Loading ...ScoopRocket.com is a new social news website with a clean, basic design along the lines of Digg where users submit news stories and then vote them up to the home page.
The website has a clean and simple layout unlike other giant social news sites so it has a very uncluttered easy to use feeling [...]
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The rise of Web-based apps, virtualization, and a crop of powerful mobile devices have the traditional PC desktop on the run.
Well, is it? If all the buzzwords about cloud computing, Web apps, software as a service (SaaS), the free desktop, and the rise of netbooks and tablet PCs, are to be believed, it may well [...]
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All three companies are back with much more impressive, much more refined new smartphones.
Ever notice how many bits of common wisdom actually contradict each other? I mean, haste makes waste - yet the early bird gets the worm. There are no second acts in American lives - but if at first you don’t succeed, try, [...]
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Sony Ericsson has put a “teaser” page on its website promising a big announcement on November 3. This could be the day it’s going to formally unveil the Xperia X3, this company’s first smartphone running Google’s Android OS.
The teaser is, of course, very vague:
We’re looking forward to November 3rd.
We think you should be too.
Still, the [...]
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Los Angeles City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office software from rival Microsoft.
The Council voted unanimously for the $7.2 million deal with contractor Computer Sciences Corp. to replace [...]
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Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0.15 and Firefox 3.5.4 to address multiple vulnerabilities. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges, or cause a denial-of-service condition. As described in the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories, some of these vulnerabilities may also affect SeaMonkey.
US-CERT encourages users to review [...]
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Motorola posted and then removed specs for its Verizon-destined, Android-based “Droid” phone, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, Motorola “Calgary” and “Zeppelin” Android phones have been tipped, T-Mobile launched Huawei’s Android-based “Pulse” phone in the UK, an HTC Desire photo has appeared, and HTC released source code for the Hero, say various reports.
So many Android phones have been [...]
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OK, so after eight years and a lot of grumbling — Vista, anyone? — Microsoft has finally released a new operating system that people seem excited about.
Windows 7, which went on sale Thursday, promises a smoother user experience, multi-touchscreen capability and more seamless networking with other computers.
Early reviews have been good.
“We think it’s a far [...]
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Verizon’s much-anticipated Droid smartphone came into the spotlight this week, but it seems this will be only the first in a series of Android-based devices, with the second model — named the Droid Eris — expected early next month.
The initial model in this series will be dubbed the “Droid by Motorola”, while the Droid Eris [...]
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