ChangeWave Survey Results: AT&T iPhone 4 Owners vs. Verizon iPhone 4 Owners
A new ChangeWave survey of 4,068 consumers has taken a close up look at key comparisons between Verizon iPhone 4 owners and AT&T iPhone 4 owners - including customer satisfaction and dropped call rate...
Bashing Microsoft ‘like kicking a puppy,’ says Linux Foundation chief
Linux has already defeated Microsoft, Linux Foundation chief says — Two decades after Linus Torvalds developed his famous operating system kernel, the battle between Linux and Microsoft is over and ...
Google, Facebook take France to court over privacy
PARIS — Internet heavyweights including Google and Facebook are to file a complaint with France's highest judicial body against a decree obliging them to keep web users' personal data for a year. — ...
A Corporate Campus Made to Mirror Facebook
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Facebook, which started out in a dormitory at Harvard, transferred to a rented house in Silicon Valley and now occupies a cluster of office buildings in Palo Alto, Calif., is abou...
Google to Get $25 Million Breakup Fee If Rival Wins Bid for Nortel Patents
Google Inc. (GOOG) will be paid a $25 million breakup fee if another bidder wins a proposed auction for bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ)'s patent portfolio, according to court papers.
The Android Test Market...?
So on our Galaxy S Vibrant today we went to do a routine update of apps from the Android Market, only to discover that, for a completely unknown and frankly bizarre reason, our Android Market is now s...
See your location history dashboard and more with Google Maps 5.3 for Android
Today, we're happy to announce Google Maps 5.3 for Android, which lets you see your Google Location History dashboard, check in at “home,” and add your own aspects for places when rating them. — Loc...
Camera+ hits 2 million sales / Revealing details about upgrade numbers and in-app purchase sales
Fresh off the heals of the Camera+ 2.2 release including our killer feature, Clarity, I'm happy to announce that this weekend we've sold our 2 millionth copy of Camera+.
Wozniak: Tablet is the PC for ‘normal people’
IDG News Service - Tablets are the culmination of what Steve Jobs wanted to create at Apple from the beginning, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Monday. — During a keynote session at Storage Netw...
One-Third Of Teens Plan To Buy An iPhone Soon
Teenagers are fickle, but one thing never seems to change. — They love Apple products. — More than one-third plan on buying an iPhone in the next six months, and 20% are planning to buy a tablet —...
Apple's Weighting in Nasdaq-100 Index Cut; Microsoft Raised
Apple Inc.'s weighting in the Nasdaq-100 Index was cut as the technology-heavy equity gauge had its first major reshuffle since 1998 to better reflect companies' market value. The maker of the iPhone...
Intel Unveils Chips for ‘Mission Critical’ Server Tasks
Generating buzz for a new microchip — one that is for servers, no less — is challenging. But Intel gave it a try with its latest line of microprocessors, the Xeon E7, unveiled on Tuesday, by renting ...
iPad 2 tops Consumer Reports tablet rankings
Apple's iPad 2 has topped Consumer Reports' tablet ratings according to a press release issued on Tuesday. Consumer Reports has taken an odd stance on Apple's mobile products in recent history, parti...
Standards-based web, plug-ins, and Silverlight
As we drive toward MIX, we wanted to share our thoughts on the role of plug-ins in general, and Silverlight in particular, in the context of HTML5 and the future of the web. As we have been more voca...
Twitter Announces Fire Hose Marketplace: Up to 10k Keyword Filters for 30 Cents!
Like a prism to a ray of sunlight, stream-hacking startup Mediasift CEO Nick Halstead took the stage today with Twitter's Ryan Sarver at the Data 2.0 conference to announce Twitter's second data resal...
AMD ships 32nm quad-core Llano APU, expects systems ‘later this quarter’
Whoa, Nelly! AMD, a company that has struggled to nail its ship dates in years past, has just pulled the ultimate 180. If you'll recall, we heard last month that its quad-core Llano APU was on track...
Twitter to offer brands Facebook-style pages
Twitter is considering creating Facebook-style branded pages as part of its drive to increase its revenue from advertising. — Twitter: considering Facebook-style branded pages — Branded pages, thr...
Verizon pays $93.5 million to settle false claims case
(Reuters) - Verizon Communications (VZ.N) has agreed to pay $93.5 million to settle allegations that it overcharged the U.S. government on contracts for voice and data services, the U.S. Justice Depar...
Dell 10-inch Tablet Not Coming Until Fall
Back in February, Dell announced it would release a 10-inch, Windows 7-based tablet at some — point in 2011. The delivery date for that device, it turns out, won't be until the fall, according to a...