New Apple iPad tops our tablet Ratings
The high-resolution screen of the new iPad establishes a new benchmark in excellence, providing the best rendering of detail and color accuracy we've ever seen on a tablet display. As a result, the i...
Google Wallet Co-Founding Engineer Departs Google for Square
Google Wallet co-founding engineer Rob von Behren has left the Web giant for payments startup Square, following former colleague Jonathan Wall in departing the Web giant. — Von Behren disclosed the ...
SEC Probes Groupon
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining Groupon Inc.'s revision of its first set of financial results as a public company, according to a person familiar with the situation. — The regula...
Microsoft's IE reclaims lost ground in browser battle
Internet Explorer has reversed a slide in usage, at least for now. — (Credit: data by Net Applications; chart by Stephen Shankland/CNET) — Microsoft's Internet Explorer regained some of the browse...
Pinterest Co-Founder Paul Sciarra Leaves, Ben Silbermann Officially Takes On CEO Role
Well, big changes on the horizon for Pinterest! We've confirmed reports that Pinterest co-founder Paul Sciarra is indeed leaving the company. And it's complicated: While Sciarra …
iPhone Outselling All Other Smartphones Combined at Sprint and AT&T
Led by the 4S, Apple's iPhone line continues to rack up strong sales at AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. So strong that some believe it's likely the top-selling phone at all three of those carriers.
Why Google isn't worried about Android revenue
Not all investments are made with the expectation that a big payoff is around the corner. Google's decision to bankroll the development of Android was just such an investment, which makes the past we...
‘Air Display’ Updated to Support HiDPI OS X Mode on New iPad
Last month, we noted that Avatron had announced forthcoming support for the new iPad in its Air Display software that allows users to add an iOS device as a wireless external monitor for their Mac.
Teacher's aide fired for refusing to hand over Facebook password
Summary: Kimberly Hester, a teacher's aide at an elementary school, was fired last year for refusing to give her Facebook password to her supervisors. She is now fighting a legal battle with the scho...
IBM takes on a gigantic computing task to find the universe's origins
Some of the biggest friggin' computers you'll ever see are going to help decipher data from the world's largest telescope as it explores the origins of the universe. — IBM announced today it has won...
Oracle and Google will go to trial
It's on: Google and Oracle are set to go to trial two weeks from today now that a last-ditch attempt at a settlement has failed. — Last week, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal asked both parties to gi...
1940 US Census becoming fully searchable online through volunteer effort
Today the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released images of the 1940 Census, and a project is already underway to ensure that the information becomes easily available to anyone wh...
25 Years of IBM's OS/2: The Strange Days and Surprising Afterlife of a Legendary Operating System
Big Blue's next-generation operating system was supposed to change everything. It didn't. But it's also never quite gone away. — The July 1987 issue of PC World magazine featured a centerfold (!) ...
HTC One X review
Batman Begins. The Muppets. James Bond in Casino Royale. What do they have in common? They're all examples of franchises that got better after a reboot (some will disagree on Casino Royale, but I'...
Angry Birds animated TV series to premiere in Autumn 2012
52 weekly episodes will be distributed ‘on all possible devices’ says head of animation Nick Dorra. By Stuart Dredge — Rovio Mobile is launching a series of 52 shortform animations for its Angry Bi...
Is Apple preparing a physical game controller for the iPad and iPhone?
Ever since the introduction of the iPhone over five years ago, Apple has scoffed at the notion that users need anything other than their fingers to control iOS devices. Apple has never offered a styl...
With stock price tumbling, shareholder lawyers see Groupon as juicy target
UPDATE: Groupon's share price is now down more than 15 percent for the day. — Groupon's stock has been falling since it revealed on Friday that it was revising its first quarter earnings to reflect ...
Dell buys Wyse, plays ‘cloud client’ game
Summary: Dell expands into thin clients and virtualization software with the acquisition of Wyse. — Dell said it will acquire Wyse Technology in a move that gives the company more virtualization hef...
Found Makes Searching For Files Anywhere Super Simple (And Really Slick)
As much as many companies want to think that they are your one-stop-shop for data storage, the reality is that you probably have files spread across a handful of different places. Your home machine, ...
EU may quiz Apple, Microsoft vs. Motorola in antitrust dispute
The big wigs of the technology could be in for a rocky battle with European antitrust authorities, as it mulls a possible investigation to resolve the patent dispute between Apple and Microsoft agains...
Apple putting the squeeze on retail employees as some stores see traffic double
With sales booming in line with a rapid rate of innovative product introductions, Apple's international retail chain has come under heavy pressure from a striking increase in customer traffic …
Path now hashing and anonymizing contact data to protect user privacy
In a post on its company blog, the private social network Path has stated that it will begin hashing user contact data in order to make it anonymous and protect it. This is in response to issues that...
The “D” in Action: Yahoo Layoffs Coming Wednesday, International to Be Hit Hard
As Kara Swisher reported last week, big staff cuts are coming to Yahoo this week. We've heard the hard decisions are already in process, with the hammer coming down Wednesday in the US and Thursday o...
Nokia kicks off US advertising campaign with a Beta Test, takes on the iPhone
There is little doubt that Nokia has the deep pockets, ingenuity and cleverness to make an effective advertising campaign for the AT&T Lumia 900. The question is, when will “Operation Rolling Thunder...
Nuance Communications Wants a World of Voice Recognition
VLAD SEJNOHA is talking to the TV again. — O.K., maybe you've done that, too. But here's the weird thing: His TV is listening. — “Dragon TV,” Mr. Sejnoha says to the screen, “find movies with Mer...
Kim Dotcom Back Online, Prepares To Release Music Album
Following his arrest in January, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was immediately deprived of his freedom. — On February 22nd, just over a month later, he was released on bail but heavy restrictions me...
Learning to Code? Codecademy Adds Beginner Languages HTML and CSS
Despite its promise to turn anyone into a computer programmer through interactive online tutorials — and its more than 1 million registered users, including New York City Mayor Bloomberg — Codecademy ...
Mac Flashback trojan exploits unpatched Java vulnerability, no password needed
Developers behind the Flashback trojan for the Mac have updated it to exploit a vulnerability in the Java software framework that has yet to be patched for machines running Mac OS X, an antivirus firm...
Exclusive: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft Swarm China for Network Gear
Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook buy more networking hardware than practically anyone else on earth. After all, these are the giants of the internet. But at the same time, they're buying less...
Google Writes Check to Acquire Payments Technology Company TxVia
In an effort to regain some momentum in mobile payments technology, Google has acquired TxVia, a payments technology company. — In a blog post, Google disclosed the purchase but did not reveal the t...
Revealed: Bono And The Edge Of U2 Are Dropbox Investors
In the annals of celebrities investing in tech startups, this one's looking especially smart. Bono and The Edge, the singer and lead guitarist of Irish rock band U2, got into Dropbox's $250 million s...
In Wake of Groupon Issues, Critics Wary of JOBS Act
A little-noticed provision in the new JOBS Act would allow companies to iron out disagreements with regulators behind closed doors before they go public—a provision that might have prevented investors...
Yahoo dives deeper down the Node.js rabbit hole with open-source Mojito
Today, Yahoo is open-sourcing Mojito, a bit of software that uses JavaScript and Node.js to run a single codebase both on client and server side. — Mojito is one of a few Node-centric projects Yahoo...
Samsung Hires Hint at New Chip Focus
Samsung Electronics is a major maker of processors that power cellphones and other mobile devices. But some observers think the Korean giant's recent hiring point to another possibility-chips for ser...
Teacher's aide fired for refusing to hand over Facebook password
Summary: Kimberly Hester, a teacher's aide at an elementary school, was fired last year for refusing to give her Facebook password to her supervisors. She is now fighting a legal battle with the scho...
Patent abuse hurts the German economy: Microsoft has to relocate its European logistics center
Germany's leading news agency, dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur), reports that legal concerns have led Microsoft to relocate its European logistics center from Germany to the Netherlands.
Google TV is coming to Europe this September
Sony will start selling Google TV-based products in Europe in September, according to a report by Les Echos. — The site reports comments by Sony France marketing director Stephane Labrousse that the...
Wealthy smartphone users less likely to play games, tweet
(Reuters) - Wealthier smartphone users are less likely to play games or tweet and will opt for news, travel or finance apps, according to a new study. — The research by The Luxury Institute focused ...
Dell buys Wyse, plays ‘cloud client’ game
Summary: Dell expands into thin clients and virtualization software with the acquisition of Wyse. — Dell said it will acquire Wyse Technology in a move that gives the company more virtualization hef...
Bitcoin, the City traders' anarchic new toy
(Reuters) - Financial traders have a new toy: Bitcoin, a digital currency variously dismissed as a Ponzi scheme or lauded as the greatest invention since the Internet. — Unlike conventional fiat mon...