Stories by Ian Paul

Sony's PlayStation Move: what you need to know

Sony will soon launch PlayStation Move, the company's highly anticipated motion control system that translates your real word movements into video game moves.

19 weird but real gadgets and gizmos

Take a walk on tech's wild side with some of the strangest, most original, and most bizarre gadgets you've ever seen. We've got vacuums for your lawn, swimwear that can charge your iPod, and grenades that don't explode but still go boom.

Microsoft Office 2010 technology guarantee: FAQ

Thinking about purchasing Microsoft Office, but you want to wait until Office 2010 comes out of beta? Don't bother; just pick up a copy of Office 2007 between now and September 30, and you'll be eligible to get a free upgrade to Office 2010, thanks t...

Microsoft: Windows 7 fastest-selling OS ever

Microsoft has sold 90 million copies of Windows 7 to date, making it the fastest-selling operating system in history, according to Peter Klein, Microsoft's chief financial officer. Klein made the comments earlier this week while speaking at the Morga...

Apple's iPad coming March 26?

Apple may ship the Wi-Fi-only version of the iPad on March 26, a little more than three weeks from now, according to the latest rumors. The new claim comes on the heels of a rumor from earlier this week that Apple had to delay the iPad launch because...

Google buys Picnik: 6 unanswered questions

Google on Monday announced the acquisition of Picnik, a photo editing Web site.

Palm's woes are all about image

Palm reported on Thursday that its sales are not going as well as expected due to "slower-than-expected consumer adoption of the company's products."

Does Facebook's newsfeed patent threaten social media?

Facebook has been awarded a patent for "dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network."

Apple reportedly bans overtly sexual iPhone apps

Apple reportedly has a new policy for its iPhone app store in which any application with "overtly sexual content" will be removed from the App Store, according to an e-mail obtained by TechCrunch. But just like countless previous times, this latest ...

Google Buzz: 10 changes I'd like to see

Google Buzz has generated a lot of controversy since its launch last week. Privacy concerns continue to dog the new social networking experiment, spammers are starting to move in on Buzz, and Google has rushed out several Buzz revisions in reaction t...

Google's big fiber play: What gives?

Google on Wednesday announced that it wants to "build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States." Google's proposed networks would service anywhere from 50,000 to 500,000 people with co...

Google Buzz: A privacy checklist

If you've heard of Google Buzz, chances are you've also heard about some of the privacy concerns that surround it. The social media service offers some cool ways to share photos, links, status messages, and more with fellow Google Buzz users. But if ...

Interactive textbooks headed to iPad, report says

Software developer ScrollMotion has been tapped to develop iPad-friendly versions of textbooks for education publishers like McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin, and Kaplan. Features that may make it into the iPad textbooks include video, interactive quiz...

Steve Jobs disses Apple rivals during Town Hall meeting

As if there wasn't enough frenzy surrounding Apple and its latest wonder gadget, the iPad, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made headlines this weekend for comments he supposedly made during a Town Hall-style meeting with Apple employees, according to Wired. Du...

Apple iPad: beyond the headlines

Since its launch on Wednesday, Apple's iPad has made plenty of headlines. So far, most of the coverage has been about the device's capabilities, the content it will display, and whether or not people will be willing to buy it. But, there are a few k...