AOL plans 500 Patch sites by year's end
Company is trying the crack the market for local Web ads--something no one has yet figured out--by starting digital versions of community newspapers.
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Barnes & Noble releases Nook for iPhone
Barnes & Noble has been promising that an all-new Nook for iPhone app would be out shortly and now its arrived along with an update to its Nook for iPad app.
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Zero Race sends solar-powered EVs around the world
Drivers in Geneva set off for a round-the-world trip in electric vehicles powered by renewable energy, a project to showcase the potential of clean transportation.
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The clock is ticking for iPad competitors
A wave of touch-screen tablets is descending on consumers between now and early 2011. The iPad has built up a huge early lead, but not an insurmountable one for Apple's competitors.
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Adobe moves further into Google's orbit
Google's Android operating system may be the most important external project to Adobe: without it, Adobe's mobile strategy would be in tatters.
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Democrats push for FCC power over Internet
Google-Verizon proposal for limited Net neutrality rules doesn't allow for sufficient regulation, Rep. Ed Markey and three other House members claim.
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Microsoft details Windows Phone game plan
At the Gamescom 2010 conference in Germany, Microsoft outlines the first Xbox Live titles that will be available when Windows Phone launches this holiday season.
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Meet Swingly, a Q&A tool powered by robots
In a time when many of today's big Q&A services are curated and answered by humans, a semantic search company is coming out with a new service that scours the Web to create question and answer pairs instead.
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Melting iPod halts rush-hour train
Passengers on a Tokyo train smell burning. The train is halted. Is the train on fire? Not quite. The cause is a melting iPod.
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Next Windows Home Server adds Mac support
Among the features in the new test version are support for machines running Mac OS X Leopard or higher, remote Web access, support for add-ins, and alerts.
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Engineers test sign language on cell phones
University of Washington researchers are testing a tool called MobileASL that uses motion detection to identify American Sign Language and transmit images over U.S. cell networks.
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Toshiba dual-screen Libretto now for sale in U.S.
Dual-screen laptop/tablet is first from major PC maker to sport two displays. It first debuted in Japan.
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Astronauts replace space station coolant pump
Spacewalkers replace faulty ammonia pump aboard International Space Station, allowing engineers to begin re-activating critical coolant loop.
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Google holds on to top spot in online video
ComScore's July online-video rankings reveal that, as expected, Google's YouTube reigns supreme as a destination among online-video consumers. It is followed by Yahoo and Facebook, respectively.
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Verizon demos 1Gbps Fios connection
Verizon Communications shows it can deliver a 1Gbps service over its Fios fiber network, but customers shouldn't expect such a high-speed service anytime soon.
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WiMax 2 standard gets date for approval
The high-speed wireless technology, expected to boost download speeds for mobile devices, is set to become a standard by early next year, industry group says.
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Will AT&T iPhone users really defect for Verizon?
Survey says 34 percent of iPhone users will leave AT&T when the smartphone goes to Verizon Wireless. But taken with other surveys, it's hard to know if users will do what they say.
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Game developer: Let's not be like comic books
Warren Spector, a prominent video game developer for Disney, says at GDC Europe that if the industry isn't careful, it might get marginalized as a niche market like that of U.S. comics.
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With an Echo, satellite communications take off (photos)
In August 1960, a shiny balloon opened the way to the vast array of much more advanced satellites that help enable so much of modern life.
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IM+ comes to the browser: Is it a Meebo killer?
Popular mobile chat application IM+ has crossed the digital divide to desktop users in the form of a Web app that lets you plug into several IM networks at once. We give it a spin and compare it to ever-popular competitor Meebo.
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