Silicon Valley Hot List: C2SV tech and music festival featuring Robert Scobble, John McAfee, Brian Solis

C2SV (Create. Converge. Silicon Valley.) kicks off tomorrow (Thursday Sept 25) at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

How Microsoft can fix Surface

Here's what Microsoft needs to do with the Surface 2 to right the ship, and take a serious run at Apple and Google in the tablet market.

The AllThingsD split

Along with The Verge, Kara and Walt with the AllThingsD team, transformed our expectations when it came to quality independent publishing.

The redesigned “My Yahoo!” page is here

Mayer herself must have lent a hand on the design. Oscar de la Renta, reportedly her favorite designer, is one of several themes available as part of the new design.

Apple iOS 7 – Brought to you by a Lunatic with an Axe

Is Apple iOS 7 the worst design to ever come out of tech? "It appears to have been designed by a lunatic, and then hit with an axe."

Death of the video game console market greatly exaggerated

The big test of the health of the video game console market will come later this year when both Microsoft and Sony release nextgen versions of their market leading systems.

BlackBerry quietly goes big

Someone call HTC, because this new BB flagship is a dead ringer for the HTC One--the slim silver bezel at the bottom, in particular. But will anyone buy it?

Nexus 5 spotted… in a bar

Expect the new Google smartphone to sport Android 4.4, aka Kit Kat.

Bada Bing, flat logos are in

With its Bing search engine, Microsoft has adhered to the mandate. The new Bing logo, revealed today (but not yet live on bing.com), is about as flat and basic as it gets.

BlackBerry BBM for iPhone, Android faces tough competition

BBM is coming to Android and iOS. But the market for messaging services is far more competitive. There's at least one reason why BBM could succeed.