Everyone’s friend Google is getting some flak in Germany for collecting private wi-fi networks with its Street View fleet. The Street View part of Google Maps has yet to launch in German, and it had already had plenty of critics among Germany’s very private populous. But once privacy officials found out that the [...more]
Avatar is officially the fastest-selling Blu-ray disc of all time, but not all customers are happy with their purchase. Some Blu-ray players can’t play the movie, thanks to a required firmware update that’s unavailable for some models. Tech site Crunchgear has singled out the Samsung BD-UP5000 Blu-ray player as one that’s having particular issues, [...more]
Amazon doesn’t publish specifics on sales of its high-profile e-reader the Kindle, but according to at least one source Barnes and Noble’s newer competitor the Nook outsold it in March. According to DigiTimes, the Nook accounted for 53% of e-reader sales last month. Again, it’s hard to call this sales victory a fact, as we [...more]
Wait, floppy discs were still in production? Apparently.According to Engadget, Sony (the last major manufacturer of the floppy disc) sold 12 million floppy discs last year in Japan. The country is the last major market for the storage medium in the world, so Sony is going to go ahead and shut down production of the [...more]
If you needed more evidence that streaming video will one day supplant physical media, you need look no further than Netflix’s recent announcement on its agreement with Fox and Universal. Following in the steps of a similar agreement with Warner Bros., DVD new releases from the studios will be delayed by 28 days – you [...more]
Holy crap! Let the Star Wars begin! The Air Force launched an unmanned “space plane” into Earth’s orbit. The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle took it’s inaugural flight on an Atlast 5 rocket. The Air Force said the launch was successful, but didn’t say much more. They haven’t said how long the mission will [...more]
Attention, Foursquare phonies! Your time has come. Foursquare has taken the no duh step of using your phone’s built in GPS to make sure that you’re actually near the venue you’re checking into. Why this wasn’t the case from the beginning is a mystery to me, but it’s a welcome addition. For those of you who may [...more]
Good news for people who love good news: Google’s hiring! No, this isn’t a pop-up scam – the wizards of search have announced plans to expand their workforce by 500 lucky individuals. In Q4 of 2009, Google’s staff jumped from 19,665 to 19,835, so it follows that they’d make yet another jump. Sez the G-men: “We’re investing [...more]
Did you buy your iPad yet? 300,000 of you did – at least, that’s how many units Apple reported as sold on day one. iPad purchasers also bought over 1 million apps from the App store on the first day and also downloaded 250,000 e-books. Apple fans will call the number a triumph, while detractors will [...more]
There’s been a lot of crazy nonsense thrown around on both sides of the debate about the recently passed health care legislation. Misinformation has been everywhere, and I imagine that there are a lot of people who really don’t know what, if anything, they should except as a result. The New York Times has put [...more]
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