Google and the Federal Trade Commission just agreed to make nice over allegations the company’s online conversation-starter Google Buzz violated privacy rights and tricked users into trying the service.
Not that Google’s off the hook. The proposed settlement would task Google with putting into place a “comprehensive privacy program,” …
It wasn’t enough to trawl the Titanic or craft the film industry’s best looking azure-blue E.T.’s, filmmaker James Cameron wanted to put a high-resolution 3D camera on NASA’s Mars rover, too.
Alas, ’tis not to be, says NASA, who admitted the zoom camera couldn’t be thoroughly tested in time for the rover’s launch later this year–a …
The online retailer just beat everyone to the punch and launched Amazon Cloud Player, a cloud-based media streaming service for web browsers and Android. What’s that, Google and Apple is playing catch up to Amazon now? Yup.
Amazon Cloud Player is a free music locker service for the web, and all songs purchased from Amazon’s MP3 …
Good morning! Here’s some of this morning’s interesting tech nuggets for you to enjoy over breakfast.
Iranian hacker claims Stuxnet revenge attack
In a post on Pastebin, an anonymous Iranian hacker claims he acted alone in stealing online security certificates, and that his work was a direct response to the Stuxnet worm – which he
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AT&T and T-Mobile might want to think about investing in some carabiners and crampons, because an FCC official just shoved a mountain in front of their proposed $39 billion merger.
The FCC, or Federal Communications Commission, regulates non-federal use of radio, television, satellite, and cable communications, and would have to …
AT&T to work with Amazon App Store
AT&T is reportedly trying to enable access to purchases to Amazon’s app store, for their Android customers. Which means that, yes, AT&T customers may be playing Angry Birds Rio all day long.
Link: Engadget
Samsung apps hit 100 million downloads
Ten months after Samsung launches it own app …
Happy birthday OS X!
Mac OS X is 10 years old today. The first official release, OS X 10.0, came out on March 24, 2001. And my, hasn’t it grown…
Link: The Next Web
Happy birthday Harry Houdini!
It’s also escapologist Houdini’s 137th birthday today, and Google is celebrating with an excellent doodle on its home page. How
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Good morning! Here’s this morning’s top tech headlines.
Amazon Could Become A Huge Tablet Player
At Business Insider, Dan Frommer wrote an excellent and insightful piece exploring the possibilities that lie ahead for Amazon. It already has an online store; it already makes good tablet hardware (albeit with limited functionality);
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Good morning. Here’s what’s been breaking in tech news while you’ve been sleeping and enjoying your breakfast.
Microsoft sues just about everybody
The lawyers will be opening another crate of champagne today, as Microsoft announces lawsuits against Barnes & Noble, Foxconn and Inventec for patent infringement. What patents, exactly?
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The rumor started spreading around Twitter early this morning: geiger counters are now sold out in Paris, it said. But is it true?
Yes, it is. According to one manufacturer based in the French capital, panic buying has swamped suppliers not just there, but worldwide, since the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear alert in …
Good morning! Here are some of this morning’s interesting tech stories. More on these, and more besides, coming up later.
iPad 2 Will Keep The Top Spot
In a market analysis report that will surprise exactly no-one, some analysts from Gartner said the Apple iPad will continue to dominate the tablet computer market for some time to
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Yesterday, both AT&T and T-Mobile announced that AT&T would acquire the latter in a deal worth $39 billion. Thoughts raced through millions of heads, wondering how the acquisition would affect them, mine included. As a T-Mobile customer, I wondered what options were now left to me.
What does the $39 billion deal mean in a nutshell? …
