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These are the carrier’s first Android smartphones to run on its 4G LTE network. They will be on the market Nov. 6. On that day, AT&T will also launch 4G LTE services in four new markets — Boston; Washington; Baltimore; and Athens, Ga. The Galaxy Skyrocket will be priced at US$250 with a service agreement, well above the $200 [...]
Ubuntu is already the leading Linux distribution on desktop PCs, according to DistroWatch, and now it’s set its sights on tablets, smartphones and even TVs as well. So said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth Monday morning at the start of the Ubuntu Developer Summit taking place this week in Florida. Calling the move “probably the most significant broadening of scope in [...]
Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) unveiled a software update for Google TV on Friday that includes a slew of apps. These are based on Android 3.1, Google spokesperson Jacques Herbert told TechNewsWorld. This is the latest version of the so-called “Honeycomb” release. An update based on Honeycomb has been expected for a while. Sony (NYSE: SNE), a long-time Google TV partner, [...]
Disney CEO Robert Iger will remain in his job through March 2015 and then serve as executive chairman for another 15 months to help break in a new chief executive, the company said Friday. The definite end to what will be a decade-long tenure suggests the eventual promotion of one of his two closest lieutenants, either [...]
The link between open innovation and open source has long been documented. That there is a significant correlation is obvious and not arguable, but to what extent is there causation? And in what direction? Open innovation describes a process, whereas open source — as well as its predecessor, free software — has traditionally described a product or [...]
Adolescents growing up in a digital, highly mobile world are increasingly coming to grips with questions of ethics and behavior, with mixed results. On the one hand, cyberpranking and cyberharrassment have increased. On the other, more kids are willing to intervene when they see cyberharrassment. For example, 34 percent of respondents to a recent survey on [...]
Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) this week made a slew of announcements around the programming language and computing platform Java, which it acquired when it purchased Sun Microsystemsin 2009. At the JavaOne conference, Oracle disclosed a roadmap for Java Standard Edition (SE) on Mac OS X. The company also announced that it’s working on Java SE 8, which it will release in [...]
There’s never been a movie studio with an unbroken streak of hit movies like Pixar. From the original “Toy Story” to “Finding Nemo” to “Cars,” “Ratatouille,” and “Toy Story 3,” the animation wizards at Pixar have won over the industry, forcing Hollywood to change how it makes films, and it’s made billions in the process. [...]
A hacker facing trial on charges that he and a cohort conspired to break into an AT&T Web site for 3G iPad users told CNET today that he will fight the charges “to the end.” Andrew “Escher” Auernheimer, 26, was indicted several months ago on one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computers and one [...]
A lawsuit filed last week by software company Droplets takes aim at Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and YouTube for infringing on its patented Web technology. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, the Droplets suit alleges that the group of tech giants infringe on one or more [...]