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Everyone knows by now that tablets are killing the PC market, but nothing illustrates the situation better than a company like HP reporting a drop in second-quarter fiscal revenue and earnings.  HP published its financial results on Wednesday and said...

By now, all the developers who signed up to receive Glass prototypes should have the headgear in hand, so Google's ready to move on to the next phase. Over the next few weeks, the company will begin sending invitations to successful #ifihadglass applicants. Invites will come via Google+, so you'll need to have +Project Glass in your Circles in order to jump to the next step. Unfortunately, the Explorer program is closed, so it's a bit to late to submit an application now. Google's promised to keep you in the loop regarding future opportunities, though. Simply add your info at the source link below to sign up for updates. Filed under: Displays, Wearables, Google Comments Source: Project Glass (Google+), More Info Registration

Keep calm and carry on. (Credit: TMZ Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) It's not easy being the boss at 1 Infinite Loophole. Instead of traveling around the world to expand your business and inspire your troops, you go to Washington in order to expand narrow minds and perspire at the absurdity. You even have to find a polite way to answer Sen. John McCain when he demands to know why he's always having to update his iPhone apps. Doesn't he have a Senate aide for that? Still, Apple CEO Tim Cook emerged with nary a piece of stray fluff on his crisp white shirt, nor a dribble stain of sleepy boredom on his peculiar blue tie. But just when he thought it was all over, he was accosted by a question for our times. "Mr. Cook," asked the questioner, "Will we see a hologram of Steve Jobs at the next Apple convention any time?" Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Steve Jobs Hologram?? Tim Cook Doesn't Exactly Deny It - Watch More Celebrity Videos or Subscribe More Technically Incorrect ... [Read more]Related Links:Cook hits back at tax critics, says Apple pays its fair shareSenator John McCain pushes to end the cable bundleiPhone should come to the big screen in the fallApple CEO Tim Cook: Mobile payments still in their infancyHalo still in effect: Apple sees iPads as gateway to Macs

Seeing a “404 error” or the Twitter “Fail Whale” can really kill a good online buzz. Those kinds of service outages, though, occur on the Internet on a daily basis, as the latest numbers from Outage Analyzer illustrate. Over the last five months, there have been 1413 full outages worldwide, or about nine a day, and nearly 8000 partial outages, or 53 a day, according to figures from the free Internet service tracker. A full outage results when a web service is unavailable; a partial outage happens when only some of a service’s users are affected. The numbers are down from previous reporting periods, says Ben Grubin, director of product marketing for Compuware APM, which operates Outage Analyzer. But if you’re knocked off line for an hour or more, that trend isn’t likely to offer much comfort to you. While full-service outages get the most attention, a partial-service outage is more likely to occur and affect a limited number of individual web and mobile transactions while leaving others completely untouched, Outage Analyzer explained in its report. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

The mega-valuable company that makes your laptop is under congressional scrutiny this week for offshore tax-dodging. It all started in 1980, when Apple's California execs moved their operation to Ireland with a fake company with the codename "Waldwill Limited."Read more...

With a wire transfer of $451.8 million, Elon Musk has finally made good on his promise to repay the hefty loan Tesla received from the Department of Energy well ahead of its 2022 due date, beating even Musk's own five-year estimate. This comes on the heels of a very profitable first quarter, and is yet another sign the electric car maker is doing quite well on the greener side of things, despite a touch of bad press earlier this year. For more on what Tesla has to say about this milestone, check the press release after the break. Filed under: Transportation Comments

Last week, Microsoft's YouTube app for Windows Phone came under fire for not adhering to some of Google's requirements. The result was an ultimatum from Mountain View, requesting that Microsoft make the necessary tweaks by May 22nd or pull the app entirely. Today, which just so happens to be that aforementioned date, Microsoft has released a new version of its YouTube app for Windows Phone. This time around, video downloads are disabled -- users who already have the app won't retain this functionality, either -- but one important feature is still missing: ads. It's unclear whether Google approved of this update, though that does seem unlikely, but we've reached out to Microsoft for comment. In the meantime, WP users can nab the new app via the Windows Phone store. Update: Microsoft responded with the same line it gave to other news outlets such as ZDNet. It doesn't exactly address our questions, but it's proof that Redmond is in damage-control mode. Head past the break for the full statement. Filed under: Software, Mobile, Microsoft, Google Comments Via: ZDNet

Forget 3D-printed guns; here are some 3d-printed shotgun slugs

The unreleased Toshiba AT10LE-A has made the customary FCC stop, prompting rumors that an official announcement of this tablet is just around the corner. Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.