Is an Apple more form than function?
One of the reasons people buy an Apple is aesthetics--and not just because some guy said it in a Microsoft ad.
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Microsoft gets beautifully picky in new Mac attack
In the second TV Mac attack, Microsoft attacks the power of the Mac. As in branding power as well as computing power. Who's going to believe it?
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Microsoft's 'Lauren' ad follow-up disses Mac power
Among other things that feel somewhat scripted, hipster Giampaolo, the star of the newest anti-Apple ad from Microsoft, says "Macs to me are about aesthetics..I'm really picky."
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Internal cloud's big test: Amazon vs. Cloudera
The debate about the market for private cloud infrastructure finally has an objective test case: the choice between commercial Hadoop implementations from Cloudera and Amazon.com.
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Comcast e-mail access suffers outage
The company's Comcastcares Twitter stream says "there is an e-mail server outage" affecting its customers. A fix expected at 11 a.m. apparently arrives at about 2:45 p.m.
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Facebook: Pay to make your friends feel better
Amid furor surrounding the new redesign, Facebook tests a feature with which you can give friends kudos--monetary credits--for the quality of their updates. But you have to buy them.
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NBA players to pimp their Priuses?
This is the NBA's first-ever Green Week, in which the vaunted league of loud noise, eco-unfriendly scoreboards, and huge SUVs attempts to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Intel: Our graphics silicon is gaining in gaming
Intel Visual Computing Software Development group marketing manager says the chipmaker expects "to see integrated graphics chipsets outsell discrete by three to one" in 2013.
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Samsung to launch two Android devices in U.S.
A Samsung executive reveals more details about its Android plans to Forbes magazine at CTIA 2009. Suspected carriers for the devices, debuting this year, are Sprint and T-Mobile.
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Web 2.0 Expo: Time to hit refresh?
The dominant conversation at the San Francisco confab was how to innovate and thrive in the new economy. Here's a suggestion: change the way conferences work, too.
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DIY 'e-bombs' a threat to airliners
Terrorists could build electromagnetic pulse weapons with cut-rate equipment available online.
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Eye chart can help diagnose Conficker
April Fools' Day passed with much angst over and little action from the Conficker worm, but that doesn't mean it's not a threat. Quickly determine if you're infected with this "eye chart."
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To get better at math, gorge on chocolate
Scientists at Northumbria University in England are suggesting that chocolate, and especially the dark variant, helps people perform math and other mentally demanding tasks.
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Cybersecurity review scrutinizing telecom policy
Senior administration officials on Friday say the Obama administration's cybersecurity review will be the springboard for future plans.
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Student Pad needs more schoolin'
Alternative browser looks to be built on IE, combining a robust notepad with diminished Web browsing. It sounds like an interesting project, but the execution of it as it is now shows that there's room for improvement.
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FCC pressed on iPhone Skype, tethering apps
Advocacy group Free Press calls on agency to require wireless carriers to allow users to access any online content and services from a device of their choosing.
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7 sites using software-free toolbars (and why it matters)
Software-free toolbars are popping up all over the place, but are they useful? We take a look at seven different services that make use of them.
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Images: Learning from a school of robofish
Carp-shaped robots equipped with chemical sensors will swim a Spanish port detecting pollutants as part of a European Commission research project.
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Envisioning Sun on IBM's horizon
roundup What an IBM acquisition of Sun Microsystems would mean for the companies, cloud computing, and the technology landscape.
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Space tourist, crewmates set for April 8 landing
Charles Simonyi and crew prepare for delayed re-entry and landing in Kazakhstan. Space Adventures' CEO vows additional tourist flights, but details are uncertain.
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The dark secrets of Whopper Sacrifice
One of the brains behind the wildly successful Burger King Facebook ad campaign talks about how the key to its wildfire spread was a combination of simplicity and cultural pervasiveness.
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