OS X Lion Allows Running Multiple Copies on the Same Machine (Virtualization)
For the first time, Apple is allowing owners of OS X (client version) to run multiple virtual copies on the same machine. Previously, Apple extended this ability to Mac OS X Server only.
Google+ To Have Business Profile Pages
Jeff Huber, Google VP of Local and Commerce, has indicated that Google+, at some point in the near future will include the option for business profile page. Here is his comment: … He has additionally...
Zynga Finally Files for IPO to Raise $1 Billion
Zynga, a four-year-old company which has made its riches off selling virtual goods in social games, has filed to raise $1 billion in an IPO. — The IPO may potentially rank among the largest of the y...
Dealtalk: Google bid “pi” for Nortel patents and lost
(Reuters) - At the auction for Nortel Networks' wireless patents this week, Google's bids were mystifying, such as $1,902,160,540 and $2,614,972,128. — Math whizzes might recognize these numbers as ...
Here's The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard
More than six months have passed since Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and others cut WikiLeaks' purse strings. And if that blockade lasts six more days, the secret-spilling group plans to take its financi...
iPhone 5 and iPad 3 upstream suppliers begin to prepare materials
Taiwan-based companies included in the supply chain for iPhone 5 and iPad 3 have begun to prepare materials for the production of the two devices, which are likely to make their debuts in September an...
Thanks to Google Plus, Picasa Gets Unlimited Storage for Photos & Videos, Also Better Tagging
With the launch of Google Plus, there may be some confusion as to how the photos uploaded to the social network (Google+) integrate with Google's online photo-sharing service (Picasa), especially in t...
Hulu halts Facebook Connect after exposing user data
Updated. Hulu's Facebook Connect integration apparently isn't going as planned. The ability to log in is offline as of this writing, with many people reporting issues with the sign-in option earlier...
Facebook Will Launch In-Browser Video Chat Next Week In Partnership With Skype
Earlier this week Facebook while visiting Seattle CEO Mark Zuckerberg tipped off Seattle press that the company would be launching an “awesome” new product next week that has been built by Facebook's ...
Windows Thin PC download now available
Several weeks after its release to manufacturer build shipped, the Windows Thin PC client is now available for general download by Microsoft Software Assurance customers. Windows Thin PC is a small W...
Adding class and reality to the story of Google+, Andy Hertzfeld shares the spotlight with the rest of the team:
Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu
Google Inc. is in preliminary talks to buy online video pioneer Hulu, people familiar with the situation said. — Hulu has begun meeting with potential buyers including Google, Microsoft Corp. and Ya...
Facebook Goddess Sheryl Sandberg On Short List To Replace Tim Geithner As Treasury Secretary
Yesterday, word was leaked that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is considering quitting soon, which immediately triggered speculation about who would replace him. — One of the names that came up?
Go Daddy to Sell Itself to K.K.R. and Silver Lake
The Go Daddy Group, the controversial giant of Internet address registration companies, said on Friday that it will sell itself to a group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake. — While the...
More letters to RIM; employees rally alongside anonymous exec
BGR published an open letter to Research In Motion yesterday from an anonymous high-level RIM executive who begged for senior management to take notice of all of the issues within RIM. The exec expla...
Consortium including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony snags Nortel patents for $4.5 billion
News that Google had competition for a bundle of patents being sold by bankrupt Nortel Networks surfaced a week ago and now it's official; a consortium of companies including Apple …
Instant email: how we made Hotmail 10x faster
We announced last week a new version of SkyDrive, in which SkyDrive was redesigned from the ground up to have great performance on modern browsers. Like the SkyDrive team, we've also been hard at wor...
Why Apple built Final Cut Pro X
I worked on Final Cut Pro from 2002 to 2008. It was an amazing experience. The Final Cut Pro X project was just getting started when I left Apple. It was an ambitious and controversial move, but it...
Apple likely to dethrone HP as leading portable PC vendor
Apple is likely to replace Hewlett-Packard (HP) as the global number one notebook vendor in 2012 if tablet PCs are included in the calculation of global notebook shipments, according to industry sourc...
Verizon Droid 3 specs revealed, show a 4-inch Gingerbread world phone
Hey, look at that. It's the Verizon Droid 3 specs — and lined up next to the Droid 2 and Droid X2 for good measure. Let's just give 'em the full rundown. — The Droid 3 looks like it'll launch with...
A year after its big redesign, how Google News is thinking about the best ways to present news stories
It's been a year since Google News launched its big redesign, the first major update of the Google News interface since it launched in 2002. The revamp put a new emphasis on customized news content …
Ashton Kutcher in Twitter war with Village Voice
Ashton Kutcher's seven million-plus followers no doubt have been keeping an eye on their Twitter feeds today as the actor seems to have found himself in the midst of a Twitter war. — The 33-year-old...
Original Galaxy Tab Finally Getting Gingerbread
Worry not original Galaxy Tab owners, the EVO View 4G's days as Sprint's only 7-inch Android tablet sporting Gingerbread are officially numbered. Our Super Spies have shared some intel with us, which...