Google Street View may not cause mental anguish, but it could be considered trespassing. At least, that’s the lesson to learn from the experience of Pittsburgh couple Aaron and Christine Boring, who have successfully sued Google for trespassing after they found pictures of their house on the service despite living on a private …
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Two Minute Video: Samsung Netbook Tops 10-inchers
Buying a netbook is a tricky proposition. By nature, netbooks are fraught with tradeoffs and shortcomings in order to offset low price points and portability. Samsung’s 10-inch NF310 netbook gets a whole lot right without suffering from too many drawbacks.
While most 10-inch netbooks sport cramped 1024×600 resolution screens, the …
Let’s Go Retro: The 5 Best 8-Bit Video Game Songs Ever Made
Long before Axl Rose was suing his former bandmates over Guitar Hero, or professional orchestras performed live overtures from Final Fantasy, all gamers had to listen to were chiptunes— video game music composed from 8 bits.
Which isn’t to say that they weren’t any good. Quite the contrary, actually. This might just be nostalgia …
Will Influx of Netflix Instant Streaming Break The Internet?
The addition of Netflix’s streaming only plan has had many people excited. With a good portion of their movie and TV catalogue online, paying $7.99 for immediate unlimited legal, crystal clear video is barely nothing compared to cable plans and buying a television. The anticipated increase of Netflix online subscribers has some people …
LivingSocial Announces $175 Million Investment From Amazon
Online shopping powerhouse Amazon has invested $175 million into daily deal site LivingSocial.com, the company announced Thursday.
(More On TIME: Groupon Becomes Social Shopping Network)
While we wait to hear about the possible purchase of competitor Groupon by Google via a rumored $6 billion deal, it appears Amazon and …
Gowalla 3.0: All-In-One Check Ins Are Here
Popular location-based network Gowalla announced the 3.0 update of its mobile app, which integrates the service with rival Foursquare.
(More on TIME: Groupon Becomes Social Shopping Network)
With its new congruent app, Gowalla 3 has broken the barriers between the popular geosocial sites – a startling and quite clever campaign to …
Gmail "Mute" Function Gets Smarter
So Gmail has a mute function—THIS IS NOT NEWS! What’s newsworthy is that there’s a new experimental Gmail Labs feature called Smart Mute that makes the mute function actually work well.
The standard mute function prevents message threads that you designate as mute-worthy from reappearing in your inbox each time some buffoon hits …
Bad Company: How Poor Service Upped One Site’s Google Rank
For website owners, a spot on the first page of Google’s search results for a given query is the holy grail. Google uses a proprietary algorithm to determine a site’s influence on the web and assigns it a “Page Rank,” named after Google co-founder Larry Page.
Though the full details of how the Page Rank system works are a …
Interview: Warren Spector Talks “Epic Mickey”
It’s probably no surprise that the man who’s orchestrated Mickey Mouse’s grand return to the video game stage is an animation buff of massive proportions. But, in the interview that follows, Warren Spector lets slip that the iconic mouse isn’t even his favorite Disney character. On the eve of the release of Disney Epic Mickey, the …
Rumor: Remake of the First “Halo” Game Coming Next Year?
Now that Bungie and Microsoft have officially parted ways with the release of Halo: Reach, many have been wondering what the video game future of the Xbox mega-franchise will be. Sure, the long-awaited Master Chief movie may yet happen and more books, comics and animated projects are likely on their way but video games are where it all …
Verizon Launching Fast 4G Mobile Data Service Next Week
Verizon will be flipping the switch on its 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) high-speed data service next week. The company promises mobile browsing speeds up to 10 times faster than its current 3G service.
The company won’t be launching 4G-capable mobile phones until early next year, but customers will be able to buy one of two 4G USB …
World AIDS Day: For Awareness, Charities Turn To Social Media
Telethons no more: Non-profits around the world are working to raise AIDS awareness via social media.
Silent For A Cause:
The Digital Life Sacrifice campaign, lead by singer Alicia Keys, is raising money for the Keep A Child Alive fund, which provides support to people affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. To raise finances, …