Retina-ready apps begin to appear in Apple's Mac App Store ahead of WWDC
Apps on Apple's Mac App Store are beginning to be updated with Retina-ready graphics, ready for the rumoured launch of new high-resolution Mac Retina Displays. — Approved this morning, Mac App Store...
Facebook to reveal identities of cyberbullies
Mother wins high court backing after she received abusive messages about post on The X Factor's Frankie Cocozza — A mother has won court backing to force Facebook to reveal the identities of cyberbu...
U.N. could tax U.S.-based Web sites, leaked docs show
The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax targeting the largest Web content providers, including Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix, that could cripple their ability to reach users in dev...
Crypto breakthrough shows Flame was designed by world-class scientists
The spy malware achieved an attack unlike any cryptographers have seen before. — An overview of a chosen-prefix collision — Marc Stevens — The Flame espionage malware that infected computers …
What Steve Jobs Left Untouched
There were a lot of things Steve Jobs was right about. — Probably the most important thing he got right was realizing that you have to build a great stadium before you can invent great sports. An e...
TaskRabbit Founder Leah Busque Takes Back The Reins, Stepping Back Into CEO Role
Leah Busque, the founder of TaskRabbit, the web and mobile marketplace for outsourcing small jobs and errands, has reassumed the role of CEO at the San Francisco-based startup.
Verizon joins auto manufacturers to ‘accelerate development’ of connected cars
Verizon has announced that it's joining forces with some of the biggest auto manufacturers around in order to “accelerate development of the 4G LTE ecosystem” in connected cars.
‘DIY streetview’ camera lets you be Google
The world is your oyster. — (Credit: Streetview Technology) — As Google takes Street View off-road with its new Trekker backpacks, German company Streetview Technology is taking the mapping techno...
Samsung sues Aussie patent office in Apple suit
Updated: Commissioner faces Federal Court. — Samsung has sued the Australian patent commissioner, and by extension the Federal Government, in an attempt to force a review of patents key to its ongoi...
Canonical partners with Microsoft to support Ubuntu on Azure
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth praised Azure as an “impressive new entrant.” — Microsoft revealed yesterday that its Azure cloud computing service is extending support to the open source Linux ope...
Dennis Crowley On Reinventing Foursquare: De-Emphasizing Check-ins, Digging Into Data, Moving Toward Revenue
It has been a big day for Foursquare: The New York-based company finally unveiled the newest version of its popular location-based mobile app, Foursquare 5.0 …
Microsoft Office first desktop app to hit Windows 8 store
(Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) — Dominated by Metro apps, the Windows Store has landed its first desktop program. — Office 2010 is now available through the online store, making good o...
North Korea ships malware-infected games to South Korean users, uses them to launch DDoS attacks
Summary: Seoul's Metropolitan Police Agency has intercepted a cyber attack plot orchestrated by North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, which successfully shipped malware-infected games to South ...
LightSquared supporters ask for spectrum swap, lenders propose 90-day lifeline
A group of lawmakers have sent FCC chairman Julius Genachowski a letter this week asking him to look into whether a spectrum swap with the Department of Defense would allow LightSquared to develop its...
Swiss court eases terms for Google's Street View
(Reuters) - Technology giant Google can continue to provide its Street View service in Switzerland after a Swiss Court ruled the company was not bound to blur all faces and number plates before publis...
Thomson Reuters Acquires Mobile Startup Apsmart To Re-invigorate Its Mobile Products
Nice win for DN Capital today. Apsmart, a London-based mobile platform and product development firm that was majority owned by the VC has been acquired by Thomson Reuters. Terms were not disclosed.
Google Apps Contracts Steeled for Europeans
Google says it will update the user contracts for Google Apps — its suit of online business applications — to better comply with the European Union's rules on sharing personal data abroad. — On Wedn...
Microsoft, Windows 8, and the Innovator's Dilemma (or, why you hate Windows 8)
One thing is obvious from the immediate reaction to Windows 8 Release Preview. Most of those who try it do not like it. It is a contrast to the pre-release days of Windows 7, when there was near-con...
Apple's Television
People have been talking about an Apple television for the last couple of years, but nobody knows for sure if the company will actually make one or not. I wouldn't count Apple out of that market. — ...
Google's Monopoly and Internet Freedom
When one company controls nearly 82% of the global search market and 98% of the mobile search market, it's time for serious changes. — It's a position all business leaders would love to find themsel...
What Steve Jobs Left Untouched
There were a lot of things Steve Jobs was right about. — Probably the most important thing he got right was realizing that you have to build a great stadium before you can invent great sports. An e...
Insight: Intel's plans for virtual TV come into focus
(Reuters) - Intel is counting on facial-recognition technology for targeted ads and a team of veteran entertainment dealmakers to win over reluctant media partners for its new virtual television servi...
The Pirate Bay evades ISP blockade with IPv6, can do it 18 septillion more times
If you thought the RIAA and MPAA were a force to be reckoned with in the US, the last few months have shown that anti-piracy lobbying is alive and kicking in Europe, too. Over the last 9 months, the ...
North Korea ships malware-infected games to South Korean users, uses them to launch DDoS attacks
Summary: Seoul's Metropolitan Police Agency has intercepted a cyber attack plot orchestrated by North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, which successfully shipped malware-infected games to South ...
India Court Summons Top Internet Executives
NEW DELHI - A trial court in India Friday moved ahead with a criminal case against Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Facebook Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and some other entities, by issuing summons to the global ex...
Should the mainstream media see Twitter as competition?
Twitter unveiled an interesting partnership with the NASCAR auto-racing circuit on Thursday, in which the real-time information network has created a kind of portal for the Pocono 400 race this weeken...