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Google Earth Reveals the Devastation in Haiti 16 Jan 2010 | 09:46 pm
Google responded to the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week by working with satellite imagery company GeoEye to quickly make images of the destruction available in Google Earth and...
Google Begins Replying to More Nexus One Complaints 16 Jan 2010 | 09:45 pm
Google appears to be trying to boost its customer support for Nexus One customers, posting replies to many more queries on its online forum. Google has come under fire since the launch of the Nexus O...
PC Shipments Jump in the Fourth Quarter, IDC Says 16 Jan 2010 | 09:44 pm
Worldwide PC shipments soared during the fourth quarter, driven by historically low PC prices and an increased demand for laptops and netbooks, analyst firm IDC said Wednesday. Shipments totaled 85.8...
Wow, Did That Go on Sale? Famous Tech Vaporware 16 Jan 2010 | 09:42 pm
Each year, the nation's largest geekfest, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), is full of hype, overhype, and beyond the valley of the hype. Remember the Internet Refrigerator? And each year the hype...
Some Barnes & Noble Nook Buyers Get $100 Voucher 23 Dec 2009 | 12:57 am
Barnes & Noble is giving $100 gift certificates to Nook e-reader buyers who placed orders for the devices to be delivered before the holidays and now won't receive them until after the Christmas. The ...
Ford Plans Wi-Fi On Board 23 Dec 2009 | 12:56 am
Ford, one of the failing auto industry's big dogs, announced it will nerd-out and bring Wi-Fi to a line of its vehicles. Starting in 2010, SYNC-equipped Ford cars and trucks will use not only currentl...
GAO: FCC Needs to Better Monitor Mobile Carriers 12 Dec 2009 | 06:00 am
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to improve its oversight of mobile telephone carriers, because the agency has no way to measure the outcomes of the tens of thousands of complaints it ...
IDC: 1 Billion Mobile Devices Will Go Online by 2013 12 Dec 2009 | 05:58 am
The growing demand for online applications could push the number of mobile devices accessing the Internet past 1 billion by 2013, IDC said in a survey issued on Wednesday. The explosion in the number...
Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Mixed Reviews 12 Dec 2009 | 05:57 am
Facebook's revamped privacy settings will push more user data onto the Internet and, in some cases, make privacy protection harder for Facebook users, digital civil liberties experts said. While ackn...
Google Rules Search, Yahoo and Bing Lag Behind 12 Dec 2009 | 05:55 am
While Microsoft's Bing might be getting a lot of attention, Google is still king of all things search. Google's search rivals have been pulling out the stops over the last several months trying to ta...
