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Jakob Nielsen, the design expert dubbed "the guru of Web page usability" by The New York Times and "the Web's usability czar" by WebReference.com, didn't find too many user-friendly features on Amazon's new Kindle Fire, according to a report he published on his website Monday The device is too heavy for extended use, Nielsen said, and he has proble...
Online social game-maker Zynga has lowered it expectations in regard to the initial public offering it plans for the near future The maker of popular games such as "FarmVille," "Mafia Wars," and "Cityville" is hoping to offer 100 million shares, or about 14.3 percent of its total, priced between US$8.50 and $10, valuing the company at about $9 bill...
Google is reportedly in talks with major retailers to launch a shipping service that would provide same-day delivery. The search engine giant is talking with retailers such as Macy's, The Gap and Office Max to create partnerships that would offer users speedier shipping, according to The Wall Street Journal. If an online shopper bought a product f...
A Nevada judge has ordered that 228 online domains belonging to outfits that sell counterfeit Chanel items be seized, shuttered and de-listed from social networks and search engines. The case has raised questions regarding the control of Internet fraud in a widespread global marketplace and what constitutes censorship. Luxury goods maker Chanel fi...
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) and CTIA have unveiled a new rating system for mobile software applications intended to help parents monitor activity as the number of children with smartphones and access to wireless content increases The ESRB has had a similar system in place for computer and video games since 1994, and it said it ai...
The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger hit another obstacle Tuesday when the chairman of the FCC called the deal harmful to consumers. AT&T will have to prove otherwise if FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gets his way. He's asked that the other commissioners approve an administrative hearing on the issue, expressing concern that the US$39 billion deal w...
The proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger hit another obstacle Tuesday when the chairman of the FCC called the deal harmful to consumers. AT&T will have to prove otherwise if FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gets his way. He's asked that the other commissioners approve an administrative hearing on the issue, expressing concern that the US$39 billion deal w...
Shares of HP had slightly recovered by mid-day Tuesday from the overnight slide of up to 6 percent they endured following the company's fourth-quarter earnings report Monday. Its fourth-quarter earnings -- HP's first quarter under the guidance of new CEO Meg Whitman -- beat expectations, though its outlook for the coming year left investors unimpr...
More than 200 labels held by content distributor ST Holdings have decamped Spotify, Simfy, Rdio and Napster recently over concerns the digital music streaming services' business models are detrimental to sales Most of the labels involved are relatively small. ST Holdings was bowing to pressure from its labels, it said, stating that only four of its...
Yelp filed for an initial public offering Thursday, joining a cadre of social websites that have either made the leap into public trading recently or are aiming for it in the near future. In going public, Yelp hopes to raise as much as US$100 million....
In an effort to compete in the digital music market against giants Apple and Amazon, Google debuted its online music store Wednesday, where users can purchase and stream songs through the search giant's Android market. It also opened its free online music locker service to all users....
Researchers at Northwestern University say they've made significant progress in research that could lead to longer life for the rechargeable batteries found in electronic gadgets A team of engineers working on a lithium-ion battery said that by taking a chemical engineering approach, they've made a power cell that not only lasts longer, but can als...
A Chevy Volt that caught fire in the parking lot of a crash test site has prompted a federal probe over the safety and protocol of handling lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles The investigation will include automakers GM, Nissan, Ford and other manufacturers planning to sell vehicles with lithium-ion batteries.
Nearly two years after consumer advocacy groups filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over Facebook's privacy policies, the social network and the FTC are close to an agreement, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal The deal between the company and the commission will reportedly require Facebook to enact widespread o...
Rumblefish and APM Music are teaming up to offer an online catalog of popular music and soundtracks to consumers looking to legally add sound to personal video content such as YouTube videos, slideshows or presentations The partnership, announced Thursday, combines Rumblefish's experience with social media users and APM's vast online catalog of pop...
AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo are joining forces to sell unused online ads to each other, a position designed to combat the growing market dominance of Google and Facebook The partnership will allow the companies to buy and sell each other's online inventory of ads. The companies are interested in upping demand by ensuring advertisers that their product...
Siri, the voice recognition technology on Apple's new iPhone 4S, has attracted buyers by the millions with its ability to handle complex search queries. Siri's personified as a somewhat sassy female personal assistant, but at least one person finds her downright disturbing: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. At a U.S. Senate antitrust hearing in Septem...
A coalition of film studios, record labels and media entities led by the UK record industry lobby group BPI recently sent a letter to British Internet service provider (ISP) BT demanding that the company block access to The Pirate Bay website The group said that if BT doesn't act within two weeks, the matter will proceed to court. BPI is banking on...
HTC on Thursday announced its latest smartphone, the Rezound, an Android handset for Verizon's 4G LTE network ...
The Duqu malware that became widely known last month is exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows kernel to infect systems, according to the Hungarian group CrySyS An installer file for the Trojan was previously unknown, but now CrySyS and security firm Symantec are reporting that the main Duqu binaries are released onto a targeted system ...
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