Facebook’s news-feed patent could mean lawsuits
February 26, 2010
Facebook this week was awarded a patent pertaining to streaming “feed” technology — more specifically, “dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network,” complementing another patent filing that has been published but not yet approved.
Time for Apple to get serious about video
February 26, 2010
Netflix is cruising. The cable guys are catching on. Wal-Mart just rumbled in.
Opinion: Spy cameras won’t make us safer
February 26, 2010
On January 19, a team of at least 15 people assassinated Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Dubai police released video footage of 11 of them. Although it was obviously a very professional operation, the 27 minutes of video is fascinating in its banality.
Dell’s tablet gunning for Apple’s iPad
February 25, 2010
Say the words “tablet computer” and ten bucks says it’s Apple’s iPad that springs to mind. But that doesn’t mean other companies aren’t busy building their own version of a touch-enabled, multimedia-sporting, slab of portable computing goodness.
Gmail holds ‘graduations’ and ‘funerals’
February 25, 2010
Mark Knichel’s e-mail in-box is a funky grid of color.
Rivals readying their iPad competitors
February 25, 2010
It turns out Apple isn’t the only company readying a touch-screen tablet computer.
Web fuels global casting call for Benetton models
February 25, 2010
Famed for its provocative ad campaigns, including the famous image of a newborn baby still attached to the umbilical cord, fashion brand Benetton has always stayed one step ahead of the fashion pack.
Trek to gauge carbon’s impact on Arctic
February 25, 2010
Two teams of explorers and scientists are on their way to the Arctic for the first international project to measure the amount of carbon dioxide in water beneath the ice.
Who will switch to mobile TV?
February 25, 2010
It was a record-breaking performance that slowed taxi traffic across Seoul on Wednesday when figure-skating darling Kim Yu-na took to the ice in Vancouver at the Winter Olympic Games.
Virtual meetups spark real fitness
February 25, 2010
Becki Coats was embarrassed, so embarrassed that she didn’t want to show pictures of herself with her new grandchild.
