Android and iPhone users not so different after all
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:10:00 PST

Android and iPhone usage patterns look very much alike. Can RIM and others keep up with the way users want to user their mobile devices.

10 music-tech trends that will shape the next decade
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:00:00 PST

By 2020, we'll be streaming songs from the cloud instead of buying albums and storing them on our hard drives, and suggestion services like Pandora will become essential.

AT&T resumes online iPhone sales in NY
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:39:00 PST

It's once again safe to order an iPhone through AT&T's Web site if you live in New York, after an unexplained halt was enforced in the area over the weekend.

Quark Promote lets novices make promo materials
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:39:00 PST

The new, easily approachable tools allow non-designers to create their own promotional materials.

Consumer groups urge block of Google-AdMob deal
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:45:00 PST

Google's proposed acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob would make it too easy to bring the Web giant's dominant search ad business to the mobile world, according to two consumer groups.

App store downloads shine on Christmas
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:29:00 PST

Mobile app downloads for Apple's iPod Touch jump 1,000 percent on Christmas Day following 51 percent leap in overall downloads for December, says research firm Flurry.

GSM crypto code cracked, engineer says
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:34:54 PST

German computer engineer says he cracked the secret code used to encrypt most of the world's mobile phone calls, reports The New York Times.

'Don't-be-evil' Google spurns no-evil software
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:14:00 PST

One open-source software programmer's joke--'The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil'--is a serious matter at Google.

Report: Apple chooses supplier of tablet displays
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:50:00 PST

Site known for reporting Apple rumors says company has chosen a vendor for displays on its tablet, speculated to be unveiled officially at a late January event.

Chinese author plans lawsuit over Google Books
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:48:00 PST

Google scanned a book of a prominent Chinese author into the Google Books library without explicit permission, according to a report, and will face a lawsuit in China.

Another holiday blowout for Apple?
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:00:53 PST

Remarking on Apple's December quarter in a note to investors, a Thomas Weisel Partners analyst says iPhone and iMac sales for the period have been quite strong.

Smart-grid spending to hit $200 billion by 2015
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:15:05 PST

Technologies to automate and upgrade the grid will capture most of the $200 billion invested in modernizing electrical power systems, says Pike Research.

China introduces law to boost renewable energy
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:41:25 PST

A boom in wind-power plants means a large amount of wind capacity is not always properly connected to the grid.

Mozilla pushes back Firefox 3.6, 4.0 deadlines
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:27:00 PST

The newest version of the open-source browser won't arrive this year, and a major update might not arrive until 2011. But there are plenty of features coming.

Canonical shines its Ubuntu light on consumers
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:19:47 PST

Ubuntu has won rave reviews with the geeky Linux community, but can it make waves with average consumers? Its founder is betting the answer is yes.

A real-world test of Google Goggles visual search (photos)
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:00:00 PST

CNET's James Martin takes a walk through downtown San Francisco to test out Google's new visual search, currently running on Android devices.

Escaped convict continues to update Facebook
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:15:00 PST

Craig "Lazie" Lynch has been on the run from a U.K. prison since September. However, he continues to taunt police by updating his Facebook status. Now he is threatening to quit.

AT&T ceases online iPhone sales in NY area
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:45:00 PST

Customers with metropolitan New York ZIP code trying to buy an iPhone on the wireless carrier's Web site are greeted with a message saying no phones are available. Is data congestion or credit card fraud to blame?

Flexing the boundaries of flash memory
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:50:00 PST

Flash memory is already a part of our daily computing lives. A breakthrough in flexible material may open many new market opportunities.

Google makes its home page a Chrome page
Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:40:00 PST

Without apparent notice or fanfare, Google adorns its home page with a very visible ad for Chrome.