HP to Contribute webOS to Open Source
HP to enable creativity of the community to accelerate the next-generation web-centric platform — HP today announced it will contribute the webOS software to the open source community. — HP plans ...
MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet Without A Problem, Why Can't The US?
The MPAA is getting pretty desperate, it seems. MPAA boss Chris Dodd was out trying to defend censoring the internet this week by using China as an example of why censorship isn't a problem. It's ki...
Now playing: Faster movie search on Android and iPhone
(Cross-posted on the Inside Search blog) — With the December movie season in full swing, we've just made it even faster and easier to discover movies, showtimes and theaters, all from your smartphon...
Microsoft releases Silverlight 5
Summary: Microsoft released to the Web on December 9 Silverlight 5, which could be the last major release of Microsoft's — Microsoft made available on December 9 for download the gold version of Sil...
DOJ To File Withdrawal Motion Or Seek Stay In AT&T/T-Mobile Case
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)—A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge Friday the agency next week will file a motion that seeks to postpone court proceedings in its challenge to AT&T Inc.'s (T) prop...
The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in the iPad design
The patent case between Apple and Samsung regarding the iPad and Galaxytab has been an ongoing issue. Apple won an injunction against the sale of the Galaxy Tab in Australia, then saw the decision re...
The condescending UI
I have a kneejerk reaction to most modern computer user interfaces (also, all microwave user interfaces). I've used plenty of excuses over the years: my “eye for design,” my love of minimalism, a sen...
Meet Google's Biggest U.S. Search Advertisers
New Kantar Estimate: IAC, Amazon.com, AT&T, Expedia, Experian and Microsoft Top the List — Google likes to talk about display and brand advertising these days but the vast majority of its revenue st...
Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer takes charge of retail division as search for Ron Johnson replacement continues
The Grand Central Terminal store opening had Steve Cano and Bob Bridger in attendance — Until November 1, 2011, Apple's widely successful retail branch was headed by Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney's new C...
What it was like at this morning's Grand Central Apple Store opening
I missed Apple's new retail store opening this morning in New York's Grand Central Terminal, but my friend Arlo files this report and these photos. Thanks! … Also: Commerce as content, shopping throu...
A Clarification With Respect to Yahoo
Over the last several weeks, there have been erroneous reports in the press that my partner Jeff Jordan and/or I might become an operating executive of Yahoo in some capacity. — To be crystal clear,...
The New Twitter (R.I.P. Tweetie)
Twitter today unveiled a new UI, debuting first in updated versions of its official iPhone, Android, and web clients. Coming soon: an updated version of their iPad app. (No mention of the Mac app — ...
Motorola Mobility wins German patent suit against Apple, overcomes FRAND defense
At 9 AM today, the Mannheim Regional Court pronounced its ruling on one of the patent infringement lawsuits Motorola Mobility brought against Apple in Germany in April 2011. This is the first substan...
Sarah Lacy And Mike Arrington Are Starting TechCrunch 2.0
Former managing editor of TechCrunch Sarah Lacy is doing what many people expected her to do after she left TechCrunch last month — building a brand new version of it. — Lacy is working on starting ...
Video: Hundreds queue up for Apple's Grand Central store
And hundreds more crowd the terminal's main lobby to see what the fuss is about — Line-goers (lower left) pushing through the onlookers. Photo: PED — What if Apple (AAPL) opened a new store and n...
Panasonic's 4.3-inch ultra-thin Android smartphone headed to Europe in March
Panasonic said it will launch smartphones in Europe starting this March, five years after abandoning the international phone market. The move confirms earlier Nikkei reports that the Osaka-based comp...
Google nabs Square Enix and other game developers to do native client Chrome games
Google announced today that its three-year effort to create a muscular browser technology that can run heavy duty apps such as console-like games is now ready for prime time.
Verizon ends satellite deal, FiOS expansion as it partners with cable
Verizon Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said the telecom giant plans to end its wireless partnership with satellite provider DirectTV and will stop its buildout of FiOS television and Internet services ...
Zite, the smart iPad newspaper is now available on your iPhone
When Zite's smart iPad newspaper launched in March, we were all down in Austin waiting in line for the iPad 2. — It was the perfect storm of Twitter adoption, news curation and iPad frenzy for the s...
Rare Apple '80s MultiServer, '70s Apple II ROM prototypes appear on eBay
A handful of rare, never-before-seen Apple prototypes have appeared for sale on eBay, including an unreleased product from the 1980s called “MultiServer,” and a prototype ROM board from the 1970s.
BlackBerry Owners Want iPads And So Do Android And Windows Phone Owners: Survey
A new survey provides details on the percentage of non-Apple smartphone users who want to buy iPads. — Nearly two years after its debut, Apple's iPad still dominates tablet sales.
OEM shipments of Nook Tablets to Barnes & Noble reach one million units, say sources
Barnes & Noble should have so far taken delivery of one million units of Nook Tablet PCs from OEM production partners, according to an estimate by sources at upstream suppliers.
Spotify Radio gets a big makeover, goes truly unlimited
Spotify has already had a busy year, what with international roll-outs, its Facebook tie-up and its recent ‘Spotify as a platform for apps’ announcement. — Now, Spotify has given one of its earliest...
Investor Group Buys Web Security Company Blue Coat For $1.3 Billion In Cash
Blue Coat, which specializes in Web security and WAN optimization solutions, has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by San Francisco-based PE firm Thoma Bravo in a transaction valued at ro...
Apple Pulls ‘TV Shows’ Menu from Apple TV in Canada
Last night, Apple TV units in Canada were silently given an over the air update to introduce the TV Shows menu. Everything looked fine and dandy, however users were unable to purchase rentals, watch ...
Google's Schmidt calls Carrier IQ software a keylogger
It actually records keystrokes, he says at a conference in the Netherlands — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt today distanced his company from Carrier IQ's software, even as he described the t...
Motorola's Droid Xyboard tablets go up for sale at Verizon, prices start at $430 (update: in stores on December 12th)
Motorola's pair of Droid Xyboard tablets has finally gone up for order on Verizon's site this morning, fulfilling the promise that Big Red made earlier this week.
Facebook One-Ups Twitter With Subscribe Button That Tells Friends When You Click
Facebook wasn't kidding when it announced yesterday that an embeddable button allowing people to subscribe to someone's public updates was on the way. Today it officially released the Subscribe butto...