I’ve got Flash in my pocket

Hey mobile phone, that's not flashiness to see me. And so it went. That's changing. Today, Adobe announced it would ship its ubiquitous technology that transforms standard Web pages into sexy bits of  motion for mobile phones. Currently, users need to rely on separate applications to play flash-based Web sites...

Sony launches new PSP, can it rival Nintendo in portable market?

The portable gaming market is a lucrative business, and just about the only game in town has been Nintendo with their DS system. Sony's PSP has never caught on with the masses. Instead, it's advanced hardware and larger size made it a favorite for movie watching on the go,...

No more 230 MPG, EPA to release new formula for electric cars

It was too good to be true. And too absurd not to evoke chuckles. The claims were intoxicating. 230 MPG for the Chevrolet Volt. 367 MPG for the Nissan Leaf. Step right up, place your order, and wave goodbye to Mid-East oil. But wait, not so fast. Finally the EPA is...

CNN iPhone app hits Apple store today, Wolf Blitzer would approve

The Apple iPhone app store is a mind-boggling success (witness all the copycats, including RIM, Palm and Google). The numbers are staggering: 2 billion downloads and 85,000 applications. Obviously choice is not a worry. Navigating the categories, and finding the best apps to use is a different matter. Part of...
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Google leads again as Internet video growth rockets

Two things won't surprise most people out of today's comScore Internet video usage numbers for August. Google again tops the charts with their family of video properties, namely YouTube, with about 40% market share. The next closest competitor? Microsoft, at 2.2%. That's domination. Or is it a monopoly? For those...

Moblin is here

At least it's here in beta form. Moblin is a slimmed down operating system designed for Netbooks. It has a nice glossy, Web 2.0 look to it. Dig deeper though and you'll discover a few things. First, it's actually based on Linux—the OS most likely to live in a garage...

Microsoft grabs .5% search market share in August thanks to Bing

According to comScore, Microsoft is making inroads against Google in the ever lucrative search market. In August, Microsoft's share grew half a percentage point to 9.3% of the total market. Even better, Nielson reported that Bing search volume grew over 20% in August meaning, perhaps, that more users are turning...

Microsoft starts free trials of Office Web Apps, belated response to Google Docs

Google has ruled the roost when it comes to free web-based productivity applications. But it was just a matter of time before Microsoft too would join the game. And it looks like that day is near. Free trials of Office Web Apps have begun as part of a technical preview...

Buying a Netbook? 2 reasons to wait…

You might just want to hold on to that Best Buy gift card a few weeks longer if you're in the market for a netbook (or regular laptop too). Windows 7, which promises to be everything Vista should have been (and the early reports are very positive), launches October 22nd. The...

TechCrunch50 winner RedBeacon: A Google for local services?

The news just came in, via Twitter of course: the TechCrunch50 2009 winner, from a field of 50 start-ups, is RedBeacon. Who? Well, chances are you haven't heard of them, or just about any TechCrunch50 participant for that matter. And that's the whole point. These are potentially the (really...