IBM Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano has said he plans to spend $20 billion on takeovers in the next five years as he aims to bolster the software business, IBM’s most profitable. Profit margins in software amounted to 84.6 percent last quarter, more than twice as big as in the hardware [...]
Want to know what’s been hot in the world of technology and gadgets today? Another great week of tech news sees hands-on photos, more iPhone 4G deets and the possibility of the iPod touch getting a 2-megapixel camera.
In photos, we get a clearer view of what Windows Phone 7 will have in [...]
Google has gone all out for Pac-Man’s 30th altogether celebrations by absolution the aboriginal anytime playable Doodle.
Head over to Google to yield a attending for yourself. It’s a mini, added adaptation of the classic, complete with the aboriginal sounds and of course, those infuriating ghosts.
Tomorrow is 30 years to the day that [...]
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These three simple frames from Gates and Jobs historic All Things D interview possess endless comedic possibilities. But while the whole set by Sad and Useless is pretty fantastic, we’re sure you can do even better……
The only catch—there was a template online to make things easier, but it appears [...]
The Motion Picture Association of American has obtained a preliminary injunction from a German court for CyberBunker, the ISP responsible for hosting Swedish website The Pirate Bay.
According to Torrent Freak the injunction, taken out against CyberBunker’s trading company – the strangely named CB3ROB Ltd and its boss Sven Olaf [...]
Skype has today released a beta version of its popular VoIP service that includes a preview of its new group video calling. For the time being it’s free, but Skype has admitted that it is part of a new premium service line-up, although no prices have yet been set.
In order to [...]
Clever sod of the week must surely go to Alec Brownstein, a 28 year old New York resident who, up until recently, was an unemployed copywriter looking for work.
Brownstein’s plan was to play upon the the guilty pleasure of Googling one’s self in order to bring attention to his details. He took [...]
If you’ve got the Spotify app on your iPhone, you may want to check that you’ve been updated to the latest version, 0.4.5, in order to take advantage of some brilliant new features.
Last month we told you how Spotify had added a load of new features into its music service, such as support for your [...]
The top priority this time for Big Blue—which famously dumped its personal computer business in 2004 to focus on consulting and services—is software. Mr. Palmisano wants that high-margin business to account for about half of the company’s pretax profit by 2015, up from just over a third in 2003.
In particular, Mr. Palmisano wants to sell [...]
Apple has introduced its new MobileMe webmail application in beta. Current MobileMe users can get involved by requesting an invite after signing in to their account. It seems that the war between Apple and Google for tech supremacy has a new battlefield – web email.
Apple announced the launch on its website. [...]
While most of the planet is excited to hear about McDonald’s being in line to be the first to use Facebook’s as yet unannounced geospatial tools (Ad Age), TechCrunch has the scoop on the tech based on perusing some not yet turned on code. Facebook confirmed there is a product (TechCrunch) [...]
An ARM spokesperson has blamed Flash and the abrupt emergence of tablets for the lack of smartbooks in the mobile marketplace.
“We thought [smartbooks] would be launched by now, but they’re not. I think one reason is to do with software maturity. We’ve seen things like Adobe slip — we’d originally scheduled for [...]
Google has updated its sophisticated text translation software for Android-based smartphones.
“The first Goggles translation prototype was unveiled earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and could only recognize German text,” explained Google spokesperson Alessandro Bissacco.
“Today Goggles can read English, French, Italian, German and Spanish and can translate [...]
Google has upgraded its popular search engine with a refined user interface (UI) that allows users to fully experience the “increasing richness” of the web.
According to company spokesperson Marissa Mayer, the upgrade effectively “showcases” the latest evolution in Google’s search technology.
“We’ve added contextually relevant, left-hand navigation to the page. This [...]
iPhone users will soon be able to pay for things simply by waving their phone in the air – something most of them are happy enough to do anyway.
Visa and DeviceFidelity have come up with a new technology, now certified by Apple, which combines a protective iPhone case with a secure [...]
Skype has launched new monthly plans for international calls to landlines and cellphones, and is expected this week to launch a video chat feature.
It says the plans, which cover 170 countries, give savings of up to 60 percent compared to Skype’s standard Pay As You Go rates.
Subscription plans are available [...]
Microsoft has created a new tool, Spindex, that aims to manage and aggregate social media information.
Unlike other aggregation tools, Spindex works on the basis of personalized trending topics. Via Bing, it seeks out useful information based on users’ interest in their friends’ messages and comments.
“It lets you find out more about [...]
