- Remembering Andrew Fluegelman, a Quiet Giant of the PC Revolution
A recently-uncovered video and an awards ceremony pay tribute to Andrew Fluegelman ? programmer, editor and radical thinker.
- The Knowledge Graph: Google?s Next Frontier for Search
Google's major new search technology, launching today, aims to understand millions of things -- not just strings of characters.
- Browser Wars on iOS? Seems Unlikely
I'd love to see Google's Chrome browser arrive for iOS devices. I'd be even more thrilled if an all-out browser war broke out on Apple's mobile operating system, with multiple players going all-out to win the hearts and minds of users.
- Battle of the Steve Jobs Movies
Sony snags screenwriting superstar Aaron Sorkin to write its screenplay about Apple's cofounder.
- Now Flipboard Does Audio, Too
The "social magazine" for iPad and iPhone now has a slick audio player and content from Soundcloud and public radio.
- Wilson Electronics Aims to Boost Spotty 4G
Sleek 4G cradles are designed to fill in weak spots and dead zones in Verizon and AT&T's LTE coverage.
- Fact-Checking Digitimes, the Taiwanese Apple Rumor Source That Keeps Crying ?Wolf!?
This electronics site's Apple rumors consistently make news -- but are wrong far more often than they're right. Why does everyone continue to take them seriously?
- Match the Yahoo Memos with the Pollyannaish Sentiments, 2007-2012
Yahoo executives keep sending out memos to the troops saying things are going to get better. Can you tell which ones it distributed when?
- Yahoo Mess: More Proof That Media Companies Don?t Know Anything About Dealing with the Media
Why didn't Yahoo understand how to communicate with the outside world about the crisis over its CEO Scott Thompson's false computer-science degree?
- Qualcomm?s Tagg: Like ?Find My iPhone? for Your Dog
This collar-mounted gizmo uses GPS to help you track down pets who have roamed too far from home.
- Passpoint Aims to Take the Hassle Out of Hotspots
The Wi-Fi Alliance wants to make roaming between hotspots as simple as bopping between cellular towers.
- Buy a Cadillac, Get an iPad
Cadillac's new luxury sedan will teach buyers about its infotainment system by letting them explore its features on Apple's tablet, which is included in the car's price.
- New Google+ for iPhone Is a Slick Wonder (Still Needed: a Decent Google+ for iPad)
The all-new version of Google+ for Apple's iPhone is outstanding. Too bad Google+ remains a profoundly unsatisfying experience on the iPad.
- This Phone Is All Firefox, All the Way
Mozilla is showing off an early version of Boot to Gecko, its effort to build a mobile operating system built on web technologies.
- Virgin Mobile and Boost?s Not-Quite-New 4G Android Phones Make Prepaid More Palatable
Sprint's prepaid brands get two of Sprint's 2011 phones at a reasonable price.
- HP Introduces New Ultrabooks and Sleekbooks (But Let?s Just Call Them Notebooks, Shall We?)
HP has a thin-and-light notebook for almost everybody. But you can't tell the Ultrabooks from the Sleekbooks from the notebooks.
- Android Update Delays: AT&T CEO Passes the Buck...to Google
Who's responsible for slow updates for Android phones? AT&T's head honcho says that Google ultimately calls the shots.
- Color?s Video-Sharing App: Now Optimized for Verizon
The company best known for being well-funded and getting off to a bumpy start is partnering with Verizon to deliver better live video from smartphones.
- Everything Allen Needed to Know About Windows 95, All on One Page
A long-lost 1990s instruction sheet neatly sums up computing and the Internet in a long-ago era.
- Flipboard for Android: Coming Soon (as Long as You Buy a Galaxy S III)
Samsung's new superphone is getting one of iOS's best apps, ahead of the Android pack. 
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