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The New York Times has long been the most-visited newspaper site on the Web, but Britain’s Daily Mail is making a run at its crown. According to figures from tracking firm comScore, the Mail Online surpassed the Times in unique visitors in December — 45.35 million for the Mail to 44.8 million for the Times. Not so fast, said the Times. [...]
Nokia Oyj reported a 73 percent fall in fourth-quarter earnings as sales of its new Windows Phones failed to dent the dominance of Apple Inc’s iPhone or compensate for diving sales of its own old smartphones. The world’s largest cellphone maker by volume unveiled a year ago a major strategy shift to Microsoft Corp software for its smartphones [...]
Netflix Inc won back Wall Street’s affections on Thursday after adding more U.S. subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter, a rebound that prompted analyst upgrades and the company’s biggest one-day stock jump in two years. The Los Gatos, California-based company’s shares soared 23.5 percent to $117.40 in afternoon trading. Shares had dropped to a [...]
Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social media platform will handle issues offree speech as it rapidly expands its global user base. Until now, Twitter had to remove a Tweet from its global network if it received a takedown request from a government. But the company said in a [...]
The iPhone 5 will feature a larger screen than current models, according to a recent report attributing the information to an anonymous source at gadget manufacturer Foxconn. It may also debut as early as this summer. If word about the larger screen is accurate, it will mark the first time the iPhone’s display exceeds its [...]
If you have good upstream speed and adequate bandwidth but you still don’t get a good picture, cause a stink at your ISP. I had an occasion recently when the TV and Internet splitter used for my cable connection was discovered as being TV-grade, not Internet grade. Replacing it and changing out the three-year old [...]
The theft of code related to Symantec security products has compelled the vendor to warn customers, urging them to take various measures up to and including disabling the application pcAnywhere. New versions of the application will receive patches, but customers who can’t upgrade may need to shut off the software to avoid the risk. Symantec (Nasdaq: [...]
“For every ‘geeker girl’ there are probably 100,000 that only want to use a PC long enough to get the job done and get away from the stupid thing,” said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet. In the end, “as long as there is a decent workplace so if little Sally wants to be a programmer she can, [...]
Apple has its self-explanatory fruity logo, Microsoft has its stained-glass banner, and Linux has its floppy, friendly, ever-cheerful penguin Tux as its team mascot. But after 20 years of existence, does Linux benefit from the Tux logo? Some say Tux is a perfectly fine way to represent Linux as a whole; others call it “cartoon-y” [...]
January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) will be the last one Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will attend. Announcing its decision on Wednesday, Microsoft’s Frank Shaw said the company’s product news milestones generally don’t align with the timing of the show, which is regularly held in January. “Microsoft was faced with announcing Windows 8 a month before they want to [...]