Bye Bye Microsoft Word, Hello ajaxWrite
What if there was alternative for Microsoft Word that would install and open in 6 seconds, read and write Microsoft Word .doc files and run on Macintosh, Microsoft Windows or Linux computers? And oh ...
Vonage 911 Caller Put On Hold While House Burns Down
A Minnesota homeowner charges VoIP provider Vonage put him on hold when he called 911 to report his house was on fire. The home was a total loss. — Loren Velthamp of Chanhassen, Minnesota, said he ...
A Pale Moon's Shadow
Jeneane writes about lazy aggregator people, and the loss of community because of RSS aggregators. Her solution is for everyone to bring back the blogroll. Ralph agrees, stating that feed aggregator...
Dell Enhances Its Commitment to High-Performance Computing With Planned Acquisition of Alienware Corporation
Alienware Will Operate as a Wholly Owned Subsidiary Under Existing Management — Dell announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alienware to further satisfy …
TV Here, There, Everywhere
IN the olden days, Americans gathered in front of the television sets in their living rooms to watch designated shows at designated times. You had a choice of three channels, and if you missed the br...
Slingbox Video Streaming Not Perfect, but Remarkable
I watched television while I walked to the Metro on Tuesday morning — and during my trip through the subway, then at my desk at the office. My TV set was a Treo 700w "smart phone," my antenna was the...
Plaxo: Now With Less Evil
Plaxo tends to bring on strong negative emotions in people. Frustration. Revulsion. Dismay. — The reason so many people hate Plaxo? Those of us who aren't customers, which is the vast majority o...
Campaign dressed for success
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - April 9, 1999 — Rakesh Mathur received a lot of attention from wearing a little black dress last year. And now there is another achievement the former Jun...
3G mobiles 'change social habits'
Increasing use of 3G mobile phones can change the way people communicate and create new social trends and tribes, a behavioural study has suggested. — The study said the combination of still and vid...
5 ways to fix Time Warner
A modest proposal for saving Time Warner and the entire industry from themselves. — (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Running a media conglomerate these days is no easy task. Just ask this magazine's uberb...
Netvibes Raises Seed Funding From Renowned Internet Entrepreneurs
LONDON, March 22 /PRNewswire/ — Netvibes, a leading start up in the personalisable home page space, today announced it has received seed funding from a group of high-profile investors including leadin...
One word for Web 2.0 in Toronto: mesh
Some of you out there in blog-land may know that I've been helping to organize a Web 2.0 conference here in Toronto over the past few months - along with my technology reporter/blogger colleague Mark ...
Vista Delay Prevents a Support Disaster
Opinion: Is there a silver lining behind the latest delay in Windows Vista? All those new features coming into the market in late summer release could have spelled a support nightmare under the Chris...