No Feed is an Island: Introducing FeedFlare
We started with a cookie recipe and a dream, but we don't bake well, so we restarted with the notion that publishers should be able to tether interesting services to their content anywhere it travels....
Microsoft Sells 39% of Xbox 360s in 1st Two Days of Japan Debut
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. sold 39 percent of its new Xbox 360 game console in the first two days it was available in Japan, the world's second-biggest market for video games, according to ...
Alexa Offers Fee-Based Vertical Search Services
I guess I get to be the underwhelmed one about Alexa announcing a new Alexa Web Search Platform that's available to anyone willing to pay a fee. — Pay a fee for what? You can create your own search...
Star Wars Fans Flee Net Galaxy
Players of the massively multiplayer online game Star Wars Galaxies are feeling a bit like the films' besieged rebel army these days. To them, LucasArts is the evil Empire, raining down terror in the...
"The HD era really only starts when we are on the market" - Harrison
PlayStation development boss plays down Microsoft's high definition claims — Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison has claimed that Microsoft's Xbox 360 "doesn't have...
DirecTV to pay $5.3M penalty
FTC says violation of 'Do Not Call' rule is largest civil assessment ever obtained. — NEW YORK (CNN/Money.com) - Officials announced a $5.34 million settlement Tuesday with satellite TV provider Dir...
WeaKnees Offers up to $25,000 for DIRECTV DVR Plus (R15) Upgrade Solution
With the release of the DIRECTV DVR Plus, we are looking to develop a stable, reliable upgrade solution for DIRECTV's latest DVR. In addition to working on the problem in-house, we have decided to op...
Google Turns To TV Ads
IN A MAJOR SHIFT IN promotional strategy, Google—which has long eschewed nearly every form of consumer-targeted brand advertising—quietly began running 15-second sponsorship spots on PBS's science pro...
Telecoms want their products to travel on a faster Internet
Major site owners oppose 2-tier system — AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. are lobbying Capitol Hill for the right to create a two-tiered Internet, where the telecom carriers' own Internet services woul...
Java? It's So Nineties
Sun's groundbreaking programming language vaulted to popularity with Web developers. But now it's losing ground to a raft of upstarts — Peter Yared, CEO of software maker ActiveGrid, spent a critic...
Hot Technology for Chilly Streets in Estonia
TALLINN, Estonia, Dec. 8 - Visiting the offices of Skype feels like stumbling on to a secret laboratory in a James Bond movie, where mad scientists are hatching plots for world domination. — The two...
Apple May Be Holding Back The Music Biz
Critics say iTunes-only downloads and inflexible pricing are hurting song sales — Once again, Apple's iPod is expected to be the hottest gift of the holiday season. That should be great news for th...
Cellphone technology rings in pornography in USA
Quickly developing into big business overseas, cellphone pornography is a step closer to taking off in the USA. — Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest cellphone service provider, quietly has laun...
Can Wi-Fi make it in Manhattan?
If Wi-Fi can make it in New York, it can make it anywhere. — New York City lawmakers are taking a long, hard look at using 802.11-based Wi-Fi or some other technology to get the city's roughly 8 mil...
Microsoft Tightens IE 7's Security
Browser's default security settings will change to match common home, business setups. — Microsoft has detailed several changes in the way its upcoming Internet Explorer (IE) 7 browser will classify...
The Pocket Guide to the 2005 Blogosphere
Type the word "blog" into Google's search box, and you'll receive a whopping 515 million search results, nearly twice as many as you receive for "sex." — Love 'em or hate 'em, blogs are the real dea...
Opening remarks
The Syndicate conference starts at 8am here in San Francisco. I'm giving the opening remarks. In the spirit of syndication itself, I decided I'd rather blog what I'm going to say, rather than prepar...
Text link follow-up
At this point, it shouldn't be a surprise what I have to say about any particular site (Hi Jeremy!) selling links. Danny gives a good recap here, and I'm happy that Danny can channel me and say what ...
ALEXA (MAKE THAT AMAZON) LOOKS TO CHANGE THE GAME
(This will be updated when the service goes live, I was briefed and the embargo was 9 pm PST...) — Every so often an idea comes along that has the potential to change the game. When it does, you fi...
Exclusive: Google Talks About Splogs, Ranking & More
I recently got the chance to grill senior Google engineer and webmaster relations chappy Matt Cutts on some issues specific to bloggers. Matt took his sweet time getting the interview done, but it wa...
Microsoft Sold 28% of Xbox 360s in Japanese Stores (Update1)
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., the second-largest maker of video game systems, sold 28 percent of Xbox 360 consoles on store shelves in Japan, according to preliminary figures from market rese...
Like Yahoo, SIPphone offers Penny A Minute Calling
Yahoo was the first one to launch a salvo at Skype by offering a penny-a-minute calling, betting that its low price offering would help it gain market share and lure users away from Skype. (Service w...
Apple to tackle consumer electronics; iPod "boombox" planned
Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod division is preparing to extend its reach into the consumer electronics market with the release of several iPod-related digital audio products early next year, AppleInsider ...
Vonage to sell Wi-Fi phone
Vonage will announce Tuesday the availability of its long-anticipated portable Wi-Fi phone that will let people use the company's IP telephony when they're connected to any public hot spot. — Vonage...
Marketing Execs Lukewarm On Plan To Pay Searchers
MARKETING EXECUTIVES SAID THEY ARE wary of Microsoft's tentative plan to reimburse online users for using MSN Search to conduct searches, fearing that it will dilute the value of being associated with...
This SMS will self-destruct in 40 seconds
A UK developer has come up with a "self-destruct" text messaging service it hopes will prove a hit with both businessmen dealing with sensitive information and celebrity love cheats. StealthText from...