A Special Font to Help Dyslexics? More Like Snake Oil.
The marketers for a typeface called "Dyslexie" claim the font can make reading "easy and enjoyable for people with…
A proposal to wrap the world's tallest building in a reflective fabric
As if the Burj Khalifa wasn't spectacular enough, a Dubai-based think tank has proposed a radical installation that…
Massive HTC Android Vulnerability Leaves Security Expert "Speechless"
"I am quite speechless right now," begins Artem Russakovskii over at Android Police as he posts about a "massive"…
Apparently, Android Is the Least Open of the Open Source Platforms
Sorry Android. You get by with having this reputation of being open but in reality you're the least open/most closed…
Nokia: Apple is a Closed Box, But "Google’s Open Box Still Has Flaps, and We Don’t Know What Those Flaps Will Do"
Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop today provided a glimpse into why they chose Windows Phone for their OS instead of Android,…
YouTube's Creative Commons License Lets You Remix Videos Like Crazy
Starting tomorrow, remixers will be able to mashup their favorite YouTube videos using a new Creative Commons license.
Google's Andy Rubin Takes a Pop at Steve Jobs on Twitter in Nerd Language
Android head Andy Rubin must've been pretty riled up by Steve Jobs' comments yesterday about the openness of Android,…
What "Open" Means to Google
This treatise was an email sent to Googlers about the meaning of "open" for Google. It's long, but if you use Google…
Android-Powered OpenMoko FreeRunner Spotted
OpenMoko built the first 100% open-source smartphone—hardware and software both—when Android was but a glimmer in Larry…
T-Mobile's App Program Will Not Include Android, Sidekick at Launch
Last month mocoNews revealed that T-Mobile was gearing up to launch an open app development program that would be…
Full-Screen Multitouch Mac OS X Is Here (But Not from Apple)
Click to viewIt's not from Apple, but it gives a pretty good idea of what to expect from them, especially knowing that…
OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface
The OpenMoko Neo Freerunner has been in the making since before the Jurassic period, but it looks like official word…
Archos Releases 604, 604 Wi-Fi Firmware Into to Open Source
Thanks to the fact that Archos used GPL and LGPL code in constructing their firmware for the Archos 604 and 604 Wi-Fi…
Open X Package Openers Now Cheaper, Still Great
These awesome Open X package cutters we wrote about two years ago has a pretty steep price drop. No longer $10, it's…
Sizemodo: iPhone vs. OpenMoko Neo1073
It's hard to tell how the open-source OpenMoko FIC Neo1973 smartphone compares to the Apple iPhone just by the two…
AIM Developer's Kit Available
I have a love/hate relationship with AIM. On one hand, the tech folks are great and they've done quite a bit to make…