Advanced browser gives taste of Web 2.0
A cutting edge Firefox-based Web browser dubbed 'Flock', which integrates next-generation Web technologies such as RSS content feeds, blogs and bookmark and photo sharing, was launched today. — The ...
Guess what just turned 34?
It's difficult to pin down the exact origin of email, but in October 1971, an engineer named Ray Tomlinson chose the '@' symbol for email addresses and wrote software to send the first network email. ...
Google 3rd-Qtr Net Jumps as Advertising Sales Surge (Update2)
Listen — Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., the No. 1 Internet search engine, said profit jumped sevenfold, surpassing analysts' estimates, as new mapping and instant messaging features attracted us...
What Obstacles Exist for Online Journalism?
What obstacles exist for online journalism? — That topic will be on the minds of attendees at the Online News Association's annual conference next week in Manhattan. — Unfortunately, the major obs...
Cliff Notes From the Blog World
Blog addicts overwhelmed by information may have found their savior. — Memeorandum, which started with a focus on political blogs in 2004 and launched a technology version just weeks ago, aims to be...
Small company makes big claims on XML patents
A small software developer plans to seek royalties from companies that use XML, the latest example of patent claims embroiling the tech industry. — Charlotte, N.C.-based Scientigo owns two patents (...
NEW GOOGLE ADWORDS KEYWORD SUGGESTION TOOL
A while ago I reviewed a ton of keyword research tools, but most of them are lacking in serious user data, which makes them top heavy, and forces people to only see the most common terms. — For the ...
Microsoft backs off music player squeeze
Microsoft has pulled back from a plan to exclude rival media players from portable music devices using its software. — Details of the plan—and the reversal—were contained in a quarterly status repor...
IE 6 Gets IE 7 Phishing Filter
Microsoft Corp. has quietly backported one of the security improvements slated for the new Internet Explorer 7 browser into IE 6.0, but the giveaway comes with a small catch. — The Microsoft Phishin...
Blackberry Users Learning Painful Lesson
LOS ANGELES - Chris Claypool was addicted to his BlackBerry wireless handheld. Like many users, he never thought twice about pecking away at lightning speed, replying to a wave of e-mails from client...
Architecture Astronauts Are Back
I'm starting to see a new round of pure architecture astronautics: meaningless stringing-together of new economy buzzwords in an attempt to sound erudite. — When I wrote my original complaint about ...
Google responds on Blogspot - and Icerocket.com continues to grow
Update: — I stand corrected. As i have since found out, figured out and been told. The Captcha from Google has been in place. It was only triggered in respone to their spam filters. I hadnt been...
Podcasting for Regular People
There are a lot of reasons to be excited about podcasting. — There's the fact that radio producers have moved to podcasting at a rapid clip and made tons of great content that was only available in ...
Release Notes
This is a preview version of Opera. Use only on properly backed up computers and do not install over previous Opera versions. — This release uses a new account storage format. If you install over ...
Book author to her publishing company: your lawsuit is not helping me or my book
I got an email this morning from a kottke.org reader, Meghann Marco. She's an author and struggling to get her book out into the hands of people who might be interested in reading it.
Suit filed over Nano scratches
Claiming that the iPod Nano has a widespread propensity for scratching easily, lawyers this week filed a class action suit against Apple Computer on behalf of those who have purchased the diminutive m...
My New iPod: Video Podcasting Is Going to Be BIG
I couldn't resist - I got the new 30GB White iPod yesterday and it completely rocks. Apple did a great job with this gadget. Much thinner than previous iPods, super-fast syncing over USB, and the sc...
Aperture induced ponderings
My drooling over Aperture produced some other thoughts. — In the wake of this month's Web 2.0 conference, there's been yet another round of "all applications are moving to the web". Aperture is an ...
Exclusive: Leopard to feature a totally redesigned Finder, based on Spotlight
To date, the only information Apple has provided about Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is that it will come sometime between late 2006 and 2007 and that it will be Intel compatible. Meanwhile, anonymous source...
Shame on Corel
Jack Thompson calls for a truce
While still spitting venom — JACK THOMPSON - we're sure you'll all remember him - has sent a letter to the Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) and the Interactive Entertainment Merchants Assoc...