Kai-fu Lee, who announced his departure from Google China last week, has cause the Internet to erupt with speculation on the reasons for his departure and future plans. News on this hot topic has been difficult to report, as many original sources are difficult or impossible for tech bloggers with limited resources to translate. However, [...]

Google just received a design patent for Google Search’s homepage. It took the US Patent Office over five years to approve this patent (D599,372) for the design of a “graphical user interface for a display screen of a communications terminal,” but Google’s request was finally approved yesterday. The company already owned a patent for its [...]

Online telephony service Skype will be sold by eBay to a group of private investors, possibly including Netscape founder Marc Andreessen’s new venture capital group, and the deal will be announced on Tuesday according to a report by a team of reporters from the New York Times… Tweet This Post

A little over a month ago, the next update to the iPhone firmware – OS 3.1 beta – was released to developers. With the updated firmware, there are a number of bug fixes and a few new features, including voice control over Bluetooth, copy and paste for phone numbers, vibration feedback when re-arranging screen icons, [...]

Hacker turned security expert Kevin Mitnick has been denied service by both his web host and his cell phone provider. HostedHere.net and AT&T argue that the barrage of hacker attacks on Mitnick’s accounts make them too difficult to defend. Said The Register’s Dan Goodin, “In asking Mitnick to take his business elsewhere, [the companies] seem [...]