Are Bandwidth Mergers Enough?
Updated: For nearly two months I had been hearing chatter that WilTel was in play. I had heard that even Comcast was interesting in the company, and there was some talk of Level 3. Unfortunately, I ...
The BBC's programme catalogue (on Rails)
Ever wondered what's in that archive? Who looks after it? It turns out there's a huge database that's been carefully tended by a gang of crack BBC librarians for decades. Nearly a million programme...
Sprint in challenge to Apple's iTunes
Sprint Nextel is hoping to bite into Apple Computer's core by launching the first US music download service direct to mobile phones. — The Sprint Music Store will enable subscribers of the third-lar...
Sony, Rootkits And Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far
Last week when I was testing the latest version of RootkitRevealer (RKR) I ran a scan on one of my systems and was shocked to see evidence of a rootkit. Rootkits are cloaking technologies that hide f...
Steve Jobs: The guru behind Apple
He's chief executive of two of the most powerful technology brands in the world: Apple and Pixar. But what motivates Steve Jobs? And how does he choose a new washing machine? Charles Arthur investi...
'05 Proving To Be Worst Newspaper Year Since Recession
IT'S OFFICIAL: 2005 WILL BE the newspaper industry's worst year since the last ad industry recession. And things aren't looking much better for next year either, according to a top Wall Street firm's...
Acrobat Commenting
I was speaking with Eric Mack and he mentioned his search for a program which kept track of what you highlighted. It didn't dawn on me until then that Acrobat may be an answer (though not ideal). — ...
The RIM Blackberry 8700c from Cingular at $299.00?
Research In Motion could be set to unveil the latest version of its BlackBerry device as early as next week, sources told us. — Discuss the Blackberry 8700c - Opens in new window — The BlackBerry ...
Dell's third-quarter earnings slip
The Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker said it expects revenue …
Society for New Communications Research Launches
International, Multidisciplinary Consortium to Study the Impact of New Media & Participatory Communications — The Society will study the impact of emerging modes of communication such as blogs, wiki...
The Internet and the future of TV
Imagine a day when you would be in total control of creating your own TV channel lineup. — Instead of subscribing to a service from a cable, satellite or phone company that might offer you hundreds ...
Ad dollars for the Star Wars Kid?
A new company launching Monday in Los Angeles …
At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope"
CEO Edward Whitacre talks about the AT&T Wireless acquisition and how he's moving to keep abreast of cable competitors — SBC Telecommunications' financial performance of late hasn't been much to wri...
AN OPEN LETTER TO TECHCRUNCH'S MICHAEL ARRINGTON
Michael- — I really appreciate what you've done for Web 2.0 and the larger tech community. In many ways, you have given Web 2.0 a face it previously didn't have. TechCrunch is one of my 'must read...
Sprint Launches the First Instant, Over the Air Music Download Service in the U.S.
Sprint Music Store Fact Sheet — Sprint (NYSE: S) customers will be the first wireless customers in the U.S. to download full songs over-the-air. Today Sprint announced the opening of the Sprint Mus...
PodTech Exclusive: Steve Forbes, CEO & Editor in Chief, Forbes Inc. - Transcript
Here is the transcript of PodTech's exclusive podcast with Steve Forbes in his first ever podcast. Steve Forbes' first ever podcast in a PodTech exclusive. I travelled to New York City to sit down w...
Google Weighs on Madison Avenue
Ad Firms Watch Closely — As Search Engine Ponders — Move to Traditional Media — It's the big question on Madison Avenue: Is Google a friend or foe? — Ad companies are increasingly jittery abou...
Telefonica buys UK's O2 for £18bn
Mobile phone group O2 has agreed a takeover offer from Spanish telecom company Telefonica. — Telefonica is to pay £17.7bn ($31.6bn) for the firm in order to get a foothold in two of Europe's largest...
NYtimes.com snags three ONA awards
Look for our "Best of the Best" interactive feature later this week. — Read the full article — Close: Online media can foster community — Mainstream media has lost its heart and ability to conne...
Google throws bodies at OpenOffice
Google plans to hire programmers to improve OpenOffice.org, a demonstration of its affinity for open source initiatives and one the company believes also shows sound practical sense. — OpenOffice ha...
Google Print Debate on Farber's IP List
Over the past couple of days, there have been quite a few interesting postings about the Google Print controversy over on Dave Farber's IP List. There's a lot of the usual back and forth, but a coupl...
Windows Vista: Death to Menus?
For three months now, I've been cheerfully doing something that virtually nobody, including Microsoft, thinks is a good idea: using beta versions of Windows Vista to do actual work on my primary offic...
Mobile games
Sounds like a http://mobhappy.typepad.com/russell_ buckleys_mobhappy/2005/10/austin_games_ co.html">good rant: "Mobile game guru Greg Costikyan, formerly with Nokia Research but now head of Manifesto ...
To Battle the Telephone Giants, Small Internet Providers Choose Wi-Fi as a Weapon
With cable providers and the Bell telephone companies dominating the market for residential high-speed Internet service, smaller Internet access providers are desperately trying to find a new way to c...
Public Enemy Takes It to the Net
In 1988, Public Enemy released It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and unleashed one of the biggest changes in popular music since the arrival of Bob Dylan. Its searing critique of American...
Network neutrality v. platform competition
After two days of impassioned speeches about network neutrality, I am beginning to think that we've been drawn onto the wrong battlefield. — The network owners can always talk about the benefits of ...