Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar
ACCORDING to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, John Seigenthaler Sr. is 78 years old and the former editor of The Tennessean in Nashville. But is that information, or anything else in Mr. Seigentha...
Top Secret Intel Processor Plans Uncovered
Intel Focusing On 45 nm Now — Intel was surprisingly talkative when it came to future technologies and products this year. As a result, most of the technical audience is up to date regarding the up...
A Hundred Visions and Revisions of Podcasting
I don't want to get into an argument with Adam Curry, because he has better production values. It was a relief not to be criticized in stereo during his 40-minute mea culpa on Friday's podcast of Dai...
Gone Spear-Phishin'
ABOUT a year and a half ago, Amnon Jackont, an Israeli mystery novelist and Tel Aviv University history professor, became ensnared in a mystery of his very own: friends and students were receiving e-m...
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Branson in Talks to Sell Virgin Mobile Stake
LONDON, Dec. 4 - Sir Richard Branson is in talks to sell his stake in Virgin Mobile's British business to a British cable and phone provider, NTL, an executive involved in the negotiations said today....
Branson plots £4.5bn cable deal to create media giant
Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur, is set to transform the British TV and telecoms landscapes by merging Virgin Mobile with NTL, the cable company. The move will create an entertainme...
The 1st Annual Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards
I created The Life On The Wicked Stage Ink Blot Awards as a celebration. Yes, it's a celebration of the 1 year anniversary of this blog. But it is more than that. It is a celebration of a community...
Cyberia: Jack Kapica
E-mail Jack Kapica Read Bio Latest Columns — Sounds like war to me: — The news that Skype has cut a deal with Logitech to add free video calling over its immensely popular VoIP application is send...
Neil Thompson Addresses Supply Question
Neil Thompson (Xbox's Senior Regional Director, Northern & Eastern Europe) and Stephen McGill (head of Xbox UK Marketing) were interviewed in a podcast today by the Guardian. I've worked with these g...
40,000 Xbox 360s Sold on eBay
According to eBay president and CEO Meg Whitman, a staggering 40,000 Xbox 360 consoles have been sold on eBay. — As reported by Dow Jones last night based upon a presentation at the CSFB Annual Tech...
Public Domain Books: More than 25,000 Full Text Books in a Single Database
Talk about online books seem to be a very frequent topic of conversation in the search world today. In the past few weeks we've not only posted about the latest with Google Book Search/Google Library...