A PC Advisor poll of 1,507 site visitors has found that electronic ‘e-cards’ are now more popular than physical Christmas cards, with just under half (49.9 percent) reporting that they only sent e-cards this year. People’s reasons for ditching paper cards varied. Over a quarter (27.9...

One of the things many keen eyes noticed at the recent All Things D Mobile conference, where Andy Rubin, the father of Android, showed off a Motorola tablet prototype, was the lack of any hardware buttons on said tablet. Andy said that in the future he expects all smartphones and tablet like devices to be...

Ever wonder how our brains have evolved in the age of Facebook, Twitter and hundreds of “friends”? A team of researchers has found a link between the size of our amygdala, the epicenter of our emotions, and the size and complexity of our social networks. The bigger the amygdala, the bigger and...

MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta has confirmed in a Wednesday conference call that the News Corp.-owned social network has “entered into an agreement to acquire iLike,” following rumors earlier in the week. iLike’s co-founders will remain at the company and stay headquartered in Seattle; the...

Microsoft has struck a deal to bring Netflix’s streaming movie service to Windows Media Center, the companies said Tuesday. Netflix’s more than 12,000 “Watch it now” movies and TV episodes are only available to users of Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. XP users won’t be...