A new beta app for Android 2.2 has been released that allows for the automatic selection of installation locations on devices running Android 2.2, as the latest version of the operating system allows for app installation onto memory cards. The application also allows for manual selection of install locations and is a remedy for previous [...]
Employee reduction costs once again took a hit to Verizon Communication’s earnings, which it announced on Friday morning before the market opened. The telecommunications giant reported a loss of 7 cents in earnings per share (EPS) related in part to $2.3 billion in costs related to severance pays for voluntary buyouts. Excluding those costs, profits [...]
What’s better: short trains that leave frequently, or longer trains that leave less often? Given Google programmers’ philosophy of releasing products early then iterating often, it’s no surprise that higher frequency is preferred. Thus the announcement Thursday that Google will speed up the release cycle of its Chrome browser. New stable versions of Chrome today [...]
Smartphones are hot, but it’s the mobile applications that make the devices so appealing to wireless subscribers. Discovering new applications and figuring out which ones to use are not as easy as it sounds. A couple of readers have asked questions for help. And I’ve enlisted the help of CNET mobile-app expert, Jessica Dolcourt to [...]
Editors’ note: Each day for past 10 business days, CNET personalities you know and love have published slideshows of their 10 personal favorite iPhone apps. Today markes the tenth and final of these posts. Next week, we’ll collect the full list of 100 apps and announce the 10 that you, our readers, love the most. [...]
At the MIT Media Lab, innovation and solving age-old problems is a daily exercise. One interesting project in the works is a folding car that is enabled in large part by the fact that its powertrain would be distributed between its four wheels instead placed in the heart of the vehicle. And while the car [...]
It’s no secret that we bloggers here at GeekTech are massive Lego fans. In the past we’ve looked at a whole host of geeky Lego achievements, including a Lego printer, a rather blocky iPad and a Lego-made robot which will solve your Sudoku puzzles. But what else is out there in the wider world of [...]
Now that SAP’s roughly US$6 billion acquisition of Sybase has gained clearance from European regulators, it may not be long before the deal is finalized. With that in mind, users and partners of the companies have much to consider during the next few months, analysts say. SAP will gain a comprehensive set of technologies for [...]
If you’re a Netflix streamer, you may have heard of the Roku Netflix Player, a device that streams your Netflix videos to your TV. Although the device received praise for its simplicity and solid performance as a video streamer, Roku noticed an increasing trend of consumers streaming not just their movies, but also their music [...]
Like most Scott Pilgrim fans, I’ve already devoured the graphic novel series (and am preparing for a re-reading now that the final volume has come out); I’m eagerly awaiting the Edgar Wright-directed movie, which debuts next month; and am no less interested in the classic side-scroller game that’s destined for consoles later this summer. Until [...]
