Google to build its own office space
With the Googleplex already straining at the seams and the company preparing its biggest hiring surge ever, the Mountain View Internet giant is about to do something it's never done before — build its...
Biggest BitTorrent Downloading Case in U.S. History Targets 23,000 Defendants
At least 23,000 file sharers soon will likely get notified they are being sued for downloading the Expendables in what has become the single largest illegal-BitTorrent-downloading case in U.S. history...
Mobile phones could be charged by the power of speech
Mobile phones could soon be charged by simply speaking into the handset. — Engineers have developed a new technique for turning sound into electricity, allowing a mobile to be powered up while its u...
The iPad in Your Hand: As Fast as a Supercomputer of Yore
It's common wisdom that the computer you can hold in the palm of your hand today is as powerful as a computer from years ago that filled an entire room. — But now Jack Dongarra, one of the computer ...
LinkedIn sees IPO of up to $274 mln
LinkedIn Corp said it would offer 7.8 million shares in its initial public offering at between $32-$35 apiece. — At the high end of the price range, the company, which owns LinkedIn — the online soc...
Apple Brand Value at $153 Billion Overtakes Google for Top Spot
Apple Inc. (AAPL), maker of the iPhone, iPad and iMac, overtook search-engine giant Google Inc. (GOOG) to become the world's most valuable brand, WPP Plc said in a report today. — Apple's brand valu...
Samsung Galaxy S II hits 3 million pre-orders
Samsung claimed unprecedented genuine demand for the Galaxy S II on Sunday night. The electronics giant said it had picked up three million pre-orders worldwide for its dual-core Android phone by the...
Apple Brings Conde Nast Aboard the Subscription Bandwagon, Starting With the New Yorker
Apple is winning over the big publishers. Last week, Hearst Corp. said it planned to start selling its magazines using Apple's new iTunes subscription service. Now rival Conde Nast is actually doing...
Why Fortune's Apple Story is AWOL From The Web - And Why You Can Buy It On Amazon
Last week Fortune published a deep dive into Apple, then made sure that many people who would care about it couldn't read it: The story was available in the magazine's print and iPad editions, but not...
HP unleashes new ProBook, EliteBook business laptops; starts at $799
Hewlett-Packard has been on a mission to revamp its business computers this year. Today the computer maker is introducing two new EliteBook models (including one that doubles as a tablet) and the Pro...
Sony's PlayStation, Qriocity Services Remain Shut, ‘Uncertain’ on Restart
Sony Corp. (6758)'s PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services remain shut as of today, Shigenori Yoshida, a Tokyo-based spokesman said. Sony is uncertain when it can resume the services, Yoshi...
Navigating News Online
Whatever the future of journalism much of it depends on understanding the ways that people navigate the digital news environment—the behavior of what might be called the new news consumer. — Despite...