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The Future Of... Clothes

15 June 2010, 4:04 pm by: ZDNET.com
Would you like to charge your mobile phone without ever having to plug into an electrical outlet? The University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University are both developing materials to enable the storage of energy inside clothing. ZDNet co...

iPhone 4 video calling

7 June 2010, 3:16 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs dials up a pal to demo the iPhone 4's new FaceTime video calling feature.

iPhone 4 camera features

7 June 2010, 3:09 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs reveals details of the new iPhone’s front and rearfacing cameras. New features include higher megapixels, LED Flash and HD video recording.

iMovie comes to the iPhone

7 June 2010, 2:42 pm by: ZDNET.com
Allowing users to edit and export full 720p HD video, Apple’s popular video-editing program will now run on iOS 4.

iPhone 4's new gyroscope

7 June 2010, 2:09 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs details the latest iPhone's gyroscope feature while showing off his skills at the game Jenga.

Netflix on the iPhone

7 June 2010, 1:20 pm by: ZDNET.com
Movie service announces a free iPhone app for subscribers to search and watch selections from their video library while on the go.

iPhone 4 unveiled

7 June 2010, 12:28 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO, Steve Jobs introduces iPhone 4 at the company¹s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Features include a new glass and steel design, a built in antenna and a higher resolution screen.

Google announces open-source video format WebM

19 May 2010, 1:48 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Google I/O in San Francisco, Google's Vic Gundotra unveils a new royalty-free video format called WebM. Google has partnered with software developers Mozilla and Opera to support the encoding technology in their browsers. The format is based on t

Cloud panel: Interoperability a mandate for virtualization

29 April 2010, 3:14 pm by: ZDNET.com
At the Interop conference in Las Vegas, panelists discuss the issue of portability within the cloud. Simon Crosby of Citrix says nobody is served by proprietary stacks and touts the open virtualization format. Randy Rowland of Terremark adds that th...

Microsoft demos new 'social' phone

12 April 2010, 2:18 pm by: ZDNET.com
At a press event in San Francisco, Microsoft's Robbie Bach and Derek Snyder unveil the Kin mobile phones. Based on the Windows 7 operating system, the new phones will have extensive social networking built in and will also be able to access the Zun

Apple unveils iPhone OS 4.0 with multitasking

8 April 2010, 5:08 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces multitasking support in the newest iPhone operating system. Users will finally be able to switch back and forth between applications like Pandora and Skype without having to shut down the app entirely to enter a new one...

Apple takes on Google in the mobile-ad business

8 April 2010, 5:05 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces iAd, a new mobile-ad platform that will enable developers and corporate marketers to include interactive ads in iPhone applications. App makers get a 60 percent share of advertising revenue. Apple gets the rest.

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 brings folders for apps

8 April 2010, 3:41 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs demonstrates folder creation for organizing apps in the new iPhone operating system due out in the summer.

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 unifies in-box, enables threads

8 April 2010, 2:55 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces new iPhone mailbox features that allow users to organize multiple e-mail accounts and individual messages by thread.

Apple?s iPad launches in New York City

5 April 2010, 9:36 am by: ZDNET.com
CNET?s Natali Del Conte covers the New York City launch of the Apple iPad at the flagship cubed Apple Store on 5th Avenue.

Gowalla CEO: Bringing in users with free burritos and NBA tickets

1 April 2010, 4:35 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Where 2.0 in San Jose, Calif., Gowalla CEO Josh Williams talks about the company's latest promotions to bring in more users to its service. He says the company is teaming up with Chipolte and the New Jersey Nets to attract mobile users to their b

Yelp seeing real success with augmented reality

1 April 2010, 4:02 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Where 2.0 in San Jose, Calif., Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman talks about the company's launch of Monocle, an augmented-reality application for the iPhone that enables users to combine Yelp reviews with the physical world.

A case study: The danger of 'freemium'

31 March 2010, 11:37 am by: ZDNET.com
At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut discusses the abuse that ensued after his e-mail marketing service Mailchimp started using a "freemium" model for his business. While user base grew 240 percent in seven months

Reaching impenetrable markets with freemium

30 March 2010, 3:53 pm by: ZDNET.com
At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, Box.net CEO Aaron Levie talks about the benefits of using freemium as a business model. He says, freemium strategies provide, faster traction, increased customer retention, and they force owners to deliver a b...

Tech execs talk up iPhone 'freemium' models

30 March 2010, 11:16 am by: ZDNET.com
At the Freemium Summit in San Francisco, mobile phone developers discuss how they?re using a freemium business model to attract users and monetize revenue to their iPhone apps. The freemium model is well suited to the mobile platform because Apple al...

Future of? airplane service

18 March 2010, 3:29 pm by: ZDNET.com
Virgin America is trying to take airplane service to new heights by creating on-board features that cater to the techie in all of us, whether it's texting a fellow passenger from your seatback, choosing food through an online ordering system, or con

FBI director stresses cooperation with private enterprise

5 March 2010, 11:39 am by: ZDNET.com
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, FBI Director Robert Mueller highlights the importance of a coordinated response to cybercrime, encouraging businesses to work more closely with the government. Mueller assures companies that reporting breaches...

Homeland security secretary outlines latest online efforts

4 March 2010, 11:39 am by: ZDNET.com
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano discusses three efforts underway to ensure the security of the nation's cyberinfrastructure. This includes the development of National Cybersecurity Incide

Security experts on next cyberwarfare steps

4 March 2010, 11:21 am by: ZDNET.com
At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Richard Clarke, chairman of Good Harbor Consulting, and Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, share their...

Cryptographers discuss wisdom of 'foolishness'

3 March 2010, 9:22 am by: ZDNET.com
At the RSA conference in San Francisco, a panel of leading cryptographers reveal some of the lessons they have learned while making seemingly imprudent decisions. By going against the grain, new objectives can be made and boundaries overcome.

White House reveals latest cybersecurity plans

2 March 2010, 2:17 pm by: ZDNET.com
At the RSA conference in San Francisco, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt announces the availability of a summary of the Obama administration's Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Schmidt says the new plan will help

Future of...parking

1 March 2010, 10:39 am by: ZDNET.com
Parking can be a real hassle, whether you're fumbling for change for the meter or just trying to find an empty spot. San Francisco-based Streetline has developed networking and sensor technologies that enable users to pay their meter fees from their

Bloom Energy unveils the Bloom Box

24 February 2010, 4:51 pm by: ZDNET.com
KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy touts his new Bloom Box fuel cell at a press event in Sunnyvale, California. The technology is designed to be stacked into small blocks and housed in a unit about the size of a refrigerator.

The Steve Jobs effect

18 February 2010, 10:03 am by: ZDNET.com
Daring Fireball editor John Gruber talks about the CEO's effect on Apple over the last 25 years--from the time of his ouster, to his subsequent return. Gruber offers an equally optimistic and pessimistic take on what his eventual departure will mean

The future of...thermostats

16 February 2010, 8:20 am by: ZDNET.com
The household thermostat has always been difficult to program--wasting energy and driving up your utility bill. But ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das explains how new networking technologies will one day connect your thermostat and meter to your PC so you...

Yapper: New tools to build iPhone apps

11 February 2010, 4:58 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Macworld 2010, Sachmanya co-founder Chintu Parikh demos Yapper, a new do-it-yourself software program that allows developers to create an iPhone app without knowing any programming code.

Macworld 2010: Quickoffice launches cloud services on iPhone

11 February 2010, 3:48 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Macworld 2010, Gregg Fiddes and David Halpin of Quickoffice demonstrate the company's new mobile productivity application for Apple's iPhone. Users are able to read and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents and access cloud services like D

Macworld 2010: Controlling a telescope via iPhone

11 February 2010, 1:49 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Macworld 2010 in San Francisco, Tim DeBenedictis, product architect of Carina Software, unveils the company's SkyVoyager iPhone app, which enables users to find stars, clusters, and galaxies in the night sky. He also demos SkyFi, a device that of

The future of... data encryption

1 February 2010, 1:12 pm by: ZDNET.com
Digital memories are long. Emails, images, and documents sent today can resurface years from now, but new software could help ensure that what happens online, doesn't have to live there eternally. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das explains how 'Va

Apple shows off word processing software for iPad

27 January 2010, 4:20 pm by: ZDNET.com
Philip Schiller, senior vice president of product marketing, demos the company's productivity app iWork and offers a peak at word processing on the new iPad.

A look at video on the iPad

27 January 2010, 3:10 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs talks up the iPad's video features, including YouTube streaming and the ability to watch movies and TV shows via the iTunes Store.

Apple, Major League Baseball team up on iPad app

27 January 2010, 2:20 pm by: ZDNET.com
At an Apple press event, Chad Evans, director of mobile development for MLB.com, demonstrates the league's new iPad baseball software. The app allows users to interact more with the game, including animated play-by-play action, statistics, and live

Apple, Major League Baseball team up on iPad app

27 January 2010, 2:20 pm by: ZDNET.com
At an Apple press event, Chad Evans, director of mobile development for MLB.com, demonstrates the league's new iPad baseball software. The app allows users to interact more with the game, including animated play-by-play action, statistics, and live

Apple takes on Amazon with iPad e-reader features, bookstore

27 January 2010, 1:53 pm by: ZDNET.com
At an Apple press event, CEO Steve Jobs shows off the company's new iBooks app. Users can now browse, read reviews, read a sample excerpt, or just buy books--and the book downloads to a virtual "book shelf." The software has the support of

Apple takes on Amazon with iPad e-reader features, bookstore

27 January 2010, 1:53 pm by: ZDNET.com
At an Apple press event, CEO Steve Jobs shows off the company's new iBooks app. Users can now browse, read reviews, read a sample excerpt, or just buy books--and the book downloads to a virtual "book shelf." The software has the support of

iPad's bottom line: specs and price

27 January 2010, 12:24 pm by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs sums up all the features and pricing of the new Apple tablet.

Steve Jobs demos iPad Web-browsing features

27 January 2010, 11:35 am by: ZDNET.com
Apple CEO Steve Jobs sits down with the new Apple tablet and shows off its Web-browsing, e-mail, and keyboard features.

Apple introduces the iPad

27 January 2010, 11:07 am by: ZDNET.com
At an Apple press event, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPad. The new mobile device is a half-inch thin and weighs 1.5 pounds. It's powered with a 1GHz Apple A4 chip and comes with 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. The new device plays m

As Sun acquisition closes, Oracle outlines new vision

27 January 2010, 10:12 am by: ZDNET.com
Oracle President Charles Phillips unveils the company's new systems strategy in front of analysts at its headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif. Phillips says the company is looking to model itself after the 1960s IBM by working on building complete

IDC predicts top tech for 2010 IT recovery

15 January 2010, 1:23 pm by: ZDNET.com
Senior editor Sam Diaz talks to IDC Chief Analyst Frank Gens about the technologies he believes will drive a small IT recovery in 2010. He points out mobile, business applications, and cloud computing as three core drivers of innovation and explains...

Microsoft highlights new devices at CES 2010

7 January 2010, 10:04 am by: ZDNET.com
At CES 2010 in Las Vegas, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage and highlights some of the key devices and technologies the company will be launching in the coming year. He demos a new slate PC from HP running Windows 7 as well as some new Wind...

Google demos 'Earth' app on new Android OS

5 January 2010, 3:57 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng demos Google Earth for Android. The new app mirrors the Google Earth application on the desktop. The app also supports the voice features in Google Earth, searchin

Google introduces the Nexus One smartphone

5 January 2010, 2:37 pm by: ZDNET.com
At Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google VP of Product Management Mario Queiroz and Android Senior Product Manager Erick Tseng demo the new Google Nexus One smartphone, or as he calls it, "superphone." The new phone is mad

Tech predictions for 2010

22 December 2009, 8:48 am by: ZDNET.com
Is 2010 the year we?ll see the long awaited Apple "iTablet?" What will be the big trends that will capture the attention of techies in 2010? ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about the tech themes and product an

The decade in tech: Top 5 stories of the 00s

15 December 2009, 9:34 am by: ZDNET.com
From the Google IPO, to the rise of social networking, it's been an important decade for tech innovation, CBSNews.com Executive Editor Charles Cooper talks to ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan about the five most important tech events of the decade

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