Google Wave to Rise Aga...

Google Wave was once one of Google’s hottest projects, promising a new way of communication that might even replace email. Alas, it was not to be, and Google shut it down soon after public launch due to lack of user adoption – but not completely. Wave still draws interest...

NASA Plans to Visit the...

If you’ve seen Danny Boyle’s movie Sunshine , you may be a little disappointed: NASA’s mission to visit the Earth’s Sun won’t include sending people up there. But it will be sending a spacecraft into the Sun’s atmosphere, approximately four million...

Ping Not Available to Y...

When he was introducing Ping, Steve Jobs mentioned that it will immediately reach a user base of 160 million people in 23 countries. Sounds impressive, until you remember that 23 countries actually isn’t that big of a number; and if you’re in a country such as Chile, the...

Competition Responds to...

Apple made a lot of announcements today, from the new Apple TV to the Ping social network for music built into iTunes 10. Because Apple is entering some new market segments (or, in the case of Ping, some new markets, period) Apple is now a direct competitor to a number of other companies...

GCF Approves Of The HTC...

Windows Phone 7 (WP7) devices seem to be in the news a lot recently and next up we’ve got word that the Global Certification Forum has just approved of a mystery HTC device, the HTC 7 Trophy. OS details weren’t mentioned, but considering that it sports a “7″ in...

FCC Questions Key Aspec...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is diving deeper into Google and Verizon’s proposed net neutrality framework with a public notice and inquiry into two of net neutrality’s key issues. The FCC’s seven-page public notice [PDF] tackles two of the key proposals...

To Unfriend or Not to U...

We’ve all done it — surfed on over to the book of faces, our hearts racing and pupils dilating with excitement, let our cursors linger over those oh-so-powerful words, “Remove From Friends,” and clicked away with the maniacal glee of a serial killer. Still, there...

Ooyala Expands Into Aus...

Premium streaming video service Ooyala , serving such influential media properties as Fremantle Media, Vice Magazine, Glam Media, Electronic Arts as well as yours truly, today announces its plan to expand its operations to Australia. To helm this initiative, the company has appointed...

Windows Phone 7 Ready f...

Microsoft has completed the development of its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 . The mobile OS has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced today. All that remains now is for networks and manufacturers to work on the final integrations of WP7 so that it is...

Filmmaker Raises More t...

Documentary filmmaker Simon Klose has more than 200 hours of unedited footage that he plans turn into a feature-length film, The Pirate Bay — Away From Keyboard (TPB AFK). After years of documenting The Pirate Bay’s legal proceedings, and taping numerous encounters with the...