Microsoft gives details on next Windows Phone OS
LAS VEGAS—Microsoft offered today its most detailed look yet into the next version of Windows Phone, code-named Mango, at the company's annual show for Web and phone developers. — Oh, and Microsoft ...
Preview: webOS 3.0 Beta 1 emulator leak [Exclusive]
We got our first glimpse at webOS 3.0 for the TouchPad back in February at Think Beyond, and new items have been trickling out ever since. Well, dear PreCentral reader, now it's time for the flood. ...
Yahoo Bored Meeting? Not This Time!
Today and tomorrow, Yahoo's directors are gathering here in Silicon Valley for one of their regular meetings that take place over the course of the year. — While board meetings in general are usuall...
Apple unveils Final Cut Pro X with new UI, OpenCL
Apple used the FCPUG Supermeet at NAB to unveil Final Cut Pro X, a completely remade version of its pro video editing suite. The new version is designed for 64-bit and native Cocoa language from the ...
EXCLUSIVE: An Interview With Twitter's Forgotten Founder, Noah Glass
Noah Glass is the Twitter cofounder you've never heard of. — He was pushed out of the company way back in 2006. — Before that he was the cofounder of a startup called Odeo. He had an investor who...
Leading app maker said to be planning Twitter competitor
(CNN) — UberMedia, which owns several popular applications that interface with Twitter, is outlining plans to build a social network that could compete with that popular microblogging platform, said t...
VodPod Founders Launch Showyou, A Flipboard-Like Social Video App For iOS
Online video startup Vodpod is launching a new app today, Showyou, which is essentially a Flipboard for videos. Launched as a free iOS app for the iPad, iPhone and iPad touch; Showyou allows you to a...
Apple not yet released production roadmap for iPhone 5, say touch panel makers
Apple has not yet released a production roadmap for iPhone 5 as shipment volumes of iPhone 4 have continued to mount and related suppliers are not yet ready to shift their production lines for new pro...
Nintendo cutting Wii price to $150 on May 15th?
Nintendo's miniature white monolith has sold like gangbusters for long enough that we're wary it'll ever get cheap, but a trusted source tells us a price cut is indeed headed our way — and that the Ni...
RIM's Mike Lazaridis halts BBC interview when pressed on India
In a recent BBC interview, Research In Motion's CEO Mike Lazaridis was not digging a line of questioning posed about India. RIM's co-chief, who is usually calm, cool, and collected, became agitated w...
Hacker Gains Access To WordPress.com Servers, Source Code Exposed
WordPress.com has revealed that someone has gained access to several of the their servers this morning and that VIP customers' source code was accessible. WordPress.com customers are all on ‘code red...
Privacy ‘bill of rights’ exempts government agencies
news analysis Two U.S. senators introduced sweeping privacy legislation today that they promise will “establish a framework to protect the personal information of all Americans.” — There is, however...
Berners-Lee: Web access is a ‘human right’
Speaks at MIT symposium marking the university's 150th anniversary — Two decades after creating the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee says humans have become so reliant on it that access to the Web sh...
Feds charge Microsoft employee accused of bilking company
Federal prosecutors in Seattle have filed wire fraud charges against a Microsoft employee accused of stealing more than $515,000 from the company. — Arrested Tuesday morning, Robert D. Curry stands ...
Sprint rolling out carrier billing — charge your Android apps to your Sprint account
charge your Android apps to your Sprint account — First T-Mobile, then AT&T, and now Sprint's rolling out the ability to charge Android Market purchases to your Sprint bill. Simple as that. Our pal...
IAB: Internet Advertising Reached $26 Billion In 2010, Display Grew Twice As Fast As Search
The Internet Advertising Bureau released its numbers for 2010 (PDF). Last year, online advertising in the U.S. grew 15 percent to $26 billion. After a 3 percent dip in 2009, growth resumed in 2010, ...
Apple Survived '80s Thanks To One Piece of Software, Says Guy Kawasaki
SAN FRANCISCO, AD:TECH CONFERENCE: The survival of Apple beyond the 1980s is thanks to one piece of software, says Guy Kawasaki, best-selling author and Apple's former chief evangelist.
Microsoft touts coming Silverlight features and platform support
While Silverlight didn't get the leading role in either the day one or day two Mix '11 keynotes (much to the chagrin of some developers), there was some Silverlight news at the Microsoft developer/des...
Microsoft launches StreetView rival in Europe
Microsoft is taking pictures in conjunction with mapping partner Navteq — Microsoft is launching its own version of Google's StreetView - dubbed Streetside - across Europe. — Cars fitted with came...
Hacker ‘handshake’ hole found in common firewalls
NSS Labs tested Cisco, Check Point, Fortinet, Juniper, the Palo Alto Networks, and SonicWall firewalls — Some of the most commonly-used firewalls are subject to a hacker exploit that lets an attacke...
New Zealand Government Rushes Through Controversial Anti-Piracy Law
In a surprise development, during the next few hours New Zealand's government is to rush through legislation that will target Internet users who share copyrighted material online without rightsholder ...
Social-Networking Site Ning: Charging Users Works for Us
A year ago this month, social-networking start-up Ning raised eyebrows in Silicon Valley when it decided to phase out free accounts. … The company, which was co-founded by Internet entrepreneur Marc A...
Microsoft struck by HTML5 commitment phobia
Silverlight, I wish I could quit you — Back during the era of certainty, the time of proprietary source code and software product roadmaps, Microsoft was a company you could bank on. — Microsoft w...
PlayBook: A Tablet With a Case Of Codependency
Now entering the tablet wars: the BlackBerry PlayBook, a contender from Research In Motion, maker of the iconic smartphone. — Unlike most tablets aiming to take on the iPad juggernaut, the PlayBook,...
Apple Is Said to Ready Sale of White IPhone After 10-Month Wait
Apple Inc. (AAPL) will begin selling a white model of the iPhone 4 in the next few weeks after a 10- month delay, according to three people familiar with the plans. — The new version will be availab...
Steve Jobs Hid iPad Development From Eric Schmidt
Steve Jobs was so furious when he saw Android's “pinch to zoom” features during a trip to Google headquarters, he hid Apple's iPad development from Google CEO Eric Schmidt — even though Schmidt was on...
Windows Phone adds multitasking, deeper OS integration, and sensor access to dev platform
We knew it was coming, and today at MIX 11, Microsoft showed off its developer platform for the next version of Windows Phone, which developers will be able to get their hands on for free in May.
Intel to Open up Thunderbolt Development This Quarter
Intel on Tuesday said that developer kits for Thunderbolt will be available this quarter, which could lead to the quick availability of a wider range of products based on the interconnect technology. ...
REVEALED: The Real History Of Twitter
“Mr. Williams says that all successful businesspeople make enemies along the way.” - The New York Times, October 30, 2010 — How Twitter's owners and top executives say Twitter was founded is differ...
Apple Adds Do-Not-Track Tool to New Browser
Apple Inc. has added a do-not-track privacy tool to a test version of its latest Web browser for keeping customers' online activities from being monitored by marketers. — The tool is included within...
Sweeet!: Sugar Gets $15 Million More in New Funding From IVP and Sequoia
Sassy women-focused content site, Sugar Inc., has raised another $15 million in late-stage venture funding from new investor Institutional Venture Partners, as well as its original one, Sequoia Capita...
Motorola And Huawei Settle Patent Lawsuit
In case you hadn't heard, Motorola Solutions and Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies have been embroiled in a nasty patent lawsuit. In January, the Chinese company has filed a laws...
Rebels Hijack Gadhafi's Phone Network
A team led by a Libyan-American telecom executive has helped rebels hijack Col. Moammar Gadhafi's cellphone network and re-establish their own communications. The new network, first plotted on an air...
Kyocera Echo review
It's not exactly difficult to put into words what the Kyocera Echo is — it's a dual-screened Android phone, after all — but it's a wee bit more challenging to wrap your head around who exactly it's fo...
Beefing up goo.gl with new features
Since we launched our URL shortener goo.gl last September, we've been lucky enough to build a thriving and growing community of passionate users who aren't shy about letting us know when something cou...
Jive Bets On Big Data With Acquisition Of Software Startup Proximal Labs
Jive Software, the maker of an all-in-one social enterprise software, has acquired data mining software company Proximal Labs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. — Proximal Labs is a software co...
HTC's New Android Phone to Offer Netflix-Like Video Service
HTC revealed its latest high-end Android smartphone offering, the Sensation 4G, on Tuesday. Along with the phone, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer is also debuting its new mobile media rental-a...
The most important new protocol since RSS: AirPlay (three cool new apps that use it to change how we view TV)
I still remember when Dave Winer showed me RSS and what it did. It changed my life and continues to, even after we switched much of our reading behavior to Twitter …
Lenovo planning 23-inch tablet for 2011 launch
While most manufacturers are trying to find the sweet spot for tablets in the 7-inch to 10-inch range, Lenovo's thinking bigger. The firm's senior marketing specialist, Wiliam Cai, said that his comp...
Intuit Aims to Spur Growth With Mobile Software, Acquisitions
Intuit Inc. is boosting sales of its financial-management and tax-preparation programs with online and mobile versions, helping make up for a slowdown in desktop software, Chief Executive Officer Brad...
Intel roadmap shows sped up Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge
An uncovered roadmap in the midst of Intel's Developer Forum in Beijing has revealed plans from Intel to speed up its current desktop processors from the Sandy Bridge platform as well as some early de...
Startup Boom Push Rents to New Highs in SF
You're the head of a growing San Francisco startup looking to cut a sweet deal on a “creative” new office space to contain your ever-expanding cadre of devoted young employees and make your old incuba...