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Today in Tech: bin Laden news sets Twitter record, Sony Online hacked, too
May 3, 2011: 6:30 AM ETA curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you everyday.
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The BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930
Research In Motion announced a major update to its smartphone operating system, BlackBerry 7, and the first smartphone to come loaded with it, the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, due out some time this summer. The new device sports a 1.2 GHz processor, graphics processing unit (GPU), 768 MB RAM, 2.8-inch touschscreen, 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording capability, and 8 GB of onboard storage. The BlackBerry 7 OS itself should offer an easier and faster user experience and voice-activated search. No legacy support though, which means all current BlackBerry owners can't upgrade their devices with it. (Engadget and Boy Genius Report)
- News of Osama bin Laden's death sent Internet traffic through the roof Sunday night. Case in point: Twitter users shot off 5,106 tweets a second at the news event's peak -- second only to Japan's celebration of the 2011 new year -- while the average rate of tweets clocked in at 3,000 per second, a new record. (CNNMoney) More
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Today in Tech: iPad 2, Zuckerberg on SNL
A curated selection of the weekend's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
Actor Jesse Eisenberg hosted last weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live and was joined -- albeit briefly -- by none other than Mark Zuckerberg himself. The Facebook CEO, played by Eisenberg in The Social Network, popped in during the actor's introductory monologue, where among other things, he jokingly took credit for inventing "poking." Check it out. JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 31, 2011 3:00 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Andy Samberg, Egypt, Facebook, iPad 2, Jesse Eisenberg, Julian Assange, Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix, new iPad, Saturday Night Live, social network, WikiLeaks -
Apple deletes WikiLeaks App - Update
Has it found common cause with Amazon, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and Bank of America?
Igor Barinov's WikiLeaks App didn't get much attention when it appeared on the App Store last Saturday.
That's not a big surprise. After all, the iPhone app wasn't an official WikiLeak's project and it didn't bring much to the party. For $1.99 ($1 of which was apparently donated to Julian Assange's organization) you didn't get anything you couldn't MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Dec 21, 2010 8:13 AM ETPosted in: App Store, Apple, Bank of America, iPhone, Julian Assange, Mastercard, PayPal, Wikileak, WikiLeaks -
Today in Tech: Yahoo layoff details, Facebook, and iAds
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
"Chrome OS will be killed next year (or "merged" with Android). ... Chrome OS has no purpose that isn't better served by Android (perhaps with a few mods to support a non-touch display)." -- Gmail creator Paul Buchheit (Boy Genius Report and TechCrunch)
Unfortunately, Yahoo finally made good on all those layoff rumors by cutting roughly 600 jobs, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 15, 2010 7:59 AM ETPosted in: Air Force, Apple, Bain & Company, Barnes and Noble, Boy Genius Report, Cheryl Rosner, China, Email, Financial, Firefox, Glassdoor, Google, IBM, Japan, LivingSocial, Mobile, Mozilla, Nokia, Nook Color, Tablet, TechCrunch, TechSpot, Tron, WikiLeaks, Yahoo, Yahoo layoffs -
Today in Tech: iPad 2, Chrome OS netbook, and WikiLeaks
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
To prevent sensitive documents from leaking out in the future, Major General Richard Webber, commander of Air Force Network Operations, issued the "Cyber Control Order" to "immediately cease use of removable media on all systems, servers, and stand alone machines" on the Defense Department's network. Other military branches have made similar directives. (Wired) The first member of the MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 10, 2010 6:11 AM ET -
Today in Tech: RIM PlayBook, Groupon, Facebook
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web.
Groupon reportedly turned down Google's rumored $6 billion buyout offer because its board was concerned about anti-trust scrutiny from regulators. (Google is already knee-deep in two anti-trust investigations.) CEO Andrew Mason also says he wants the company to stay independent in the near future. (Tech Trader Daily and ABC News)
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 9, 2010 7:51 AM ET
A group of hackers MOREPosted in: Andrew Mason, Boy Genius Report, Cameron Winklevoss, Financial, Google, Groupon, iPad, iPhone, Mark Zuckerberg, Mastercard, Mobile, RadioShack, Tablet, WikiLeaks, YouTube -
Today in Tech: Google Chrome OS, 4chan attacks, and Salesforce
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
After some rumor and speculation, Google finally launched its Chrome OS web store, a marketplace not unlike Apple's App Store and Android's market, with roughly 500 free and paid apps, including Amazon's revamped web-based Kindle experience, The MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 8, 2010 6:00 AM ETPosted in: Barry McCarthy, DipDive, Financial, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Mobile, OnLive, Samsung Group, Tablet, WikiLeaks -
Today in Tech: iPad 2, Android 3.0, and Google ebooks
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
At All Things Digital's D: Dive Into Mobile last night, Android creator Andy Rubin revealed he and Nokia have discussed the idea of adopting Android as one of many alternatives for the handset-maker. Rubin also whipped out MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 7, 2010 6:47 AM ETPosted in: All Things Digital, Andy Rubin, Facebook, FrontierVille, Google, iPad, Mastercard, PayPal, ReadWriteWeb, Tim O'Shaughnessy, VentureBeat, WikiLeaks -
Today in Tech: Oracle, Amazon, and WikiLeaks
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.
"I remember him [Larry Ellison] very distinctly telling me one time: Bruce, we can't be successful unless we lie to customers. ... All the things that you would read in books of somebody being a leader, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 2, 2010 6:00 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Apple, BP oil spill, do not track, EasyPay, FTC, Larry Ellison, Living Social, Mozilla, Netflix, NYU, Old Navy, Oracle, Verizon, WikiLeaks, Yahoo -
Today in Tech
Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the Thanksgiving weekend's most newsworthy bits below.
"ChromeOS machines could immediately replace 60% of the Windows desktops in the corporate market." -- Linus Upson, VP Engineering of Google Chrome (Fortune)
Black Friday sales rose a meager 0.3% compared with last year. Despite thefts, MORE JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 29, 2010 5:47 AM ET
