It seems the Interwebs are all a-flutter at the news of a new Apple patent for 'location sharing'. Last year, Google Latitude was denied entry to the App Store. At the time, Google and Apple announced that this was to prevent 'confusion with Maps on the iPhone' -- it would ... Continue Reading

// I’m determined to learn computer programming in my lifetime. Yes, it’s all a foreign language to me, but I so admire the work that developers do. I think they should receive Emmy awards or something. Many of them certainly don’t get the recognition (or financial backing) they ... Continue Reading

Google is working on a tablet computer with HTC, the company that built the hardware for the Nexus One “Google Phone“, according to a report. The report claims that HTC has “been working closely with Google for the past 18 months” on “several working models of a touch tablet”. Are Google and ... Continue Reading

Imagine being able to control your computer or video game without needing to use a mouse or controller. Microsoft researchers have filed a patent for a muscle-based control scheme that does just that, and more — simple hand gestures could be used to do things like send commands to your ... Continue Reading

As the launch of the fabled Google Phone, the Nexus One, has approached, more and more information has leaked out. Yesterday, the price of the Nexus One surfaced, along with information on rate plans for T-Mobile contracts. Today, we have full video of its elegant interface. An extensive 10-minute ... Continue Reading

As 2009 winds down and we try to come up with new and clever ways of referring to the early years of this century, there's really only one thing left to do: declare our ten favorite gadgets of the aughts. It's arguable that if this wasn't the decade of gadgets, ... Continue Reading

Just in time for the end of the holiday season: We’ve received multiple reports that a new worm that promises the gift of more followers is spreading quickly on Twitter. Unfortunately, the only thing that the sites involved seem to do is use your account to spam your followers. One of ... Continue Reading

When you look at a list of top 10 websites in the world, or the U.S., which site do you expect to see on top? Google. Although Google still dominates the list most of the time, with 6.7 percent of all U.S. visits between January and November 2009, on Christmas ... Continue Reading

With 2009 nearing its end, we take a look at the most-pirated movie titles across various categories. Aside from the usual suspects such as Star Trek and Transformers, the list also includes a few surprising entries, and some notable absentees. 2009 has been a record breaking year at the box office, ... Continue Reading

Kolibiri is a fully fledged OS written entirely in assembly code and fits on a floppy disk. After a wave of operating system releases, it's easy to become somewhat bored with the software side of computing. ... Continue Reading

Firefox 3.5 is now the most popular browser worldwide, edging past Internet Explorer 7, according to analytics ... Continue Reading