Smart move, Microsoft. Smart. Move.
In an effort to bolster app development for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft has given app makers a new tool that eases the burden of programming their existing iPhone apps for Microsoft’s phones.
It’s not as simple as dropping in an iPhone app and watching a Windows Phone-friendly …
For years, Apple’s iTunes has ruled the music-downloading world, conquering unsuspecting tweens one song at a time. But imagine if a new day were to come – one where Amazon would dominate, and you could get the most popular songs for a fraction of the normal price.
Only possible in an alternate reality? Not exactly. Amazon has a …
An aerospace company in Germany called DLR has modified their flagship humanoid robot (dubbed Rollin’ Justin) to catch baseballs.
Not impressed? Watch the video above. Rollin’ Justin moves his digits independently, using his sensors to coordinate with 80 percent accuracy where and when a ball will land in his ice-cold metal …
Did you just write something stupid on Facebook? Delete no more, my friend, because Facebook comment editing is finally here.
The ability to edit Facebook comments extends only to replies for existing status updates and wall posts. It won’t work for status updates themselves.
To edit, just click the “X” next to the comment, as if …
Sleep well, my precious. I know where you live.
That’s the gist of a new warning sticker that Verizon Wireless plans to slap on its smartphones. Verizon revealed its plans in a letter to Congress, as noted by Forbes. Here’s what the warning label actually says (I may have enjoyed some creative license above):
“This device is …
Spotify hasn’t even launched in the US yet, but rumor has it the European streaming music service may offer far more than just songs to wile away the hours. Recent buzz suggests Spotify plans to roll out a premium streaming movie rental service for customers this fall, and offer subscribers VoD access to features just weeks after …
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
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iPhone data caps got you down? Onavo offers a solution by compressing all your data so you don’t use as much of it.
The free iPhone app claims to save up to 80 percent on a monthly data allotment. Just run the app in the background, and Onavo gets to work on crunching those bits.
It’s a useless app for the Verizon iPhone, given …
The Apple video game console: it’s tech’s equivalent of a unicorn sighting under a double rainbow. An improbable, perennial rumor that won’t let go. Well it’s reared its head again, per speculation in an article over at Digital Foundry.
This year, the iPad 2 unveiling took place next door to the annual Game Developers Conference. …
If you’ve ever dreamed of being able to fly to the moon, here’s some good news: It may be possible within the next five years. And the bad news: It could cost you more than $100 million.
Virginia-based Space Adventures – a company that’s already sent seven private citizens into space to visit the International Space Station – is hard …
A loophole in one of Facebook’s laxer policies has been getting some unwanted shine in recent weeks: for whatever their reasons, users have been able to take down popular pages (like Ars Technica’s) using little more than a fake email address.
Read Write Web reports that the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) was originally …
Jeff Moss, the hacker better known as “The Dark Tangent,” has been named Vice President and Chief Security Officer of ICANN, the non-profit corporation that manages the Internet’s names and numbering infrastructure. He is the founder of DEF CON, the world’s largest conference for hackers, as well as the Black Hat security …
