Chief Sponsor Wavers on Web Censorship Bill in Charged Hearing
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, right, accompanied by Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., discuss their efforts to modify the internet's workings to fig...
Tumblr Takes Fight Against SOPA Up A Notch, ‘Censors’ User Dashboards
Congress is in the process of kneecapping the web as we know it with a House bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (a similar bill, called the Protect IP Act, is in the Senate). In a misguided attem...
Key AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse to leave
Brad Garlinghouse, President of the Applications and Commerce Group and head of AOL's Silicon Valley operations is leaving the beleaguered online service AOL, according to multiple sources. Garlingho...
Don't Be Too Disappointed By Google Music's Lackluster Debut
The web is less than enthused by Google Music, which made its debut today with the usual fanfare. The criticism is withering in its somewhat entitled way: “Where's the Spotify killer?” “Rdio already...
Facebook identifies those behind coordinated spam attack
Summary: Facebook says it knows who orchestrated the coordinated spam attack resulting in the huge flood of links, videos, and images depicting pornography, acts of violence, self-mutilation, and best...
Gmail app for iOS available in the App Store (again)
Two weeks ago, we introduced our Gmail app for iOS. Unfortunately it contained a bug which broke notifications and displayed an error message, so we removed it from the App Store. We've fixed the bu...
Steve Jobs Secret Meeting to Explore an iPod Phone is Revealing
In our special report today we present you with a fascinating account of one of Steve Jobs' secret meeting that involved creating the iPhone and how the iPod Phone almost came to be. It was much clos...
The Rootkit Of All Evil - CIQ
And the spy and invasion of privacy saga continues, but this time XDA Recognized Developer TrevE seems to have hit the very core of most of what is happening with devices. You may recall from a few a...
Google folds Checkout into Wallet
Google Checkout and Google Wallet are two Google products with very similar goals: storing your payment information and ushering commerce through Mountain View's ecosystem. It was just a matter of ti...
Android sees a 472% increase in malware since July
Android sees a 472% increase in malware since July — Android is definitely winning... the race for the most malware, that is. — According to a new study from the Juniper Global Threat Center, malw...
Another Member Of The Twitter Comms Team Leaves. So What's Going On At Twitter?
Twitter Communication exec Sean Garrett's departure from the company last week was a shock to many in the press who had the pleasure of dealing with him and the Twitter Communications Team.
Facebook tracking is under scrutiny
In recent weeks, Facebook has been wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the social media website is violating users' privacy by making public too much of their personal information...
Samsung modified and relaunched Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany, may steer clear of design right infringement
In its intellectual property spat with Apple, Samsung proves resilient, perseverant, and courageous. If there ever was any doubt about those virtues (not on my part anyway) …
Nook Tablet limits internal storage for non-B&N purchased content to 1GB
Well, this is definitely a bummer. Barnes & Noble has spent a fair amount of time talking up all of the Nook Tablet's internal advantages over the Kindle Fire, a list that includes 16GB of storage to...
Syria's Revolutionary iPhone App Helps Fight the Assad Regime
Amid a brutal crackdown, rebels are fighting back on their iPhones. Babak Dehghanpisheh on how the Arab Spring's newest weapon keeps the opposition informed—and the regime in check.
HTC Vivid incites cease and desist letter from porn company claiming trademark infringement
HTC's flamboyant product naming scheme has gotten it into trouble once again. Vivid Entertainment, one of the big adult movie studios (that very recently announced it's going to have a Google TV chan...
Amazon Releases Kindle Fire Source Code
Developers looking to “hack it up” with Amazon's latest, greatest, and only Android-powered tablet can now download the source code behind the Kindle Fire. In order to comply with Android licensing a...
Evernote Takes On Web Reading With Clearly
Evernote, an application that has gained momentum by providing an easy way for people to quickly capture things they want to remember, is determined to branch out past its humble note-taking origins. ...
A Look At The Testimony Given At Today's SOPA Lovefest Congressional Hearings... With A Surprise From MasterCard
We already know that today's SOPA hearings for the House Judiciary Committee are totally stacked in favor of the bill. But with the hearings getting underway, we wanted to dive in and look at what's ...
Boxee Box Live TV dongle shipping for $49 in January 2012, pre-orders open today
No point in hiding in plain view, eh? Boxee has just affirmed that the leaked Live TV dongle is legit, and it'll be splashing down on North American shores in January. The Boxee Box Live TV dongle …
Why I'm treating startups more critically lately
I've noticed that lately I'm treating startups much more critically. Today I chewed into an entrepreneur who was pitching me a new thing that was sort of like Oink, or maybe it was Foursquare, or may...
The Wisest Entrepreneurs Know How to Preserve Equity
So you want to be an Internet billionaire. It's not just about having a great idea and building a world-class business at light speed. — A review of recent initial public offering filings for Inter...
Facebook identifies those behind coordinated spam attack
Summary: Facebook says it knows who orchestrated the coordinated spam attack resulting in the huge flood of links, videos, and images depicting pornography, acts of violence, self-mutilation, and best...
Serious MacBook Envy: HP Launches Redesigned Envy 15 and 17
There's no denying that the redesigned Envy 15 and 17 look a lot like the MacBook Pro. And we're not complaining. For the first time in three years, HP has done a major overhaul of its premium noteb...
Nokia hints at higher-end Lumia handset, confirms Windows 8 tablets by June 2012
The head of Nokia France it seems has loose lips. — Talking to French LesEchos newspaper he spoke of Nokia's plan to boost their market share of the French market from their current 16% back to 22% ...
Few AT&T iPhone Users Fleeing to Verizon, Sprint
Though you might assume otherwise, the iPhone's debut on rival networks Verizon and Sprint hasn't really fazed AT&T. In fact, the carrier doesn't seem to miss the iPhone exclusivity it once had. Nor ...
HTC Zeta rendered, rumored to pack 2.5GHz quad-core CPU and Ice Cream Sandwich
Ready for today's grain of salt? We just got handed imagery and specs of a possible HTC device in the works codenamed the Zeta. It's a quad-core handset, much like the Edge that was leaked last week...
You Don't Have To Tweet To Twitter
Frequent comparisons to Facebook leave many confused about the true value of Twitter. “In a brand new direction A change of perception On a brand new trajection” [Disclosure: Benchmark Capital is a m...
Zappos founder launches RNKD to connect brands and the people who love them (video)
Zappos founder Nick Swinmurn wants to see a picture of everything in your closet. — In return, he'll give you badges and even discounts on clothing brands that you love. — He's not a creep (as far...
Scientists boost battery strength with small holes
Batteries built from the novel material mix could be fully charged from flat in 15 minutes — Batteries for phones and laptops could soon recharge ten times faster and hold a charge ten times larger ...
Former Myspace CEO Mike Jones Brings the Science of Start-Ups to Los Angeles
Many Web entrepreneurs hoping for a big next act have started a labs company so they can incubate many ideas rather than pick just one — examples include Twitter founder Evan Williams' Obvious …
Amazon's Kindle lending library is contract breach, say US authors
Authors Guild says online retailer is using ‘brute economic power’ to push books into scheme without proper permissions — American authors are up in arms about Amazon's new Kindle lending library, a...
DataSift Launches Powerful Twitter Data Analysis And Business Intelligence Platform
DataSift, a big data business intelligence and analysis platform for Twitter, is finally opening its doors today to the U.S. public. DataSift was born out of Tweetmeme and was announced at TechCrunch...
HP gets into ultrabooks with nine-hour Folio 13
HP Folio 13 claims ultrabook battery record — HP formally launched itself into the ultrabook space early Wednesday with the Folio 13. The 13.3-inch system is “less than” 0.7 inches thick and, while...
Some Charts Are Wrong aka An Update on Digg Traffic
From time to time at Digg we see speculation on our traffic based on “estimated data,” and ominous prognostication of what it means. But the story is pretty different if you're looking at the actual ...
Wow: Intel unveils 1 teraflop chip with 50-plus cores
I thought the prospect of quad-core tablet computers was exciting. — Then I saw Intel's latest — a 1 teraflop chip, with more than 50 cores, that Intel unveiled today, running it on a test machine a...
Readability gives free online news inbox with upcoming Apple apps
(CNN) — Few people seem eager to return to the news articles they didn't have time to read during the day, and even fewer are willing to pay for that privilege. — So to attract new users, Readabilit...
Marketo lands $50M from Battery, IVP, InterWest to continue its marketing automation domination
Marketing automation firm Marketo has raised a new massive $50 million round that will help it continue assisting companies with aggressive lead and revenue generation, the company announced today.