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Microsoft's plan to defeat Yahoo-Google merger in Japan

microsoft By Tzvi Friedman, 10 hours ago 11 Comments

When Yahoo Japan announced that they would be partnering with Google, entering into a deal that would put Google in a dominating position in Japan’s search market, Microsoft was understandably bothered. Aside from the fact that Microsoft, one of Google’s primary competitors in the US search market, had partnered with... Read More »

Google and the CIA invest in analytics firm

google By Brandon Boyce, 16 hours ago 30 Comments

Google and the CIA have both set their sites on an analytics firm created by a former Swedish Army Ranger. Google Ventures and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm, have given money to analytics firm Recorded Future. The sum of money given to Recorded Future wasn't released but it is less... Read More »

HTC Desire to get Froyo starting in Europe this weekend

mobile By Brody McKee, 18 hours ago 25 Comments

Neowin reported yesterday that the HTC Desire Froyo update was imminent, now, it has been announced that European owners of unlocked HTC’s Desire will soon be receiving Android 2.2 (Froyo). This follows reports of some Droid X’s receiving the latest version of Android from 28 July. Users of the desire can... Read More »

Ballmer: Windows 7 slates coming "as soon as they're ready".

windows By Brody McKee, 20 hours ago 44 Comments

We’re all very interested in learning more about Microsoft’s plan to respond to Apple’s iPad, and during a speech given at Microsoft’s Financial Analysts Meeting, CEO Steve Ballmer shared some more on Microsoft’s strategies for slate computing. Crushing the dreams of some, Ballmer revealed that there isn’t currently a slate-version... Read More »

YouTube increases maximum video length to 15 minutes

youtube By Brenton Currie, 21 hours ago 21 Comments

The YouTube team has today confirmed that videos uploaded to the popular video sharing service can now be as long as 15 minutes, allowing those uploading videos 5 more minutes of length than before. Previously users were only allowed to upload videos of a length up to 10 minutes, with Google... Read More »

Australian Government expands broadband network proposal

government By Curtis Green, 22 hours ago 21 Comments

The current Labor run Australian Government has announced that it is expanding the proposed NBN (National Broadband Network) by a further 300,000 homes and businesses, in hope of winning next months August 21st election. The opposition, Tony Abbot, is against this project, as his party predicts it will cost as much... Read More »

Rogers confirms iPhone 4 prices; big three offering 6GB data for $30

apple By Andrew Lyle, 30 July 2010 - 09:17 28 Comments

Hours before doors open to Apple Stores and all the major carriers here in Canada, Rogers, Fido and Bell all released prices for the iPhone 4, including special price promotions for data plans. Rogers has confirmed that the iPhone 4 (black) 16GB will retail for $159 and the 32GB model will... Read More »

Google might release Nexus Two next month

google By Andrew Lyle, 30 July 2010 - 05:55 54 Comments - Hot!

Neowin has just learned from an inside source close to Google that they are hard at work on the successor of the Nexus One, dubbed the Nexus Two. Although not too much information has been revealed about the Nexus Two, the tipster has revealed Google is going to release it within... Read More »

Rumor: Nintendo 3DS launch details coming soon?

nintendo By Darren Tebo, 30 July 2010 - 05:41 14 Comments

When Nintendo announced their new portable glasses-less 3D system (3DS) at E3, it was expected that they might at least hint at a price or release date. That didn’t end up panning out. However, we may soon be getting that information. N4G via Connected Consoles claims that Nintendo UK Marketing... Read More »

Updated: Google fully blocked in China

google By Owen Williams, 30 July 2010 - 04:41 45 Comments - Hot!

Reuters reports that Google is entirely blocked in China today, with only a very small percentage of users able to access the web service. As a result, Google shares have plummeted by 1.4 percent, and Baidu, China's largest search engine operator has seen a 3.5 percent increase. According to Google's mainland... Read More »

iPhone 4 launch MIA in New Zealand

apple By Owen Williams, 30 July 2010 - 03:41 10 Comments

According to a report by TechDay, the iPhone 4 may not be available in New Zealand after Vodafone pulled all information from their website this morning, and the devices are not available in stores as of yet, even though the launch was announced for this Friday. Vodafone had previously said that... Read More »

Rogue Android app steals data while showing pretty pictures

android By Owen Williams, 30 July 2010 - 03:27 25 Comments

Mobilebeat is reporting that a rogue Android wallpaper app has been collecting personal data and sending it off to a site in China, as discovered by mobile security firm Lookout as part of their App Genome Project. Lookout found the dodgy wallpaper application as part of the Genome project, where they... Read More »

Update: HTC Evo to get Android 2.2 August 3rd

android By Owen Williams, 30 July 2010 - 02:27 22 Comments

Following hot on the heels of news that the HTC Desire and other devices are receiving Froyo soon, it's been pinned by Engadget that the HTC Evo may also get the Froyo update as soon as tomorrow, though they say the date may not stick. Engadget's gotten hold of internal slides... Read More »

Microsoft confirms IE9 public beta is arriving in September

microsoft By Tom Warren, 29 July 2010 - 22:24 33 Comments - Hot!

Microsoft said on Thursday that it's currently readying an Internet Explorer 9 public beta for September. According to sources familiar with Microsoft's plans the software giant was originally targeting late August for the public beta but this date slipped slightly. Although Microsoft officials didn't confirm the exact date for the public... Read More »

Google cleared of wifi snooping charges in the UK

google By Brandon Boyce, 29 July 2010 - 20:49 16 Comments

According to the UK's Information Commissioner Office (ICO), Google did not collect any personal details when collecting data from wifi networks for their location based services. Google was cleared of the charges after the ICO reviewed some of the data that was captured from unsecured networks and found nothing significant... Read More »

Internet Explorer 9 build reveals new download manager

microsoft By Tom Warren, 29 July 2010 - 16:32 93 Comments - Hot!

An early Internet Explorer 9 build has revealed a new download manager for Microsoft's popular web browser. Screenshots of the build leaked to Chinese website Cnbeta earlier this week. The screenshots reveal a download manager for pausing and canceling downloads, a new icon for Internet Explorer 9 and what appears to... Read More »