Oh S**t, I'm A Racist
“I don't think Mike Arrington is a racist” - Angela Benton — It's never a good day when people you don't know are having a raging Internet debate about whether or not you're a racist. But that's ex...
Nobody Gives A Damn About Your Klout Score
Remember that time that astrologers decided that they had gotten all the zodiac signs off by one, and everyone was so bewildered because all of a sudden you were NO LONGER AN ARIES BUT A PISCES and it...
In Surprise, China Unveils Supercomputer Based on Its Own Chips
China has made its first supercomputer based on Chinese microprocessor chips, an advance that surprised high-performance computing specialists in the United States. — The announcement was made this ...
All prospects for an internal HP webOS largely destroyed
HP announced yesterday that it would retain its PC business while deflecting questions about the future of webOS for at least another month, but insiders note that HP has already destroyed the viabili...
Adobe Photoshop CS6 to adopt Aperture-like theme, new 3D functionality
Early betas of Photoshop CS6, an update to Adobe's flagship digital imaging software due next year as part of Creative Suite 6.0 (CS6), show off a darker interface theme, new 3D capabilities, autosave...
Apple acquired mind-blowing 3D mapping company C3 Technologies, looking to take iOS Maps to the next level
A 3D model of Las Vegas Strip created by Apple purchased C3 — Since the original iPhone's debut in 2007, Apple's iOS devices have made use of an Apple-built Google Maps application …
iPhone 4S Launches in 22 New Countries with 1-2 Week Estimates for Online Orders
Apple today officially launched the iPhone 4S in 22 new countries, marking the second round of launches for the device. The company began taking pre-orders last week ahead of the launch scheduled …
iPhone 4S battery life problems: bug in location services suspected
User tests suggest that bug in iOS 5 may be polling mobile mast data too frequently and running down battery — A flaw in Apple's location services system in its new iOS 5 software is increasingly su...
Report: RIM operating surveillance facility in India
Remember when India was threatening to shut down BlackBerry service unless it could tap user's communications? Reports have RIM operating a wiretapping facility in Mumbai to help with that. — Back ...
The World Is Surprisingly Angry About the End of Google Reader
The demise of Google Reader's share features is affecting everyone from RSS-junkies to Iranian freedom fighters, and many of them are very displeased. Google Reader itself is very much alive and well...
Mozilla's Brendan Eich on JavaScript - and Microsoft Buying Netscape
It seems so long ago now, but for those of us lucky enough (and old enough) to have been there, the launch of Netscape's 0.9 version of its Netscape Navigator browser in October 1994 was clearly the b...
Online hackers threaten to expose cartel secrets
An international group of online hackers is warning a Mexican drug cartel to release one of its members, kidnapped from a street protest, or it will publish the identities and addresses of the syndica...
Socialcam: Further Proof That You Folks Really Like Your Filters
Since last spring we've been tracking the progress of Socialcam, the ‘Instagram for Video’ that spun off from Justin.tv. The app, which is available for iOS and Android, hit the 2 million download mi...
HP: It's An ‘Unfounded Rumor’ That We're Going To Shut Down WebOS
HP's PC boss Todd Bradley appeared on Bloomberg West last night to talk about the company's decision to keep the PC business. — Of note, he said yesterday's rumor in the Guardian that HP will shut d...
Why Klout is Really and Truly Valuable
Social media scoring system Klout did a big refresh tonight and it is clearly broken because it said I am less influential than it said I was before. But is it worthless? Is this a meaningless arbit...