Marc Andreessen on the Dot-Com ‘Bubble’
Contrary to all the recent hype about a bubble, you've said that tech companies are actually undervalued. So in true 1999 fashion, should I take my life savings out of mutual funds and toss it into t...
Eric Schmidt Comments On Google+'s Success, Claims “Millions” Of Users
Speaking at a press event on Thursday at the Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, former Google CEO and now Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt gave a 70 minute talk to the relatively few reporters...
Why Google And Android Must Deal With The Mobile Protection Racket
It's kind of amazing to consider that in just three short years, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) found its answer to critics fond of the “one-trick pony” slur with Android, currently the world's most popular mobi...
Solving The Scoble Problem In Social Networks
I finally blocked Robert Scoble in Google+. I have absolutely nothing against Scoble. I quite admire him, actually. He's a great asset to the startup scene and he works damn hard. I've met him a f...
Canadian Internet providers purposely slow us down
Canadian Internet providers have purposely or accidentally slowed down the speeds of its customers dozens of times in the last two years, and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commi...
Please accept our apologies for the spam we caused this afternoon.
For about 80 minutes we ran out of disk space on the service that keeps track of notifications. Hence our system continued to try sending notifications. Over, and over again. Yikes.
Antitrust officials probing sale of patents to Google's rivals
It's not often that search giant Google looks like the little guy. But in a move unprecedented in the tech world, six of Google's rivals — including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion — combined...
Apple reflecting dramatic improvements in iPad 2 availability
For the first time since its launch in early March, customers in the market for a new iPad 2 can order it direct from Apple and have it shipped to their doorstep in a week or less, the company disclos...
Apple's back-to-school promo clobbering Microsoft's efforts
In spite of initial skepticism from industry watchers, Apple's annual Back to School promotion is off to a strong start, according to one analyst. — Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry is...
New Zune-branded video streaming subscription coming to Xbox LIVE?
Xbox LIVE is no stranger to video content, offering a range of options to enjoy movies and TV, including third-party content via the likes of Netflix; partnerships with cable and satellite TV companie...
DHS: Imported Consumer Tech Contains Hidden Hacker Attack Tools
A top Department of Homeland Security official has admitted to Congress that imported software and hardware components are being purposely spiked with security-compromising attack tools by unknown for...
Switching rates for US smartphone users suggest 50% penetration by August 2012
The latest comScore MobiLens is out and it allows an update to the picture of the US phone using population. Through the three month period ending May 2011, smartphones were in use by 76.8 million or...
Microsoft Smiles, Shrugs as Hackers Wangle Mango Onto Old WinMo Gear
When Windows Phone 7 was released, there were some owners of older Windows Mobile devices who hoped Microsoft might allow them to upgrade their phones to the new software. — That was especially true...
Facebook scammers spread app pretending to be ‘Video Calling’
As Paul Ducklin predicted only a few days ago, scams related to Facebook's launch of a video chat service powered by Skype are surfacing. — This particular scam doesn't use the actual Facebook video...