Oxford University gets quiet as students are banned from using Spotify
There’s nothing like ruining your ears by blasting your favorite tunes while studying up on photochemistry and reaction dynamics, but Oxford students will have to …
Internet
The Internet weighs around 450.5 billion kilograms?
This is just too weird not to post. CNET UK has reported that the Internet has a weight, and by taking the sum total of …
Comcast to enter 3G/4G cellular data market
Stateside ISP Comcast is ready to jump on the 3G/4G wireless data bandwagon — and how. The Comcast site is boasting 4G services for residents …
BlackBerry Internet Service down in North America again?
We’ve been hit with a flood of tips, signals of distress, and even violent outbursts about another possible BIS outage for BlackBerry subscribers. Verizon seems …
Opera 10 RC available now, release version coming September 1st
Among all of the great Web browsers out there, it seems like Opera manages to generate the most enthusiastic group of loyalists we’ve seen. No, …
Apple and Verizon rumored to be partnering up for Internet tablet
Much has been gathered about Apple’s standings in the market after the impressive show it put on yesterday evening. Now, hot on the heels of …
First non-Nokia Maemo device announced: Optima OP5-E
While the world waits with bated breath to see what will become of Symbian in the hands of the Symbian Foundation, another Nokia-owned OS is …
Skyfire Beta for BlackBerry released to testers
Try to compose yourselves, BlackBerry users. We know it’s hard, what with the knowledge that you’re now closer than ever to having a browser on …
Official Firefox 3.5 Final download goes live
Mozilla had made it known that today would be Firefox 3.5 day and it’s a good thing — if you’re like us, you just can’t …
Opera announces "Opera Unite", a web server within a web browser
Opera tantalized everyone last week with its proclamation that the Norwegian company was about to reinvent the Web. We were skeptical at best. Here we …
Opera to "reinvent the Web" on June 16th
Sorry Al Gore, your work here is done. The Internet as we know it will soon to be a thing of the past. No longer …
Nokia N900 pops up in promo video
Leave it to our eagle eyed readers to dig through the depths of YouTube and emerge with some sweet eye candy. During a purported presentation …
Comcast to match Cablevision, offer 100Mbps service
While Verizon maintains its FiOS service is way too cool to be bothered with things like speed upgrades, Comcast is apparently just about ready to …
AdMob issues April smartphone web usage report; iPhone dominates HTML, Symbian needs a new browser
AdMob, a leading mobile ad service provider, issues mobile metrics and analysis each month and today it has released April data. Key points from AdMob’s …
Napster re-re-launches as streaming radio/music store combo
Shawn Fanning has long since bailed but his brainchild, Napster, has just been re-launched again and this time Best Buy is at the helm. Whether …
Firefox to jump on the split process bus
While Google’s Chrome Web browser is still extremely young in terms of development, there are a few areas where it most definitely pushed browser technology …
Weekend rabble-rousing: Web sales tax bill may end free ride for eBay, others
The Rockefeller Institute, a research group tied to SUNY, said that sales taxes took a 6.1 percent dive in Q4 of 2008 and Q1 of …
AT&T sabotage plot thickens
The Fiber Felons? The Cable Crooks? The Manhole Mobsters? Whatever you want to call them, it’s looking more and more like an organized team carried …
Skyfire begins the hunt for BlackBerry alpha testers
BlackBerrys are great for a lot of things but web browsing just isn’t one of them. The default web browser really isn’t all that suitable …
AT&T becomes victim of sabotage in Northern California
Fiber optic cables are typically well-protected from damage or anything that would sever them. Early on the morning of April 9th however, fiber optic cables …
Samsung shares details on possible WiMAX device/tablet
WiMax is still around and kickin’, believe it or not, and Clear (formerly Clearwire, formerly Xohm) is planning to expand its networks soon. As such, …
Opera tells Forbes to calm down, no US carrier agreements at CTIA
Following a report from Forbes last Friday, Opera has stated publicly — at least in PR speak — that it denies suggestions of one or …
Microsoft to release Internet Explorer 8 today
Microsoft announced the availability of Internet Explorer 8 today and the preliminary reactions around the net have been pretty good. While betas and RC versions …
Yahoo US search share sputters, Google rebounds
Following a six-month upward trend for Yahoo’s US search market share, Bartz’s baby hit a brick wall in February according to comScore, sliding slightly from …
Alltel launches $40 wireless broadband plan
Alltel has reportedly launched a new $40 wireless broadband add-on option, a $20 drop from the regular $60 per month price tag. Customers must subscribe …
Omni Group sees the light, frees up four OS X apps
In the age of the internet, it seems like the surest way to prevent people from trying out your browser would be to charge for …
Apple releases Safari 4 beta
Apple has finally released its much anticipated Safari update this morning along with a host of performance upgrades and feature additions. Tagged Safari 4 beta, …
Rogers LTE launch details revealed; follow up
Yesterday morning we dropped some huge news regarding Rogers and its plans to deploy a new LTE network that will launch initially in Vancouver in …
Rogers LTE launch details revealed; 4G in Vancouver by February 2010
Rogers recently held a conference call ahead of its earnings call and you knew your pals at BGR would have all the goods for you. …
Yahoo’s share of US search market continues to climb while Google actually slides
Wait, what? Is that headline right? Indeed it is folks – if comScore’s January numbers are to be believed at least. The authority on web-watching …
