Digitimes reported today that LCD manufacturer Wintek will produce displays for a new Apple [AAPL] netbook to be released this summer. We've been hearing about the non-existant Apple netbook for months. Why won't these rumors die? ...READ»
You were busy listening to President Obama talk about health care, or watching the economy defy even the most pessimistic doomsayers. But all the while, the Web was churning with news of backroom dealings, car tech, Harvard's secret ...READ»
Reports of "sexting"--or teens sending each other homemade pornographic images using their phones--have exploded in recent weeks. Schools and parents are outraged and terrified, and lawyers are confused, because most child ...READ»
Twitter has been a-tweet since 2006, but the first three months of 2009 have delivered the micro-blogging service unprecedented traffic, usership and media cachet. In the parlance of mad-haired Gladwell disciples, Twitter is ...READ»
Every year, hundreds of thousands of computers find an afterlife at recycling programs nationwide. If you've ever sent in a clunker, there's a good chance it went to Dell [DELL], which runs one of the largest consumer take-back ...READ»
The executives at Facebook may be under a grand delusion: they seem to think that Facebook is a nation. And they're attempting to build it a government.
This is, of course, a tremendously stupid idea.
Sure, Facebook has ...READ»
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been making the talk show rounds with the new Kindle 2, and many hosts blabber on about their love for the feel and smell of real, paper books. They croon wistfully over the printed book's demise, and express ...READ»
Amazon's [AMZN] new Kindle 2, shipping this week, shames the original Kindle with a host of improvements: better enclosure, faster page-turns, a better Web experience and seven times the memory. But the Kindle 2 is put to shame by ...READ»
Sean O'Connor has struggled with a monster.
"Grocery is the biggest business you never think about," he says. "It moves incredibly slowly. We had no idea of the hurdles."
He should know. He's spent the ...READ»
According to a recent study, broadband access in the U.S. has dropped to 19th place worldwide. The recent passage of the stimulus bill will provide about $7 billion to improve it. But why is U.S. broadband so crappy in the first ...READ»
