In The Coming HTML5 Bro...

On Monday, Google made a big splash with a customized Arcade Fire video page that showed off all the cool things HTML5 can do, from video, animations and 3D rendering to gorgeous fonts and choreographed windows. It’s all cutting edge stuff as far as what is possible with a Web...

RIP Meme: The Double Ra...

We were enamored of your childlike delight. We reveled in the remixes . But now, Double Rainbow Guy , we are less than amused. What’s the sure-fire way to kill a viral video? Festoon it with dollar signs. Yup, the above video is a commercial for Windows Live Photo Gallery, and yup,...

Google to Power AOL Sea...

Google and AOL have signed a deal that extends the search and advertising partnership between the two companies for another five years. The agreement also includes mobile search and adds a content sharing partnership with YouTube. In a statement , AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said, “After...

Kinect Voice Control No...

Bad news for Microsoft Kinect fans who don’t speak English, in a recent interview, Microsoft’s PR and Event Manager has said that the Kinect will not support voice control in all regions when it’s launched this November. Voice control will only be available in the US,...

New Zune HD coming from...

Mary-Jo Foley of ZDNet says that Microsoft could be working on a new Zune HD model, which isn’t really that good timing considering the new iPod touch has just been announced earlier this morning. If it were to debut sometime next year, then we wish Microsoft all the best, and hope...

Sony 3D Vaio notebook s...

Engadget managed to take a peek at a yet-unreleased Sony 3D Vaio notebook which is tipped to arrive in the market next year. That particular notebook is said to come with a 3D display that has a 240Hz refresh rate, and you can be sure that the 3D display itself will not be manufactured...

20 Year Old Founder Jes...

We’ve confirmed that wunderkind Jessica Mah is one week away from closing a hotly anticipated round of seed financing for her banking startup InDinero. Confirmed investors in the round (which still has three open spots reserved for valley VIPs like SV Angel) include 500 StartUps...

What Does It Mean? Micr...

An anonymous tipster – we have reason to believe it was actually a Microsoft employee or contractor – just casually pointed us to a new promotional video that was published on one of the Redmond software giant’s YouTube channels. Unless you’ve been living under a...

As Facebook And Orkut D...

As Facebook and Google’s Orkut duke it out for traffic in India, another social network has quietly gained traction in the space. SMS GupShup, a Twitter-like service in India that is primarily accessed via SMS, has hit 35 million users (up from 26 million late last year) with 1...

Sony Refreshes its E-Re...

At the mention of an “e-reader,” most people think Kindle or Nook , but if you just want the device, sans the deal with the content provider, Sony has a nice little trio of e-readers on offer, and they’ve all just been upgraded with several important improvements....