Techmeme has redesigned. Drudge Report is now indisputably the web's ugliest news site
In the beginning, links on web pages were underlined, because that let us know they were links. And it was good. But all those underlined words started to afflict the eye, particularly on pages with...
Setting the record straight about our privacy policy changes
A lot has been said about our new privacy policy. Some have praised us for making our privacy policy easier to understand. Others have asked questions, including members of Congress, and that's unde...
Google Earth 6.2: A Seamless Globe That's Ready for Sharing on Google+
Google just launched a major update for Google Earth. The program now offers one seamless image of the globe instead of a patchwork of separate images that made the Earth look a bit like a quilt in e...
Say Goodbye to the Menu Button
Before Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), all Android-powered devices included a dedicated Menu button. As a developer, you could use the Menu button to display whatever options were relevant to the user, ofte...
HTC to Give Up on Quantity and Try Quality
HTC's disappointing fourth-quarter earnings seem to have inspired a sea change at the company — or at least given it cause to reconsider its strength-in-SKU-numbers handset strategy. — Rather than c...
North Korea threatens to punish mobile-phone users as ‘war criminals’
North Korea has warned that any of its citizens caught trying to defect to China or using mobile phones during the 100-day mourning period for Kim Jong-il will be branded as “war criminals” and punish...
Steam hits iOS and Android for buying, but not playing games
Steam Mobile live for iOS and Android — Valve has partly fulfilled one of the most common wishes of gamers Thursday by posting Steam Mobile. Versions for both iOS (App Store) and Android (Market) l...
Samsung 2011 Q4 earnings official: $42 billion in sales, $4.7 billion operating profit
It might not be making as much money as the competition in Cupertino, but that doesn't mean Samsung isn't raking in cash at an astonishing clip. We reported earnings estimates a few weeks ago …
Apple Estimated to Retake Title of World's Largest Smartphone Vendor
Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of wo...
Google rolls out new Music Manager with options to download songs, YouTube integration
Google just announced Android users will now be able to download all of their songs from a new version of Google Music Manager, allowing you to create a backup of both purchased music from the Google ...
Forrester: Nearly 50% of businesses now issuing Macs, 27% support the iPad
The myth that Macs aren't welcome in the enterprise appears to be finally dying out, according to new research from Forrester. The company reports that almost 50 percent of businesses in North Americ...
The iEconomy: Apple's iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China
A staggering manufacturing system in China has made it possible for Apple and other companies to make devices almost as quickly as they can be dreamed up, but for workers, it can be dangerous.
Nokia Q4: Scrambling For A Grip, But Still Falling; 1M+ Lumia Phones Sold
Nokia's earnings came out just moments ago, and the numbers are not pretty. The handset maker confirmed analyst estimates it has sold over a million Lumia Windows Phone handsets - but that didn't sto...
AT&T CEO Randall Stevenson Blasts FCC, Hints At Higher Prices and Data Restrictions
AT&T has a bone to pick with the Federal Communications Commission. In the mobile operator's quarterly earnings call this morning, CEO Randall Stevenson blasted the FCC over its leadership …
The EU signs up to Acta
The EU and 22 of its member states have signed up to Acta — the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement — in Tokyo today (26 January). — Acta — which is supported by many rights owners — has been met wi...
Analysis: Wall Street puzzles over Google's new direction
(Reuters) - Google Inc, which revolutionized Internet searches with an easy-to-use website, has itself become an increasingly tricky business to grasp. — That issue leapt to the fore last week when ...
Setting the record straight about our privacy policy changes
A lot has been said about our new privacy policy. Some have praised us for making our privacy policy easier to understand. Others have asked questions, including members of Congress, and that's unde...
Apple's universal remote concept hints at future television set
Apple has shown interest in building a new, simplified remote control that would automatically control a variety of devices while reducing setup and frustration for the user. — The concept was revea...
Larry Page's “Beautiful” New Google
Yesterday, we wrote about Larry Page's Search-Plus-Your-World ultimatum and much of the buzz was around the “or work somewhere else” part. But our source emphasized another word he used. “Beautiful....
Android Reaches 39% Tablet OS Market Share (Standing On Amazon's Shoulders)
Apple's iPad reigns supreme from whatever angle you choose to look at the tablet market (profits, apps, quality, market share, mindshare, you name it), but research firm Strategy Analytics this mornin...
Codecademy Launches Peer-to-Peer Coding Lessons
One of the most popular languages today is coding, and start-up Codecademy is making it possible for anyone to teach it. — The New York company is launching peer-to-peer coding lessons through its w...
Nintendo to make a loss of $835 million in 2011, despite selling 15 million 3DS units
Alongside Satoru Iwata's pronouncement that the Wii U will be on sale by the holiday season this year, Nintendo has had to report some ignominious news about its financial situation.
Real Bonding With Family Around the TV Via Skype
As you read these words, millions of people are conducting video chats using the popular Skype service, now owned by Microsoft. Most of these calls are low-resolution encounters between two individua...
FBI releases plans to monitor social networks
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has quietly released details of plans to continuously monitor the global output of Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, offering a rare glimpse into an a...
RealNetworks sells patents to Intel in $120 million deal
Seattle's RealNetworks has struck a $120 million deal with Intel to sell off a trove of patents and patent applications, as well as its next-generation video codec software. — Under the deal, RealNe...
Price competition
Apple's products are often seen as being priced “at a premium”. This is mostly a matter of perception, but in certain categories Apple's products are priced above the industry average (though probabl...
Amazon's Hit Man
Larry Kirshbaum was the ultimate book industry insider—until Amazon called — Larry Kirshbaum, Vice-President and Publisher, Amazon Publishing — In November 1997, on a night of pounding rain in mid...
Google and Bing accused of aiding piracy
Major rights holders claim search engines make it ‘difficult’ for people to find legal music and films online — The major rights holders' document obtained under the Freedom of Information Act — G...
Google+ Spreads to AdSense, Will It Spread to the Whole Web?
Seen in the wild (well, OK, on this very site): — The “Recommend this on Google” hover box at the bottom is new, I've never seen it before (then again, my ads are usually from FM). It's what we in ...
The best and brightest from 500 Startups' third demo day
Dave McClure has very quickly become a major force in Silicon Valley, by making investments in more than 250 companies since launching his 500 Startups fund. In Mountain View, Calif. Wednesday, 32 co...
Drchrono Raises $2.8M From Yuri Milner And Others To Help Bring Medical Records To The iPad
Drchrono, a startup that simplifies the professional lives of doctors by bringing electronic health records and much more to the iPad, has raised $2.8 million in funding led by Yuri Milner …
Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited
Hawaii's legislature is weighing an unprecedented proposal to curb the privacy of Aloha State residents: requiring Internet providers to keep track of every Web site that their customers visit. — Jo...