Apple buys chip company to maintain mobile edge

Apple has taken another importantl step to maintain its mobile edge by acquiring an advanced chip manufacturer known as Intrinsity.

Apple vs. Gizmodo: Was the 1984 ad a prediction of the Apple to come?

There are times I admire Apple and there are times when I wonder if the folks there have lost their collective minds.

Windows Embedded 7 released

Windows and 7 have now become synonymous with, well, new Windows that are not old Windows hence, less likely to annoy, irritate, or crash on you. The number 7 is super cool, y'all.

The Sims 3 to invade the console world, add new features

The Sims 3 did its magic on PC once again as it became the top-selling computer game last year, and this time the game's publisher EA wants to capture that success on the console side.

Police tire of writing tickets, join Trapster

The site that was known for letting you share speed trap sightings is turning into a traffic love-in. Police, drivers, cats, dogs all working together to keep speeds down.

Google's Android triumphs over Apple's iPhone

Google's Android has finally managed to triumph over Apple's iPhone by capturing 46 percent of the US market share.
 Meanwhile, the iPhone's notoriously closed OS lost three percentage points as it dropped from 45 to 42 percent. 

Toshiba designs "glasses free" 3D display

Toshiba Mobile has designed a 21-inch autostereoscopic high-definition display for use with next-generation 3D monitors.

Maingear debuts Phenom II X6-powered gaming rig

Maingear Computers has debuted a Vybe gaming rig powered by AMD's recently introduced Phenom II X6 processor.

Verizon geezer rages against something unimportant

An outraged Verizon employee known as "Wade" recently announced that he was "drawing a line in the sand" against unqualified "criminals" masquerading as security researchers.

King of 8-bit computing marries lap dancer

Sir Clive Sinclair, 400 years old and inventor of the ZX Spectrum, marrying Angie Bowness, 33 years old and blonde. Geezers self-combusting across Internets.

Verizon adds Youtube, Internet Radio to Fios service

Verizon Fios has added new functionality to its first-in-class Media Manager functionality, and has expanded its reach from DVR customers only to all Fios subscribers.

Panasonic first to market with DivX Plus Blu-ray player

Panasonic has just added DivX's new top-of-the-line "Plus" certification. The 3D player is the first in the world to do so.

TomTom reveals capacitive touchscreen GPS

Unveiled as "the first in a whole new generation of navigation devices," TomTom today announced its Go Live 1000 GPS unit, the first from the company to sport a capacitive touchscreen display.

Nokia introduces high-end N8 smartphone

Nokia, the company that produces more phones per year than any other company, has just revealed its latest device, one that carries its biggest price tag in over 3 years.

Rhapsody brings offline playback to the iPhone

Rhapsody has stolen a march on the competition with the launch of a new version of its iPhone app adding offline playback.

Molecular computer mimics human brain

A team of researchers from Japan and Michigan Technological University has built a massively parallel molecular computer.

Police raid Gizmodo reporter's home over lost iPhone prototype

Joseph McCarthy may be long dead, but his Cold War era scare tactics - namely fear and intimidation - seem to be alive and well in the sunny State of California.

US military loses contact with experimental hypersonic vehicle

The US military has apparently lost contact with an experimental hypersonic vehicle over the Pacific Ocean.   

Is Cloud computing secure?

Chip expert and analyst David Kanter has warned that cloud computing poses "definite" security risks for both corporations and individual end users.

McAfee to reimburse users hit by update glitch

McAfee has said it plans to reimburse users for any costs they incurred to fix their computers after a glitchy security update crashed tens of thousands of machines across the country.