Some one has to say it
Scoble wants OPML: … Ye gods, it's time someone came out and said something. OPML is a really, really crappy format. Really crappy. I had massive headaches implementing OPML support for import/expo...
And when will there be a museum of blogging?
I suppose it's appropriate that we had a meeting about the future of media with old media and new, big media and small, mass media and personal at the Museum of Television & Radio's Media Center. The...
Dell, HP slam Intel, MS' 'erroneous' HD DVD claims
Our format's better. Isn't. Is. Isn't. Is. Isn't. Is... Backers of the Blu-ray Disc (BD) have hit back against "erroneous" claims from Intel and Microsoft that HD DVD is the superior next-gener...
Eolas Wins Round vs. MS in Browser Patent Fight
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected an attempt to invalidate a far-reaching browser patent controlled by Eolas, despite fears that the patent and others like it could lead to Internet ch...
Dell to stop free home delivery of computers
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will stop its practice of sending low-end computers to customers homes without charge in order to cut costs, the company said on ...
Google Search Tips 2005
Here are some search syntax basics and advanced tricks for Google.com. You might know most of these, but if you spot a new one, it may come in handy in future searches. — A quote/ phrase search can...
NASA Takes Giant Step Toward Finding Earth-Like Planets
Are we alone in the universe? Are there planets like Earth around other "suns" that might harbor life? Thanks to a recent technology breakthrough on a key NASA planet-finding project, the dream of a...
Sony cracks down on PSP hacks
Sony is engaged in a tug-of-war with hackers who keep cracking its PlayStation Portable software to unlock the device and run their own applications on it. — The company is preparing another update ...
MIT's One Laptop per Child Movement Sponsored By Google
MIT's One Laptop per Child Movement Sponsored By Google — MIT's plans for a $100 durable laptop to be distributed to the children of the world were announced today with pictures of the laptops and t...
The Trend Spotter
Tim O'Reilly built an empire on computer manuals and conferences that make sense of new technologies. Along the way he became the guru of the participation age. — Tim O'Reilly likes to walk in the...
MSN Search Plugins for Firefox
Internet Explorer is my browser of choice and I'm eagerly looking forward to the enhancements coming in IE 7. However, some of our customers prefer using Firefox and we respect that choice. Some dev...
More two-way CableCARD products
Last week I mentioned the Samsung TV with full two-way digital cable support. Samsung has more tricks up its sleeve, if this tidbit from This Week in Consumer Electronics is accurate: … The enabling ...
Half of all Xbox 360 owners will use Live - Bach
European launch titles to be announced 'in the very near future' — Microsoft executive Robbie Bach has predicted that half of those who buy an Xbox 360 will sign up for Xbox Live, despite the lack o...
Google Confirms Free San Francisco WiFi Plans
breaking.... Google is making a bid to build a San Francisco-wide free wifi network, according to company officials. The company today filed documents in response to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom'...
OPML "crappy" Robertson says
James Robertson: "Ye gods, it's time someone came out and said something. OPML is a really, really crappy format." — James, here's the deal. I really don't care about specs. I'm a user here. Whe...
Senators turning up heat on P2P pirates
WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Lawmakers pushed federal authorities Wednesday to crack down on peer-to-peer services that pirate copyrighted works, while one P2P operator told them pressure from th...
What's with them young whippersnappers?
Ottawa — Canadians illegally download 14 music CDs or other files from the Internet for every file they take from the web legally, a new recording-industry poll suggests. — The illegal downloading h...
Ray Kurzweil deciphers a brave new world
Ray Kurzweil was one of the most remarkable and prolific inventors of the late 20th century. — Now Kurzweil, who can claim credit for developing the first text-to-speech synthesizer and the first CC...
The view from the top
There is a growing acceptance of bloggers and blogging among mainstream media executives, although there are still lingering questions about the role of blogging as media and as to how it "fits" with ...
Site Performance and Improvement Update
We've been making a lot of updates and tweaks to our backend, as described at the beginning of the month. Most of these changes have been around speed and performance, and I hope that you've noticed ...
Google, UPN, and Baby Steps
Google's headline-inducing acquisition of "Everybody Hates Chris" is part of a larger deal than I realized when that TV pilot was first released on Google Video. Google has reportedly signed an agree...
A hand-held kiosk
When Travis Misurell arrived for freshman orientation at Montclair State University last month, he received the ultimate welcome gift. — School officials handed him a $250 Motorola cellphone - and t...
Dell extends XPS series, confirms 256 MByte memory requirement for Vista PCs
New York (NY) - In a press conference to unveil Dell's an extended and updates range XPS line of products, founder and chairman Michael Dell told reporters that for any computer to be "Vista ready," …
Blu-ray fires back at HD DVD camp, Microsoft responds
Calling the reasons cited by Microsoft and Intel for choosing HD DVD over Blu-ray "inaccurate," members of the Blu-ray Disc Association group issued that they characterized as "corrections" on a numbe...