Apple's iOS Dips in Internet Traffic Market Share, Android Soars

From DailyTech: A new study from market research firm Quantcast offers some interesting insight into the state of the smartphone market. The study looks at trends in North American mobile internet use and how Apple's iOS (the iPhone, iPad), Android, RIM OS (Blackberry), and "Other"...

Microsoft Claims Silverlight Beats HTML5

From PC World: While acknowledging the importance of HTML5, Microsoft stressed this week that its Silverlight rich Internet technology extends the Web beyond what HTML5 allows.

Standards-based multimedia features offered by HTML5 have taken the spotlight lately from proprietary...

Google Pays $8.5M to Settle Buzz Privacy Lawsuit

From eWeek: Google will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that argued its Google Buzz social Web service violated users' privacy when it launched in February.

Google will shell out $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit with seven people who argued the Google...

Swedish Authorities Step up Battle Against File-sharers

From PC World: Swedish police have searched houses belonging to people suspected of illegal file-sharing in Stockholm, Haparanda and Östersund in the last two weeks.

The latest search was made on Friday in Östersund. Police impounded a computer and questioned a suspect, according to...

Arctic Cooling ARCTIC K381 Review

The world of technology has changed greatly within the last couple of decades -- from the good old video cassette player and monochromatic televisions, to the latest high definition LED backlit LCD flat panel televisions, Blu-ray players, and high performance surround sound systems -- it is so easy to overlook how far we have come. Many of us who are technology enthusiasts can relate to this, and I am no exception. I have...

Latest Skype Beta Offers Group Video Calls for 10

From PC World: The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people.

Skype 5.0 beta 2 runs on Windows and includes an updated user interface, the company said on its blog. The release doubles the number of people that can be included in a...

Toshiba debuts Android-powered Folio 100 tablet

From CNET News.com: Samsung's Galaxy Tab got a lot of the attention Thursday, but Toshiba had an Android tablet of its own to debut here at the IFA electronics show: the Folio 100.

Unlike the smaller Tab, the Folio bears more of an outward resemblance to Apple's iPad, the dominant...

Google and AOL renew long-term partnership

From InfoWorld: Google and AOL have renewed a long-term partnership that gives AOL Web properties access to Google search and advertising services.

The partnership, in place since May 2002 and renewed for the third time, provides revenue-sharing from AOL in exchange for search...

T-Mobile G2 to Pack Android 2.2 Froyo, Qualcomm "Scorpion" CPU

From DailyTech: If you're determined to get an Android slider on T-Mobile, then perhaps the upcoming T-Mobile G2 is the phone for you. However, its specs may change your mind.

The company's insider newsletter T-Mobile Scoop reveals that the HTC Vision, aka the T-Mobile G2, will be...

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