First Trojan using Sony DRM spotted
Virus writers have begun taking advantage of Sony-BMG's use of rootkit technology in DRM software bundled with its music CDs. — Sony-BMG's rootkit DRM technology masks files whose filenames start wi...
Google is Building Yahoo 2.0
In his posting titled Reading the Google Tea Leaves, Tristan compares various product offerings from Google against those of the "big three" (AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo!) and concludes: … I've been giv...
Intelliseek: Using the Outdated Terminology... It's Users, Not Consumers
Updated: I've added this post on using the term, 'Amateur' to describe those who 'lovingly create media' instead of professional. Check it out as well. And it was Kevin Marks idea.
At Last, Phone Some Tunes to Yourself
YOU just know that certain technologies, once they become inexpensive and easy to use, will be earth-shattering hits: instant viewing of any movie ever made; nonpolluting cars; cellphones that don't d...
Eat, Sleep, Work, Consume, Die
Say you live in Greenwich, Connecticut, during, oh, the early 1850s. Your older brother left home a few years back to try his luck in the California gold fields. Like the vast majority of those who ...
Unstealth! Get Ready For Newsvine...
Newsvine. — You'll be hearing it a lot over the next year. — First things first. I apologize to all Mike Industries readers for keeping this a secret …
Exclusive: Microsoft Hits Windows Vista Beta 2 Delays
Sources at the company told me this week that Microsoft will soon delay the release of Windows Vista Beta 2 from December 7, 2005 to sometime in January or February 2006. However, because the Vista d...
One million Windows users switch to Mac
As many as one million Windows users may have switched to Macs this year as the iPod halo transforms Apple into a technology industry "darling" and users tire of Windows security problems. — Accordi...
Got 2 Extra Hours for Your E-Mail?
EVEN in his sleep, Stever Robbins, an executive adviser, could not escape his e-mail. "I was buried under a pile of e-mail," Mr. Robbins, 41, said. "I can't remember ever having a nightmare. For my...
Netflix: Starring in Merger Story?
After facing down Blockbuster and Wal-Mart, the online DVD-rental company may be an acquisition target — but it won't go for cheap — It's the oldest plot in the movies: Upstart takes on the champ, w...
Friendster overture not endearing to all
Friendster recently sent a mass e-mail to try to make new friends for its social network. Instead, it made some enemies. — The one-time hot spot dug deep into its network to pull out the e-mail add...
Jagger winding down
(a quickie post for those SEOs who can't resist watching data centers) — As Jagger1 and Jagger2 wind down and Jagger3 is visible at 66.102.9.104, I wanted to recap where things stand. — Jagger1 wa...
More Google classifieds buzz
Growing up with the wired generation
Today's teenagers use technology to stay in touch with friends at all times - turning their bedrooms into 'connected cocoons' — Being sent to your bedroom used to be a punishment: now it's a teen dr...
DRM - Digital Rights Minimization
The latest episode in the war between music companies and their paying customers (the one where Sony decides it's OK to surreptitiously take over your PC so you can't make a copy of the music you thou...
JupiterImages Expanding Wordlwide
Today we announced the acquisition of PR Direct - a French based distributor of royalty free photos. PR Direct is a small, but powerful distributor with a long history in France. One terrific beneif...