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Twitter Trying to Trademark 'Tweet'
Twitter has attempted to trademark the term "tweet," although the company's founder said it was purely a defensive measure.
Broadband.gov, Workshops Kick Off Rollout
A big component of this year's stimulus package was broadband deployment. In addition to allocating $7.2 billion in broadband grants, the bill also ordered the Federal Communications Commission to come up with a national broadband plan by February.
DTV Shift Heading for the Home Stretch
Complaints and concerns surrounding the DTV transition have dropped off in the past few weeks, but work remains to be done in getting some broadcast stations and unprepared Americans up and running, the Federal Communications Commission said in a Thursday status update.
Gamer Steals from EVE Bank to Pay Real Debts
TORONTO, June 2 (Reuters Life) - Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.
More Michael Jackson Malware Surfaces
The first one was a simple Trojan dropper. Now Symantec has identified a mass-mailing worm that uses the death of Michael Jackson as a lure.
Archos Unveils PC Tablet
Archos is throwing the keyboard out the window for its new netbook, the Archos 9 PCtablet. The 9-inch screen is touch sensitive, so all typing is done on onscreeen. The design allows this netbook to weigh under 2 pounds, and it's only 0.63 inches thick.
Dell Adding GPS, Maps to a Netbook
Dell will begin adding GPS to its Dell Mini 10 netbook next week, hoping that users will want GPS functions in netbooks as well as mobile phones.
'Month of Twitter Bugs' Underway
Just as promised, researcher Aviv Raff has begun the Month of Twitter Bugs. Every day in July will bring a new bug in an outside service using the Twitter API.
Firefox 3.5's Private Browsing Falls Short
Firefox 3.5 is here! Our glowing review discusses the many improvements and you can download it now by clicking here.
Microsoft's Bing Now Indexes (Some) Tweets
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. There's been a bit of talk over the past half-year about Twitter search eclipsing Google in terms search immediacy. Microsoft--who, let's face it, wouldn't mind doing a little Google eclipsing of its own--announced today that it has added tweets to the list of content discoverable through Bing, its new search engine.
