Posting, Subscribing, Tagging AND Search
I left something important out of my posting, subscribing and tagging post that I did in early August. — There is a fourth pillar of the blogging movement and that is search. — That became obvious...
Microsoft joins book search plan
Microsoft has joined a Yahoo-backed effort to digitise the world's books and other works to make them searchable and accessible to anyone online. — The software giant said it would work with the Ope...
The Whole Kit & Kaboodle
It is only October, but you hear the jingle bells. This is expected to be a break out year for the online retailers. US online retails sales for this holiday season are predicted to top $26.2 billio...
Plan a Trip in a Single Search with Yahoo! Travel Trip Planner
For most people, trip planning begins with a search box. But a single search is just the start of what often becomes hours, even months of intensive online searching, sharing with friends, planning, ...
Engineers Report Breakthrough in Laser Beam Technology
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26 - A team of Stanford electrical engineers has discovered how to modulate, or switch on and off, a beam of laser light up to a 100 billion times a second with materials that are ...
First Screen Shots of Riya
Riya (formerly Ojos) will be opening its doors to 10 or so lucky alpha testers tomorrow morning. — Riya leverages potent facial and text recognition technology with an intelligent interface to help ...
New deal brings handwriting abilities to Nintendo DS
Zi Corporation's technology adds yet another string to the DS' bow — The Nintendo DS handheld console has added handwriting recognition to its impressive arsenal of unique features, with a deal bein...
Google Describes its Wi-Fi Pitch
San Francisco evaluates proposals for citywide free Wi-Fi. — SAN FRANCISCO — Google wrote grandly of the importance of Wi-Fi in its recent proposal for free wireless here, but the search company dow...
Who owns the wisdom of the crowd? The crowd.
There are lots of issues unsettled around who owns what in our new online world where our whole is worth a heckuva lot more than the sum of our parts. — Who owns my actions and attention and trust… ...
Gates Welcomes Competition With Google
JERUSALEM - Google Inc. is fierce competition for Microsoft Corp., but the software giant does not fear the race and plans to upgrade his search technology in the next six months, Microsoft CEO Bill G...
Google Found to Be Testing Classified Ads
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 - An online classified service being tested by Google set off intense speculation on Tuesday after a Web site for the service was accidentally made public and discovered by a co...
Nokia brings Bluetooth technology to a pair of new fold-style CDMA handsets
New mid-tier Nokia 2855 and 6165 phones combine today's most wanted features with a stylish fold design — Florianopolis, Brazil - Addressing the needs of customers seeking a compact, stylish CDMA ha...
MSN Search Announces MSN Book Search
MSN is working with the Open Content Alliance to bring millions of publicly available print materials worldwide to the Web. — SAN FRANCISCO — Oct. 25, 2005 — MSN Search today announced its intention...
Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone
The Interesting Economy
Like many great social software applications, Flickr began its life as something else. Flickr was built on a platform for a game called Game Neverending, which had a lot of great features including a...
New Passports Will Have High-Tech Features
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday that it's adding two security features to the new electronic passports that it will start issuing in December. — The announcement partially assuag...
No Porn for You, Video IPod!
There's a widespread notion that pornographers eagerly jump on new technology long before it goes mainstream, but with Apple Computer's new video-playing iPod, the adult industry is largely staying aw...
One poorly converting site can "smart price" an entire AdSense account
Google has said very little publicly about Smart Pricing secret sauce which results in some publishers earning more money for a click while others earn less (and yes, the advertiser will also pay less...
Consumer Group Raises Copyright, Censorship Concerns about Google Print Library, Calls for Public Hearings
Contact: 202-835-3323, media@nclnet.org — Washington, DC-In a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary subcommittees overseeing intellectual property issues …
New Rules On Internet Wiretapping Challenged
New federal wiretapping rules that would make it easier for law enforcement to monitor e-mails and Internet-based phone calls were challenged by privacy, high-tech and telecommunications groups in fed...
Gamer buys virtual space station
A virtual space resort being built in the online role-playing game, Project Entropia, has been snapped up for $100,000 (£56,200). — Jon Jacobs, aka Neverdie, won the auction for the as yet unnamed r...
Spreading the Flickr Wealth
Anil Dash points out a potentially unfair aspect of Flickr's (i.e. Yahoo's) business model. Flickr makes the traditional website's bargain with its users, trading free hosting of their content for th...