For the past several weeks, plenty of my friends have had the new Twitter interface featuring both Search and Trending Topics on the main page, but I had yet to see it. Today, I login to see that I’m finally special enough to get it as well — only to learn that it’s now officially Continue reading →

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Engadget recently posted an interesting story about an ultrasound device being developed for Windows Mobile phones. According to the article, two computer science professors at Washington University have created a USB ultrasound probe for Windows Mobile smartphones. The device could be used by traveling medical staff, emergency workers, in ambulances, and anywhere else there was a Continue reading →

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You may have heard that Windows Live recently added 20 new web services to their platform, one of which was Facebook. Now you can see Facebook status updates in your “What’s New” feed and your friends can see yours too, assuming you’ve configured the option. But one thing you may not have realized is that Continue reading →

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This afternoon Charles River Ventures partner George Zachary is sitting down for a one on one interview with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla whose other credentials include cofounding SpaceX and PayPal. The interview promises to be an interesting one – Musk hasn’t been known to pull any punches. Michael, who is attending the event, Continue reading →

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By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Validating the news we received last week of the existence of a virtualization layer, Microsoft this morning unveiled for MSDN and TechNet subscribers the first beta a new and special edition of its virtualization software specifically for Windows 7. Its first release candidate went live to those subscribers also Continue reading →

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By Tim Conneally, Betanews One year ago, market research firm In-Stat released a study that established the average home broadband connection in the United States. The study found that the comparatively small number of residential fiber customers against the high number of narrowband customers amounted to a national downstream average of 3.8 Mbps. Several months Continue reading →

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Venture capitalists weighed in on the investment potential of mobile application developers. Read the original article here

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When your favorite musician comes to your town, an ad based on your Facebook profile is a great thing. But how often does that happen? Read the original article here

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There have been a few attempts by state governments to force ISPs to block certain sites, and such attempts almost always end badly. Recently, for example, the state of Kentucky has been not just trying to block access to gambling-related websites, but to seize the domains in question. That failed when the courts pointed out Continue reading →

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According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Allergan’s branded Botox and other such drugs will be required to have stronger warning messages on their labels after breathing and… This is an RSS feed. Read the original article here

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BuddyPress, the side project of blogging powerhouse WordPress, has just hit version 1.0 and has officially launched. It’s basically a social layer that you can lay on top of your WordPress account or blog to give it some of the social network features that you’re already familiar with from larger social networking sites. Here’s what Continue reading →

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Mike Lamanna and Annuska perkind have taken it on themselves to design a mouse that enable special needs children to explore the wonderful world of the WWW. Watcht this clip and learn about their journey- pass it along and help others. Read the original article here

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Last year Microsoft announced that it would end support for Windows Live OneCare, and turn instead to develop a new, free security product, code named Morro.  We’ve heard that Morro has already been in limited alpha testing, that it’s based on the same security engine as Microsoft’s Forefront technology, and that most of the work Continue reading →

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We wrote recently about how an author and her lawyer appeared to be quite overaggressive in trying to enforce the trademark on the title of a book she had written. As someone pointed out in the comments on that post, as the story has grown more popular, many people are coming out of the woodwork Continue reading →

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By Jacqueline Emigh, Betanews PiSAT and its partner the Koinonia Foundation gave the K-Light its first big push at last night’s EcoFocus show in Manhattan, demoing how the soda can-sized solar device can morph from a lantern to a flashlight in just a few seconds when you remove the side handles and the piece on Continue reading →

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