Search giant Google Inc. had this entrance strategy for its new social network -- launch the service without fireworks, release a beta version of the service to select individuals, and have others join via a by-invitation scheme. So far, the technique, the same done for Google's gmail, appears to be working as Google+ has already gained 20 million unique visitors just three weeks into its release, according to estimates by Web-traffic watcher comScore Inc.
Dr. Charlie Miller, Accuvant LABS principal research consultant, will demonstrate at the Black Hat USA 2011 security conference next week that the batteries of Apple's Macbooks, Macbook Pros and Macbook Airs are vulnerable to hacking attacks. Yes, the batteries!
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows continues to be the world's most popular operating system for personal computers. The problem is that laptop and desktop sales have been slowing down while the demand of tablets has skyrocketed.
The success of American retail giant Costco in the suburbs of Sydney's Auburn has prompted the warehouse store chain to explore opening a second shop in Canberra.
An American in Kunming, southern Yunnan province in China said in her BirdAbroad blog at Wordpress that she found three shops masquerading as bona fide Apple stores in the city.
Google is winding down Google Labs, the site where users explore prototypes to aid development of new projects.
The MacBook Air features the latest generation Intel Core i5 and Core i7 dual-core processors. With a processor of speeds up to 1.8GHz and faster memory, the new MacBook Air gains 2.5x faster processing performance over the previous generation. It also has the Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor, which includes an on-chip engine for video encoding and decoding.
Larry Page’s recent tinkering on Google’s in-place structures were meant to reposition the internet giant and keep its competitive posture despite the enormous success that the company has achieved in so short a time.
Now with Activision ready for another record-breaking installment of the CoD franchise, the game publisher has filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum last week to stop Scottsdale, Arizona-based Domains by Proxy, Inc., the current operator of the ModernWarfare3.com, from further using the site.
Aside from looking for markets outside China, Lenovo now has three new tablets in a market that is dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPad.
Lenovo has unveiled the IdeaPad Tablet K1 for consumers, the ThinkPad Tablet for business customers, and the IdeaPad Tablet P1 for home and office use.
Lenovo has stormed the tablet market with a triple threat, launching the IdeaPad Tablet K1 for consumers, the ThinkPad Tablet for business customers, and the IdeaPad Tablet P1 for home and office use.
Hewlett Packard will be launching its new TouchPad tablet in Sydney next Tuesday, July 26.
Nokia's first Windows phone, code-named Sea Ray, which Nokia CEO Stephen Elop showcased to employees last month, has now appeared in a short video preview on a Windows operating systems forum in Asia.
Although Facebook is the most popular site in America, consumers "don't like" the social networking site, according to the 2010 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Business Report, produced in partnership with ForeSee Results. Facebook scored 64 on the ACSI's 100-point scale, which puts its satisfaction even lower than IRS e-filers.
Microsoft announced Monday that it is issuing a monetary reward in the amount of US$250,000 for new information that results in the arrest of operators of the Rustock botnet.
It is now looking more like th eApple iPhone 5 will be released in September as subcontractors of the leading American phone manufacturer have confirmed to be gearing up for the said date of release, reports said.
It appears that Microsoft is planning a foray into the social networking scene with a new project called "Tulalip". The experimental project was revealed after Fusible.com spotted a teaser on socl.com, a domain owned by Microsoft.
A laptop that shows 3D without the glasses, an Intel-conceived notebook that works like a tablet, some laptops that boots and opens the Chrome browser in seven seconds, a notebook combined with a tablet, and laptops that roars on the Mac Lion are among the offerings lined up by top tier personal computer makers for the second half of the year.
Sony Corp. is releasing this fall two portable non-slab styled tablets, code-named "S1" and "S2" for now. The tablets depart from the usual square, flat slab-style of the present tablets that have failed to put a dent to Apple's dominance in the market.
It's that time of the year again when waiting for the next iPhone has fans grasping at the latest unverified news and rumors about the device. This week the latest news about the iPhone 5 comes courtesy of the Chinese-language site Sohu.com that reports the iPhone 5 release will be delayed because of the A5 chip overheating.
Despite prevalent rumors it looks like Apple's newest OS, the Mac Lion will not be roaring at users this week but instead will be out next week with the new Mac Book Airs and Mac Minis.
Telstra's new offerings in Australia this month include devices known as the Android superphones: HTC Corp.'s HTC Sensation, dubbed as the ultimate media smartphone, and Samsung's Galaxy S II, tagged as Australia's fastest smartphone. With perennial market leaders Nokia, Apple and Research in Motion failing to launch any major offerings this year, devices running on Google's Android operating system this year. For one, Samsung has sold 3 million units of the Galaxy S II within 5...
Google Inc. told analysts that its new social networking service now has 10 million users, just two weeks into its soft release. Although top social network Facebook has more than 750 million users worldwide, the figures still represent overwhelming growth, given that Google+ is still in its beta and trial version and is in invite-only mode.
Apple has introduced new prices for its App Store content for international App Stores. Prices in some countries have been increased while in other countries, like Australia prices have been slashed.
In Washington, online retail giant Amazon plans to unveil a tablet computer before October in a bid to carve out a slice of a growing market dominated by Apple's iPad, the Wall Street Journal and the AFP reported on Wednesday.
Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, told shareholders of plans to release new smartphones running on next-generation operating system in the coming months.
Hewlett Packard has made organizational changes designed both to accelerate the scale and growth of its existing webOS business as well as to expand and enhance other HP product lines.HP released the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad at the start of the month and will release the tablet in other territories later in the month.
iriver Ltd., the South Korean company known for digital MP3 players, will start selling the iriver Story HD e-reader for US$140 this Sunday. The Story HD will be the first e-reader to connect to the Google eBookstore to download digital books using Wi-Fi
Apple Inc. has filed a complaint against HTC Corp., accusing Asia's second-largest maker of smartphones of infringing on the iPhone and iPad maker's patents. Apple has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to enjoin the Taiwanese company from importing its phones and Flyer tablets to the U.S.
Research firm International Data Corp. said Friday that Apple's iPad and the recently introduced iPad 2 continue to dominate the media tablet market, as other vendors have had a more difficult time finding market acceptance for their products.
