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Google’s Nexus One smartphone is the flagship of the Android fleet. Sold by Google itself via its online store, the phone was unveiled in January for use on the T-Mobile network, with future versions planned for other carriers. On...

While the browser didn’t seem particularly zippy, it offers plenty of features that make it an appealing alternative to Safari. Here at South by Southwest Interactive, I finally got a little hands-on time with Opera Mini for the...

Microsoft today released the Windows Internet Explorer Platform Preview to the public. The release is meant to demonstrate the capabilities of Internet Explorer 9 to Web developers while at the same time providing feedback to the IE9...

Although still engaged in talks with the Chinese government over the issue of censorship of its Chinese-language search engine, signs are increasing that Google could soon close the search engine. According to Financial Times, with talks at...

Ex-Sun man Tim Bray has joined Google and started as he means to go on, with a blistering attack on the iPhone. Bray, the co-inventor of XML, was one of a number of Sun execs to jump ship after the company was taken over by Oracle. “I’d...

The iPad officially became available for pre-order earlier today and while plenty of you are still debating about whether or not to pre-order, it appears as if the device might already sold 51,000 units in just two hours via pre-order. Wow. If...

Google to stop censoring web results in China? Google may cease its censorship of search results on the web in China over the next few weeks, according to slips from unnamed sources. While contacts for the WSJ claim the search engine giant...

“And it’s about damn time!” Sorry, that was just my excited utterance upon reading Thursday morning’s AppleInsider story about iPhone OS 4.0. It cites “people with a proven track record” in claiming that...

The formidable triumvirate of Amazon, Dell, and Google is apparently poised to give iTunes the first serious run for its money just as the iPad is about to take Apple’s downloadable media megastore where no computer has gone before. Engadget...

OnLive is a gaming service which promises to deliver high quality, graphics-intensive PC games straight to your crappy netbook, allowing them to run smoothly and at high resolution. The way it’s been demonstrated to me is that you’re...