Bill Joy on Sun's downfall, Microsoft's prospects, green tech (Q&A)



Though he helped start Sun Microsystems, Bill Joy has been spent the last five years thinking a lot more about solar energy than about that other Sun. By Ina Fried

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Trillian chat app officially coming to BlackBerry



Makers of the Trillian multinetwork instant messaging app uttered their first peep about a beta version of Trillian 1.0 for BlackBerry. By Jessica Dolcourt

Digg lays off 10 percent of staff

One month after an executive shakeup that saw the departure of CEO Jay Adelson, social-news site Digg announced that it is laying off around 10 percent of its employees. By Caroline McCarthy

Worm spreading via Yahoo Messenger



A worm is spreading via Yahoo Instant Messenger Thursday that tricks people into downloading what they think is a photo from a friend but is instead malware that installs a backdoor on Windows systems and spreads to a victim's IM contacts. By Elinor Mills

Top 10 Mobile Trends of 2010, Part 1: Design & Development



Here is a three part series of the Top 10 mobile trends as called out by ReadWriteWeb. By Richard MacManus.

Part 2: Apps, Apps, Apps
Part 3: Emerging Markets

8 Best Android Apps for Health and Fitness



Spring has sprung, summer’s around the corner — it’s time to get outside and get in shape. By Jolie O'Dell

Apple to Shut Down Music Streaming Service Lala

In early December, Apple acquired streaming music service Lala. Just five months later, Lala is shutting its doors.

Oneforty

This is an exploding ecosystem of applications and services for Twitter -- way too many to keep track of! Your home on oneforty is your place to find, rate, collect and share the best tools for you, and to tell the world what you're accomplishing with Twitter.

Meet the Matrix, er, Elephant Trunk-Inspired Arm of Your Future Robot Overlord



Meet Festo, a prototype robotic arm that takes its design inspiration from the way an elephant's trunk moves every which way thanks to its series of highly flexible muscle segments. Clever? Yes. By Kit Eaton

How Third-Party App Makers Plan to Survive Twitter's New Ad Blitz



Twitter has finally decided to start making money. By Dan Nosowitz

Advice to Twitter developers

The Twitter developer community is aflutter about Twitter buying an iPhone application called Tweetie. The controversy is that Twitter is competing with other Twitter iPhone applications after encouraging developers to create these applications. By Guy Kawasaki

Future Drive Concept: The Electric Luxury Racer



Advanced electric drive, autonomous navigation and other technological advances will revolutionize the way we drive.

A Mobile Touchscreen Projectable On Any Flat Surface




This tiny projector casts images that you can click and swipe. By Darren Murph

Google Cloud print


Computer users who hate installing a new driver for each printer they use might want to keep an eye on the Google Cloud Print project. By Jeremy Hsu

Scott McNealy can still dish



Sun's former chief talks Oracle, Apple, Microsoft and how in his next company nepotism will be 'not a bug but a feature.'

Gmail gets drag-and-drop attachments


Google has put out a pair of small, but useful Gmail updates that make it both easier to use and more integrated with the company's free Calendar service. By Josh Lowensohn

Ning cuts staff



Uh-oh. Just a month after Gina Bianchini, co-founder of build-a-social-network service Ning, departed the company, it's cutting 40 percent of its staff and axing its free, ad-supported service. By Caroline McCarthy

Just Tweet It

Just Tweet It was created to make it easier for people using the popular micro-blogging service Twitter to find other “Tweeters” with similar interests.

Kylo and Loop advance web video on tv



More consumers are watching TV shows over the Internet using computers hooked up to their sets. But this can be a hassle. By Walter S. Mossberg

Yahoo wants Foursquare


You have to give Yahoo an A for effort, if perhaps the ultimate grade in its ongoing quest to buy hot mobile social network Foursquare is an F. By Kara Swisher

Heapr

Heapr is a search engine that aggregates results from Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, Flickr, and other sources in near real-time.

Quix

Quix is an extensible bookmarklet, that allows you to easily access all your bookmarks and bookmarklets, across all your browsers, while maintaining them in only one spot.

Viamente

A route planner that knows how to reduce your driving time to a minimum. It’ not only links between two points on a map, it also provides the shortest route to visit all your destinations.

How Apple killed the future of search


Today Google gets over 9.5 billion searches per month in the United States. In reality, it is not other search engines that should have Google concerned. By 237WallSt

iPhone Apps Need Low Starting Hurdles

Most mobile applications are used only intermittently, so they must be especially easy during initial use. In particular, upfront registration shouldn't be required before users experience an app's benefits. By Jakob Neilsen

Twitter grows up

The mircroblogging firm is making a huge shift in it's business strategy, starting with the fact that it now actually has a business strategy.

Using video to increase your Google AdSense earnings


This article shows you can increase your Google AdSense earnings by at least 12%.

Envisioning Your Future in 2020



Forbes magazine asked Frog Design to help them envision the future in 2020. By Sam Martin