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When I first got word about a unique notebook from Kohjinsha that had two 10.1-inch screens, I must admit I never thought it would come to market. As cool as the prototype looked to be, a dual-screen notebook is not something that usually makes it … Read More »

Why Nokia Needs New Symbian OS in 2010

Nokia said today that it plans to re-engineer its Symbian user interface — which has long been a serious vulnerability — and deliver two “major product milestones” in both the first and second half of next year. Read More »

 
 

The Giving Spirit: Donate Your Time or Services this Holiday

The holidays are a time for giving. I remember when, during my days as an office worker, the Unicef box would travel between cubicles, or if the organization was larger, sometimes management would ask that a portion of your paycheck go to such-and-such charity. When you’re working … Read More »

Everyone keeps saying that the iPhone will replace many of the gadgets we use today, like GPS devices, MP3 players, digital cameras, and pocket-sized video cams. After testing out ThinkFlood’s new RedEye Universal Remote Control System for the iPhone, I’m almost ready to add … Read More »

Should You Hire a "Certified" Social Media Consultant?

I recently got up on my soapbox on my personal blog and ranted about a new, pricey certification program that is being offered by a social media association that has recently cropped up, one of many that are claiming to be able to certify … Read More »

November was not a great month for Apple, at least according to web metrics firm Net Applications. While one could argue the launch of Windows 7 in October may have negatively impacted market share for OS X, Safari also lost ground to Chrome, and … Read More »

Google’s Chrome OS has only been out for a matter of days, and there is already a fork of it, dubbed Chromium OS. Driver support is excellent for it, and you can run it on everything from netbooks to quad-core systems. Read More »

Comcast Trials Broadband Meter in Portland

Comcast today said it’s kicked off a broadband meter trial that will measure how much data a household consumers over its cable modem, something we’ve asked for since Comcast made clear its 250 GB-per-month cap on data downloads. Read More »

In an unexpected twist in the drawn-out battle between Psystar and Apple, the two companies agreed Monday to a partial settlement that could end the case after 17 months of back-and-forth between them, Computerworld is reporting. Details on the settlement are sparse, but … Read More »

Samsung Makes Small Memory Chips in Big Volumes

Samsung today announced volume production of its latest Flash memory chips that will lead to faster, cheaper memory in a variety of consumer products. It starts with 8 GB microSD cards. Read More »

Web Worker Gift Guide: 6 Ultimate Gifts

Earlier, I published a list of reasonably inexpensive stocking filler gift ideas for web workers. But what if money were no object? Here’s a list of six great web working gift suggestions that I would love to receive this year: OfficePOD. This is a self-contained … Read More »

If you had any hopes of buying a CrunchPad, forget them. The 12-inch concept capacitive slate tablet device, first envisioned on TechCrunch, won’t be sold after all, due to a falling out between parties. Read More »

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Developers who’ve had their iPhone apps rejected thanks to Apple’s seemingly arbitrary approval policies have another online support group of sorts in AppleRejectedMe.com. The site, which was founded by the guy behind the rejected “You Are Rich” app, is billed as a kind of … Read More »

Forty-six percent of U.S. households have at least one HDTV set, according to a new study from the Leichtman Research Group (LRG), roughly double the percentage of homes that had HDTVs two years ago. LRG says the adoption was spurred by … Read More »

Desktop Twitter app TweetDeck (previously covered on WWD) was updated today with some pretty major changes. Version 0.32 of the client comes with built-in support for Twitter Lists (a new way of organizing the people you follow on Twitter), the new retweet functionality, … Read More »

Waterloo, Iowa will soon offer the fastest broadband in the nation with 105 Mbps service provided by Mediacomm, a cable provider. Sure, the fast speeds are somewhat of a gimmick, but we hope it’s a gimmick that can turn into reality. Read More »

Wondering what to ask loved ones for this Christmas? Or struggling to come up with a novel gift for the web worker in your life? Fear not, I’ve put together a list of 10 relatively inexpensive gift ideas that any web worker would be delighted to … Read More »

Data so far shows that online spending and visits to online retailers are up this holiday season, but has the spending and traffic hit a peak ahead of Cyber Monday? If so, does it render Black Friday and Cyber Monday moot as indicators for holiday spending? Read More »

The popular torrent-indexing site Mininova.org late yesterday took the drastic step of removing all but a few torrents in response to a copyright infringement lawsuit. Dutch rights group BREIN went to court against Mininova in June, and later that summer, the site was … Read More »

Don’t make mistakes when buying popular consumer electronics this holiday season. I’ve outlined three common problems that would-be gadgets gifters should keep in mind. Read More »

If you’re a Google Voice and Windows user, you might like to check out GVoiceNotifier.NET, an unobtrusive little app that adds Google Voice notifications, one-click calling and SMS functionality to your taskbar, popping up only when you need it. Using the app is simple: … Read More »

WebWorkerDaily readers are a diverse bunch. Every week, I profile a different reader and ask them to share what they do, how they do it, and some of their favorite hints and tips. Who are you and what do you do? My name’s Read More »

The holiday shopping season has shifted into full gear. But while online retailers are sure to see stronger sales than their offline rivals, the desperate discounts happening across the board threaten to erode any profits they may have once hoped for this season. Read More »

My hunt for a cheap, 32″ LCD TV via one of Black Friday’s so-called “door-busting” sales is over. And it ended in frustration, anger and tears. OK, just anger and frustration. Like many others … Read More »

The cyber shopping rush has already begun, with Akamai reporting that at around 11:30 a.m. ET some 6,591,354 global visitors per minute were hitting retail sites, which is about 48 percent above normal. Read More »

Yesterday, while many WebWorkerDaily readers were taking a well-deserved day off and chowing down on Thanksgiving turkey, the team at Mozilla was busy pushing out beta 4 of Firefox 3.6. This new update includes over 140 bug fixes, but perhaps most importantly (to me, … Read More »

High-definition TV sets are expected to top the wish lists of consumers looking to cash in on Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. According to Retrevo’s Gadgetology survey, 30 percent of consumers shopping over the weekend want a new … Read More »

Here in the U.S., we’re getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, which for many folks means a long weekend — my favorite time to tinker, especially with software. So I’ve gathered together seven free app tinkering ideas that you may get a kick out of. Read More »

Like you, I have found myself inundated with cool gear-related products to spend my money on this holiday season. One such product actually looks like a useful addition for those who have an iMac or an Apple Cinema Display. The BackPack from twelve south is … Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission said today it’s soliciting proposals from those looking to become administrators for TV band database managers, moving one step closer toward making white space broadband available on the unused airwaves that exist between digital TV channels. White spaces are increasingly seen … Read More »

It took a while for it to happen the right way, but now it has. Apple has teamed up with Live Nation to bring live music to iTunes. Apple has made live performances available before, but they were never organized so well and so easily searchable. Read More »

Prosecutors in Milan are asking for one-year jail sentences for two Google execs and its former CFO should they be found guilty of defamation and privacy violations, reports Bloomberg. The charges stem from a 2006 cellphone video Google hosted that showed a disabled teenager being … Read More »

Speculation is building as to what sort of response Google’s Chrome OS may draw from the competition — especially Microsoft. In fact, Microsoft is unlikely to go on the attack at all. Here’s why. Read More »

Google this week expanded its coupon service to mobile just in time for Black Friday, enabling U.S. consumers to access and redeem the discounts via their phones — an effort that could give the space a much-needed shove into the mainstream. Read More »

Windstream Corp., a rural telecom operator, has agreed to acquire a fourth company in an effort to beat rivals, buy growth and avoid being telecom roadkill. Spending is only half the battle as consumers opt for wireless services. Read More »

Before web music service Spotify launched, serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky called it “Joost for music.” Indeed, Spotify would be well-advised to learn from Joost’s mistakes — or it could wind up suffering a similar fate. Read More »

Like over 300,000 other Mac users who downloaded the MacHeist nanoBundle (as covered by Simon), I received WriteRoom as part of the package’s bevy of software. This lightweight word processor promises distraction-free writing. Having read about it and the productivity concepts underlying it … Read More »

The biggest shopping day of the year for Americans is this Friday, the dreaded Black Friday, and people are in a consuming mood. At the same time, economic pressures have folks watching what they spend. eBay today introduced a new app that capitalizes on both those … Read More »

Qualcomm has put another regulatory challenge in the rear-view mirror as the European Commission dropped a 4-year antitrust investigation into the chip maker. The six companies that spurred the probe have withdrawn their complaints or are planning to do so. Read More »

The servers running our web applications, crunching numbers or serving up ads aren’t all in company-owned data centers — many are in co-location facilities, which have grown by 1.66 million square feet of floor space since 2008, an increase of 9 percent, according to a report … Read More »

As an amateur photographer, I like to have a nice image as my desktop wallpaper to provide me with some inspiration throughout the day. Thanks to a post on freewaregenius, I just discovered that National Graphic magazine makes a huge selection of inspiring images … Read More »

Reader Murray Chapman has been doing some international traveling lately and noticed an odd problem using Gmail on his trips. Murray found that he would not be able to access his Gmail, and once he lost access he couldn’t get it back. Not to be outdone by … Read More »

I had not heard of this phenomenon before, but it is being reported that Firefox is causing systems to run harder than other web browsers. This is allegedly due to web pages that have a lot of Flash-based content which makes the CPU run harder … Read More »

I quit smoking four years ago, but before that, I was a dedicated smoker for a solid decade. Luckily, I never had any Mac trouble that would necessitate a warranty replacement during those 10 years, or I might’ve been out of luck. Apple has denied Applecare … Read More »

Apple unveiled its Mighty Mouse replacement, the Magic Mouse, last month alongside new versions of the iMac, Mac mini and entry-level Macbook. The mouse was well-received, perhaps due in part to the disappointment most felt about its predecessor. Better tracking and touch gestures combined to … Read More »

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