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HP: WebOS Is Now an Open Source ProjectWebOS may be more tenacious that we thought. The Linux-based OS with a rocky history has officially risen from the ashes of HP’s TouchPad bungle to be reborn as an open source project. HP made the announcement Friday, in the wake of increasing speculation that we would all learn the fate o... Want to Use Xbox Live? First Agree Not to Sue MicrosoftMicrosoft just rolled out a big dashboard update to the Xbox 360. In addition to new voice and gesture controls, Microsoft has also updated its terms of service agreement with a new clause that prevents users from suing Microsoft in the event something unexpected happens to the Xbox 360 or the Xb... Zite, the Magazine That Reads You, Hits the iPhoneHot on the heels of Flipboard for iPhone and Google Currents, social news reader Zite released an iPhone version of its app Friday. Zite, which launched on the iPad in March, is a smart magazine that learns what you like to read, notes how long you spend reading it, and delivers more stories al... Top 8 iPhone Games for the Holiday Season1. Elf Command This time management game has players trying to deliver items like peppermints, trees, gifts, and other holiday-appropriate items out of the factory with the help of robot elves. Santa's upgraded his facilities, apparently. There are two conveyor bel... Will Apple iTV Trade the Remote for Kinect-Like Control?When Steve Jobs told Walter Isaacson in Jobs’s recent biography that he had “cracked” the secret to controlling an Apple TV set, most people assumed he was talking about Siri, the voice assistant in the iPhone 4S. But a new patent suggests he might have meant something... PlayStation Finds Its Groove with 2 Innovative Music GamesTwo new PlayStation games are blurring the line between music software and video games. Sound Shapes, for the soon-to-be-released PlayStation Vita is like a Super Mario — if all of your actions in the classic game painted its unique soundtrack. PixelJunk 4am, for PlayStation 3, uses the ges... Bored? Sit Back and Let EventGrabber Find the Perfect Events for YouThe Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: EventGrabber Quick Pitch: EventGrabber matches local events with your personality. Gen... How to Design the Best Navigation Bar for Your WebsiteDaniel Alves is the design director for the small business web design division at the digital marketing and web design company 352 Media Group. The navigation bar is the most important design element on a website. Not only does it guide your users to pages beyond the homepage, but it’s also the... Could the Fate of HP’s WebOS Be Revealed Today? [VIDEO]Today may be the day we finally learn the fate of HP’s webOS, the operating system that powers Palm mobile phones and HP’s ill-fated TouchPad tablet. According to one report, HP CEO Meg Whitman has called for an all-hands meeting this morning to announce whether the operatin... Community of Storytellers Build Online Library of Human ExperienceThe online project Cowbird is a place where storytellers can keep audio-visual diaries, write stories and collaborate with others in documenting “sagas” taking place in the world, like the Occupy movement. Artist and programmer Jonathan Harris’s labor of love, Cowbird aims to ... |