Yahoo Will Buy Digg - Announcement Early Next Week
I've now heard from two sources close to Yahoo which tell me that Yahoo is going to be buying Digg for nearly $30M. I haven't yet heard from anyone working for Yahoo that this is 100% (they obviously...
Google founder defends China portal
Also: How the powerful make their way to Davos, and what they're doing instead of networking. — DAVOS, Switzerland (FORTUNE) - The World Economic Forum, a gathering of leaders from the business worl...
Disrupting the VC Business and Exploring the Because Effect
I keep running into Rick Segal. Doesn't matter how remote or large the event might be, there's Rick. It happened last summer in Copenhagen, when Rick was the first guy I recognized in Denmark — sitt...
Nintendo announces DS Lite
Nintendo likes to be a littledifficult on us from time to time, but we're stoked that after they decided to redesign the DS, then reneged, that they reneged therenege and went through with it anyhow —...
Google AdSense begins rich media beta test
Google AdSense is moving beyond the traditional text and graphical advertising to rich media, including interstitials, expanding ads and floating ads. AdSense began contacting publishers last week to...
The Bug in Microsoft's Ear
The software giant is mulling its own digital device that adds gaming to music and video, in an effort to compete with Apple's iPod empire — After getting trounced for four years in the digital musi...
No booze or jokes for Googlers in China
Google's new China search engine not only censors many Web sites that question the Chinese government, but it goes further than similar services from Microsoft and Yahoo by targeting teen pregnancy, h...
Tapping Into The Blogosphere
LOS ANGELES - Without bloggers, Indeed.com may not have survived. — To increase visibility for the beta version of his jobs-search engine, Paul Forster decided to contact influential bloggers, inclu...
Cingular Patents the Emoticon :(
The USA based mobile operator, Cingular Wireless has managed to get a patent on the concept of using emoticon on mobile phones. While the aim of the patent is to enable the displaying of MSN style gr...
101 dumbest moments in business: Tech
The year in shenanigans, skulduggery, and just plain stupidity in the world of technology. — 13. The furor dies down, but only after Sony says that the real intent was to prevent the spread of the m...
Imagining the Google Future
Top experts help us plot four scenarios that show where the company's geniuses may be leading it — and, perhaps, all of us. — SAN FRANCISCO (BUSINESS 2. MAGAZINE) - We all know that the company Serg...
Intel shows test chips made on future processes
The 45-nanometer process is right on time, according to Intel. — The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip giant has created test chips made on the 45-nanometer process and will likely begin shipping proce...
Nevada Court Rules Google Cache is Fair Use
Important Milestone for Digital Copyright Law — San Francisco - A federal district court in Nevada has ruled that Google does not violate copyright law when it copies websites, stores the copies, an...
New Live.com Services Shown at SearchChamps
I am visiting Microsoft HQ in Redmond this week for their SearchChamps event. Attendance requires the signing of an nondisclosure agreement, and most of what is discussed is non-bloggable. However, ...
Google in China, in the Past
According to CNN, Google on its censorship in China said: — "While removing search results is inconsistent with Google's mission, providing no information (or a heavily degraded user experience that...
Discontinuing AdSense in Protest
After today's news, already some blogs are cancelling their Google AdSense ads. Blogger News Network writes: — "In response to the decision of Google to gain access to the Chinese market by censori...