Google Voice to become Skype-killer tomorrow?

Google is opening its Voice service to work within a Gmail window according to reports.  An announcement tomorrow is too much of a coincidence.

We know two things that very well may change the way you communicate over phones forever:

One: Google is having a press event tomorrow morning to unveil something exciting.  We don't know what.

Two: Users of Gmail are starting to see some exciting little extras in their Gmail chat MORE

99¢ TV shows coming Sept. 7 - report

Rather than a "best of TV" subscription service, Apple will be streaming programs a la carte

[UPDATE: The event is actually scheduled for Sept. 1. See here.]

Fuzzy rumors about Steve Jobs' next move in the TV market have been swirling for the better part of a year, but the picture snapped into focus on Tuesday.

A report by Peter Burrows, a veteran BusinessWeek reporter now writing for Bloomberg Businessweek, lays out the MORE

Samsung Galaxy Tab makes its video debut

It will show itself in Germany on September 2nd, but Samsung has released a sneak preview today.

The video was posted to Samsung's new Galaxy Tab Portal this morning.

Some other Android news from Samsung today:

Four ways the FTC's "Do Not Track" registry doesn't track

In theory, it sounds like a no-brainer. In practice, such a government-run registry could do more harm than good.

The Internet is an awesome free-for-all of services and content. It's also a terrifying space, one where bits of information about who you are and what you're doing continually float around like cyber flotsam and jetsam, only to be picked apart by outside parties for their own devices. As a result, privacy MORE

Apple's iTunes U enrollment soars

After a relatively slow start, downloads have tripled since Dec. 2009 to hit 300 million

Click to enlarge. Source: Company reports

iTunes U, which began as a modest extension of Apple's (AAPL) iTunes Store in May 2007, has grown into one of the world's largest catalogs of educational course material  -- with most of that growth occurring in the past eight months.

On Tuesday Apple announced that iTunes U downloads have now MORE

Samsung Galaxy Tab(let) to go mainstream?

With other big names like Motorola and HTC still at least a few months away from announcements, Samsung may be the first big name to market with a Google Android tablet.

Samsung Galaxy Tablet compared to phone

Samsung is expected to officially reveal their Android tablet on September 3rd at the IFA conference in Berlin. Gadget geeks are waiting with bated breath on any news of a first tier manufacturer who MORE

iPads for sumo wrestlers

The touch screen keyboards are better suited for fingers too thick for ordinary texting

Sumo wrestlers. Photo: Eckhard Pecher via wikicommons

Japan's ancient sport is getting a new toy.

In an effort to improve communication among its oversize wrestlers, the Sumo Association announced Monday that it was distributing iPads to its 51 sumo stables.

Apple's (AAPL) tablet was chosen, according to the Jiji news agency, because many stablemasters don't use computers and sumo MORE

How big companies can stop the brain drain

Across all industries, the best and brightest are striking out on their own to escape corporate bureaucracy. That need not be the case. Here's how big institutions can re-imagine themselves as centers of innovation

By John Hagel III and John Seely Brown

People are increasingly pursuing the jobs and endeavors for which they have the most passion. It is not a surprise then that many of the most passionate and talented individuals are leaving MORE

Google Mobile app pushes some iPhone love

In an update due later today, Google Mobile will now allow push notifications for email and calendars via its mobile app.

Announced on its Google Mobile blog, the Google Mobile App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad will now support push notifications of calendar events and emails. Both Gmail and Google hosted email for domains are supported.

This is an important development because Apple (AAPL), up until this point, has only allowed its own MobileMe MORE

Android tablets coming from everyone everywhere

Who isn't readying an Android tablet?

Motorola Tablet concept

In the past week or so, just about every technology company out there has announced or has been rumored to be carrying a Google (GOOG) Android-based tablet. Here's a list I've compiled below:

HTC is using Israeli-based N-Trig to build their Android tablet for shipment in time for holiday shoppers according to TheMarker. The timing may be tied to a dubious rumor MORE