Microsoft's Bill Gates says he advocated Skype takeover
Bill Gates says Microsoft's decision to buy Skype will provide better video conferencing opportunities — Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, has said he advocated the company's takeover of Skype, and u...
Exclusive: T-Mobile's 2011 roadmap includes HTC ‘G-Infinity,’ LG Optimus II, three new BlackBerrys, and more
The Samsung Hercules is far from the only device in T-Mobile's pipeline for the next few months, of course — and we've got some insight into what's coming next. HTC G-Infinity?
Bitcoin: Is the cryptocurrency Bitcoin a good idea?
Answer (1 of 15): No. Bitcoin is a ludicrously bad idea. It is a scam. A Scam. It is not a currency. The economic assumptions underpinning the Bitcoin ecosystem are laughable, and ignore hundreds ...
Summarize your data with pivot tables
Starting today, we're rolling out pivot tables in Google spreadsheets. Pivot tables make it easy to process and summarize large data sets in seconds. Check out the video below for a look at how pivo...
Sony's Stringer: No Network ‘100% Secure’
The hacker attack that crippled Sony Corp. (SNE)'s PlayStation Network and Qriocity entertainment services was “a hiccup” in the company's online strategy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Howard ...
All Of July 2009: Tumblr Did 250 Million Pageviews. May 16, 2011: Tumblr Did... 250 Million Pageviews
Two years ago, Tumblr founder David Karp shared some impressive numbers. In July 2009, Tumblr had 50 million visitors, 255 million pageviews, and 650,000 new posts per day.
Unveiled: Audience powers iPhone 4′s impressive noise cancellation
When we analyzed the Nexus One last January, the big news was its Audience voice processor. The Audience chip takes advantage of two microphones (if you're counting, that's one more than most cell ph...
Why you can't really anonymize your data
One of the joys of the last few years has been the flood of real-world datasets being released by all sorts of organizations. These usually involve some record of individuals' activities, so to assua...
Nokia N9 Teaser Ad Appears (Video) [Update x2]
Less than a week after we saw it unexpectedly pop up in the FCC database, the MeeGo-powered Nokia N9 (N950?) has appeared in a professional-looking teaser commercial (clip embedded below), further sug...
Apple Files “Noteworthy” Trademark for New iPhone App
It appears that Apple may want to drum up a little more mystery and excitement going into this year's WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) on June 6, 2011. Today, the European Trademark Office has ...
Apple staff raking in the cash: $419,528 profit per head
Apple earned a massive profit of $419,528 per employee in the past 12 months. That beats Google, Microsoft, Intel and a bunch of other big tech companies by quite some margin. — One reason (of seve...
99% of Android phones leak secret account credentials
The vast majority of devices running Google's Android operating system are vulnerable to attacks that allow adversaries to steal the digital credentials used to access calendars, contacts, and other s...
HP Picks USB 3.0 Over Intel's Thunderbolt for Desktops
Hewlett-Packard considered using Intel's Thunderbolt interconnect in new desktop PCs announced Monday, but is sticking with USB 3.0 because of wider support, a company official said. — “We did look ...
LinkedIn Ups Price Of IPO To $42 To $45 Per Share, Valuation Now Over $4 Billion
Wow. According to this filing, professional social network LinkedIn has just upped the pricing of its IPO from between $32 and $35 per share to $42 to $45 per share. This latest pricing …
iPhone share of phone market in Q1: 5% volumes, 20% revenues, 55% profit
Operating profits for the eight vendors I track increased at a compounded 25% over three years. As with revenues, the growth is concentrated. The following chart shows operating profit growth across...
New York Releases ‘Road Map for the Digital City’
Watch live streaming video from nycgov at livestream.com — New York City will develop an open government framework featuring APIs for city data, relaunch its website and make a host of changes to th...
Facebook Rolls Out Places Functionality and Checkin Deals to Pages With Street Addresses
Facebook has confirmed with us that it has started bringing Facebook Places functionality to some Pages representing physical spaces. Some Pages that list a street address, such as local businesses …
Chrome OS 12 — AKA: The Shipping Version — Hits Beta
AKA: The Shipping Version — Hits Beta — Last week, just prior to day one of Google I/O, we noted that some updates in the Chrome OS code and forums indicated that a formal unveiling was likely very c...
Apple studies infringement claims by Lodsys
Patent holding firm Lodsys claims revenue from iPhone app developers, but critics say it is abusing the patent system — Apple's legal department is understood to be “actively investigating” claims b...
Slacker Premium Goes Live: 8 Million Tracks on Demand, 10 Bucks a Month
Amazon and Google's cloud music services are getting all the attention, but what about those of us who don't want to spend hours uploading our tracks? And what about music lovers who stopped buying n...
How Facebook Brings a New Data Center Online
For Facebook, bringing its Prineville, Ore., data center online last month required more than building a specialized facility with customized servers. According to a post today on the Facebook Engine...
HP cuts profit outlook for year amid weak services, consumer PC demand
Hewlett-Packard has cut its outlook for the fiscal year as the company's PC and services businesses struggle. — The second quarter results were solid, but HP has cut its outlook for the second conse...
Publicis Groupe to Acquire Digital Shop Rosetta for $575 Million
Marks Change of Heart for Fiercely Independent CEO Kuenne — Publicis Groupe has made a bid to acquire Rosetta, taking the largest privately owned digital agency off the table. The purchase price is...
Sprint's Most Likely Buyer May Be CenturyLink
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)'s Dan Hesse told Congress last week the third-largest U.S. wireless operator may end up being acquired if AT&T Inc. (T) purchases T-Mobile USA Inc. The most likely buyer is Cen...
Eventually, One Of These Updates Will Make Google News Not Suck At Tech News, Right?
For as long as I can remember, there has been one constant in tech news: Google News sucks at it. — Now, that's not entirely fair since Google News doesn't actually provide any of their own content.
Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America
Netflix video streaming is now the single largest source of peak downstream Interent traffic i the U.S., according to a new report by Sandvine. The streaming video service now accounts for 29.7 perce...
With 1 Billion Views Per Quarter, Blip.tv Becomes A Video Destination (Interview)
Blip.tv started five years ago with a focus on helping budding video producers manage and distribute their shows across the Web. Slowly but surely, though, it's become a video destination in its own ...
Apple yet to OK sub-30nm flash memory from Samsung, Toshiba
Apple hasn't yet approved flash memory below 30 nanometers in size, insiders purportedly said Tuesday. Neither Samsung's 20nm flash nor Toshiba's 24nm variety had been certified for Apple. Explanati...
VMware Horizon App Manager debuts as user-centric platform for cloud apps
VMware has announced the Horizon App Manager, a new solution with the intention of streamlining access to both personal and business-related cloud-based applications. — Basically, the portal looks …