Overage Fees Are Good For You, Says the Wireless Industry
Call me crazy, but I almost believed a study on “bill shock” that landed in my inbox today, despite being commissioned by the Wireless Communications Association International trade group. — Bill sh...
Updated: GetJar Ejects Opera Mini From Its App Store
Turns out it's not only the native app stores from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android/Google (NSDQ: GOOG) that get a little hot under their collars when they sense competition from those publishing apps i...
PC Industry Is Apple's Plaything
Apple has some hot products on sale, and its designs push many an envelope. But are its decisions skewing the PC industry somewhat? The answer is yes. — The iPad 1's secret sauce was its extremely...
Inside AT&T vs Verizon iPad 2 data service plans
Apple is offering iPad 2 in two carrier options within the US, but AT&T and Verizon's plans differ significantly. — AT&T iPad data plans — AT&T continues to offer its no commitment plan that users...
BlackBerry PlayBook gets 7digital to provide iTunes rival
RIM late Tuesday scored a deal to give the BlackBerry PlayBook a preloaded music store. 7digital's store will be preloaded on the tablet and give access to about 13 million pay-per-track songs. The s...
Big Brands Sponsor College Classes to get Social-Media Help
Big consumer-products companies are going back to school. — Businesses including Sprint Nextel Corp., Levi Strauss & Co. and Mattel Inc. are sponsoring college classes and graduate-level research to...
FTC Puts Patent Trolls On Notice
While the Senate moves forward on a patent reform bill that won't solve any of the significant problems with our patent system (and will make certain aspects worse) and the Patent Office itself has ap...
Appeals Court: Buying Keyword Ads Based On a Competitor's Name Is OK
Buying advertisements tied to words that users type into search bars on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or Bing has become a multibillion-dollar industry, and a big chunk of those ads are paid for by companies lo...
Hulu Plus on TiVo apparently being tested, live streaming to iPad apparently being considered
So, an update. Er, a refresher if you will. Back in September of last year, TiVo announced that ingrained Hulu Plus access would be coming to its DVRs “in the coming months,” but we've heard precise...