Dreaming of iPhone on Verizon
Get free turn-by-turn navigation on your iPhone, a USB stick self-destructs if tampered with, and rumors of the iPhone for Verizon are storming the Web.
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Ford taps Microsoft Hohm for electric-car charging
Ford to use Microsoft's home energy management software to optimize electric-car charging schedule, starting with the electric Ford Focus next year.
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Twitter tweaks home page for newbies
To entice more to sign up, Twitter revamps its home page to feature more live tweets, a feed of trending topics, and links to Twitter celebrities.
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When will the 2nd-gen iPad arrive?
A lot of people like the iPad--and want to buy one--but don't like to buy first-generation products. So how long do we have to hold out for a 2nd-generation model?
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An alligator ate my Amazon package
Blogger Will Collier orders a computer part via Amazon. It doesn't arrive. On talking with an Amazon rep, he says he is told that his delivery was eaten by an alligator.
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Novell wins in court; SCO eyes new fights
A federal jury concludes that Novell owns the rights to Linux, foiling SCO's plan to seek millions of dollars in licensing fees. But SCO isn't quite done yet.
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Survey: Timeline for smart-grid payoff unclear
Energy efficiency company Comverge finds little agreement on when benefits from the smart grid will be realized.
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eBay runs with designer fashion store
After a trial last fall, the Fashion Vault officially opens with "flash" sales that hawk designer clothes at deep discounts.
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Firefox coders propose fast-graphics deadline
Direct2D support on Windows could be available in a preview release of the open-source browser under a proposed second-quarter goal.
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Conficker fizzled a year ago, but headache remains
Versions of the worm that went bust a year ago are still spreading and hiding on 6.5 million infected computers, security experts say.
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Last version of Firefox 3.0 released
Firefox 3.0.19 is the end of the line for the browser version that debuted in 2008. Also released to fix security problems: Firefox 3.5.9 and Thunderbird 3.0.4.
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Apple and Google race for mobile dominance
It's looking more and more like a two-horse race for mobile device dominance. Which bandwagon will developers jump on, Apple or Google?
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Report: AT&T helped Apple with iPhone issues
AT&T execs repeatedly visited Apple to instruct handset designers on wireless networking and assure Steve Jobs they were trying to resolve poor network service, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Cisco takes the Flip approach to home routers
The new Valet line of routers is designed to be straightforward and inexpensive, like the original Flip video camera.
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Obama faces major online privacy test
President Obama's promise to improve Internet privacy laws faces a major test: will he side with law enforcement or a new coalition including Google, Microsoft, eBay, AT&T, and advocacy groups? It took years for a similar privacy coalition in the 1990s to claim victory.
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Amazon's new patent could make returns harder
In an odd twist, Amazon has patented a process for videotaping its outgoing packages being prepared for shipment. Is this for quality control, or a next generation of the shipping confirmation e-mail?
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In Australia, the bionic eye comes into focus
Researchers unveil a prototype bionic eye they hope will enable users to perceive points of light that the brain can reconstruct into images.
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Dentistry simulation android is all smiles
Japanese universities recently unveiled a dentistry simulator robot called Hanako. The android patient responds to dentistry students by talking, sneezing, or even gagging.
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What Verizon iPhone users can expect
Rumors of a Verizon iPhone are buzzing. So what can potential Verizon iPhone subscribers expect when and if the phone is announced?
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Why Nehalem-EX matters
The x86 architecture has been "growing up" for many years. IT has been giving it more and more responsibility as it does. The just-launched "Nehalem-EX" products essentially graduates Intel's Xeon server line into Big Iron adulthood.
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