Judge tells DoJ "No" on search queries
Google will not have to hand over any user's search queries to the government. That's what a federal judge ruled today when he decided to drastically limit a subpoena issued to Google by the Departme...
MySpace Musings
I just read Danah Boyd's eTech talk and it left me thinking a lot about MySpace and online communities and kids. — There's been a ton of discussion about MySpace and the "danger" that it creates for...
Ultra-fast release cycles and the new plane
I just came back from dinner with my daughter Skyler (that's her in the picture). She's an extremely passionate myspace user. In her words, "If you're not on myspace, you don't exist." So I asked w...
You Are What You Post
One drizzly night in Seattle in 2001, Josh Santangelo was hanging out on his computer, clicking through an obscure Web site called Fray. After reading a post that asked if anyone had ever had a bad d...
Ballmer: Xbox will capitalize on PS3 delay
Microsoft CEO says Playstation 3's November launch gives Xbox a shot to be the top gaming console. — NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - After Sony announced on Tuesday that the Playstation 3 won't launch until No...
The TechCrunch Awards
It's funny that Martin Wells of Tangler brought up the idea of a TechCrunch Web 2.0 Award Party. I've been planning on doing this some time, probably about mid year. — This will be a great event, a...
Digg Argues It Has Ways to Prevent Manipulation
Questions were flying today about whether Digg, the popular tech news site, is being used for stock manipulation. (Through rumors of a Google takeover of Sun). BW reporter Elizabeth Woyke, who did a...
CEO's & Blogging—2nd Try
2nd Try — A whole lot of people have taken me to task for my recent post about CEOs and blogging, including Andy Beal, Ross Mayfield and Jim Estill, the latter two being blogging CEOs whose work I ad...
Is Money A Good Solution To Spam?
I have posted extensively on the Internet Axis of Evil and the list is a permanent placement at the bottom of the left sidebar of this blog: — Really Simple Stealing — Phishing — Click Fraud — DNS...
Google, Nike Debut Joga Soccer Community
Google and Nike have quietly teamed-up to launch Joga, an invitation only social network for soccer enthusiasts, InsideGoogle reports. When I tried to log in with my Gmail account, I received the fol...
Carnival of the Mobilists No. 19
Wow, this week we got lots of entries - that's great. By the end of the year we will need to hire someone to handle the volume! — Let's begin with Daniel Taylor (The Mobile Enterprise Weblog). In ...
Confirmed: PlayStation 3 will ship with 60 GB HDD
To clear any confusion, a Sony representative, speaking with Yahoo! Games, has confirmed that the PS3will ship with a 60 GB HDD, with an option to upgrade. No PS3 bundles will be sold without a hard ...