The end result is pretty incredible and feels a lot like Google Maps. It uses vector graphics to keep lines and text nice and clean as you zoom in and out of bits and pieces of a presentation. Media also streams in as you go, so you can begin your presentation from wherever while big [...]

It could also be the groundwork for a more advanced YouTube viewing experience. The curtains on the player make for a neat decoration, but could also be placeholders for a more advanced 16:9 player that takes advantage of the increasing number of clips uploaded from shiny new HD video cameras.
Google Blogoscoped has unearthed a new [...]

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Of course, some or all–or none–of the above may be accurate. The hype cycle always works the
Mac faithful into a lather, and this time the meter is simply off the charts. The “brick,” as it’s being referred to, may shape up to be quite the story. (And Apple definitely could use a different [...]

And it’s not because they don’t like music. Quite the opposite, actually. The popularity of online streaming music sites, rise of music blogs, and skyrocketing digital music sales from places like iTunes, Wal-Mart.com, and Amazon.com show that young people are voracious music consumers.

The answer is, of course, not a chance.

“I often wonder about the 30-year-old [...]

Samsung Electronics is reconfiguring four divisions into two, in a move to bring its consumer products under one roof and its components business under another, according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal

Samsung’s consumer products division will be overseen by Choi Gee-sung, who manages the company’s cell phone business and is the former [...]

Cloudonomics Law #1: Utility services cost less even though they cost more.
Cloudonomics Law #2: On-demand trumps forecasting.
Cloudonomics Law #3: The peak of the sum is never greater than the sum of the peaks.

1. Is demand constant?
2. Is growth predictable?
3. Can demand be shaped?
4. Where are the users?
5. Is the application interactive?
Trying to [...]

Communications provider Comcast on Wednesday announced two new tiers of service for heavy residential downloaders, along with speed upgrades for subscribers of its existing services.

The speed bumps, which are being rolled out to 10 major markets between now and next year come at a cost. The somewhat confusingly named Extreme and Ultra tiers come [...]

The Trojan has been identified as Troj/Agent-HNY, Sophos said.
Sophos has not yet seen versions that run on
Mac OS X, the Apple iPhone, or other mobile devices.

Security firm Sophos warned on Thursday that e-mails being circulated on the Web that purport to offer a free
iPhone game instead are carrying a Trojan horse [...]

Over the last few months, there have been countless stories of cutbacks at companies large and small. Real people are losing jobs. For some, that means losing their homes or being forced to change careers. In this series, CNET News is telling the stories of many of the people on the receiving end of the [...]

In this video interview, Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook, talks with about managing Facebook’s hypergrowth. Heiliger is a rock star infrastructure geek. He was the CTO of Global Crossing at age 23, worked at Marc Andreessen’s Loudcloud and spent time as the head of Web engineering at Walmart.com.
During the interview, Heiliger [...]