All Horizons
- How Peter Carl Faberg茅 is the Steve Jobs of bejeweled eggsGoogle is celebrating the 166th birthday of Peter Carl Faberg茅, whose ornate eggs made him the Steve Jobs of his day. But with eggs instead of consumer electronics.聽
- Google Chrome OS lives on with big update, new hardwareThe latest version of Google's cloud-centric Chrome OS resembles a "regular" desktop operating system in a lot of ways. The revamp, and new Chromebook and Chromebox hardware from Samsung, show how much Chrome OS has matured in the three years since its inception.
- $75 million? Apple CEO Tim Cook says, 'No thanks'Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, has said he won't take the quarterly $75 million payments he would earn under a new Apple employee policy.聽
- Google releases data on piracy, takes copyright infringement pretty seriouslyEver wondered what Google does when copyright holders complain their work is being pirated? Now we know. On Thursday, Google released a huge amount of data on how it responds to copyright-related takedown requests.
- Facebook Camera for iPhone takes best of InstagramFacebook has released a photo-sharing app called Facebook Camera. So how does it stack up with Instagram?聽
- With Axis, Yahoo wades into the browser warsAxis, from Yahoo, is available as a plug-in for most browsers and as an app on Apple iOS devices.聽
- IBM bans Siri 鈥 and probably for good reasonIBM bans Siri over security concerns, according to a new report. Behind IBM ban: Siri queries are stored in unknown place and manner.
- Diablo 3 shatters one-day PC sales records: BlizzardDiablo 3 was plagued by a bug-laden launch. But that hasn't hurt sales, Blizzard said today.聽
- SpaceX launch, a strong start for commercial spaceflightWith Tuesday's launch of the Dragon space capsule aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX made a strong case for the viability of commercial spaceflight. But the craft still has quite a few tests to pass for its mission to be a success.
- Newly knighted, Apple design chief hints at mystery productJonathan Ive, the design chief at Apple, told a reporter that his current work 鈥 still a mystery 鈥 trumps everything that has come before.聽
- Google finally (officially) buys Motorola Mobility. Now what?Motorola Mobility now officially belongs to Google, CEO Larry Page announced this week.聽
- Bob Moog: How he changed music foreverA Google doodle today honors the legacy of Bob Moog, the creator of a famous line of synthesizers, and the grandfather of electronic music.聽
- iPhone 3GS could get second life in developing markets: reportThe iPhone 3GS, now almost three years old, may be sold as a prepaid device in some countries, according to one analyst.聽
- Google Chrome edges out Internet Explorer. Will the lead last?Google Chrome has dethroned Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to a new report.聽
- A look at Facebook by the numbersFacebook is the dominant social network in 11 of 12 key global markets surveyed by Nielsen.聽
- Diablo 3: Blizzard issues apology for Battle.net woesDiablo 3 got off to a less-than auspicious start, reps for Blizzard admitted this week.聽
- Google Knowledge Graph attempts 'next generation of search'Google has introduced a new search feature called Knowledge Graph 鈥 a kind of companion to the recently-launched Search Plus Your World.聽
- HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G held up at US customsThe launch of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G is temporarily delayed 鈥 the byproduct of a patent snafu settled earlier this year by the聽International Trade Commission.
- On eve of Facebook IPO, GM pulls millions in adsGeneral Motors yanks $10 million in Facebook ads. Will this affect the Facebook IPO?
- SpaceX Dragon blasting off to Space Station next weekIf the SpaceX Dragon does link up with the International Space Station, it will represent a milestone for commercial space craft.聽