Apple Origami UMPC? Looks likely
Is Apple working on it's own Origami UMPC device? Well, judging from patent applications filed by Apple in recent months, it seems so. — Does this picture look familiar: — It looks just like vari...
AIM
Here's where a mash-up between Web 2.0 and the MSM gets interesting, or kind of sad, depending on your perspective. In the morning, someone blogs that AOL is working on a social networking competitor...
Digg Corrupted: Editor's Playground, not User-Driven Website
As a follow up to an earlier post (Digg Army: Right in Line), there have been some vibrations that I think not only our readers would find interesting, but also all Digg users. — To quickly summariz...
The Digg Backlash (or when the wisdom of crowds turns into the madness of the masses)
Update: DIGG did the right thing and turned a bunch of spammers off. The spammers are upset—total non-issue. Rock on TeamDigg... and don't let the bastards get you down!
Dave Winer: AOL to take on MySpace.
Dave Winer says: — I just heard a rumor that AOL is going to challenge MySpace, "head on," to be announced in approximately two weeks. — Recent Posts — 1. I think if AOL can make THEIRspace bett...
Updated: PortalPlayer dealt setback at Apple
SAN JOSE, Calif. — High-flying PortalPlayer Inc. late Wednesday (April 19) said that it has been dealt a major setback at Apple Computer Inc., which is apparently switching media processor chip vendor...
Microsoft Brings Programming to the Masses With Visual Studio Express
Company brings the power of code to growing community of hobbyist programmers who seek to integrate technology and software into their everyday lives. — REDMOND, Wash. — April 19, 2006 — At this wee...
Facebook Gets Another $25M
Greylock Partners leads new investment round in social network site as its valuation soars. — Privately held Facebook received $25 million in its second round of venture financing Wednesday to help ...
Study: Use of Mobile Devices Is Growing
LOS ANGELES - Although most people still access the Internet on a computer, the use of mobile devices to check e-mail or browse the Web is growing, outpacing even laptops in some markets, according to...
Apple's flagship MacBook Pro to arrive at NAB
Apple Computer at the National Association of Broadcasters conference next week will unveil its most poweful Intel notebook yet, a 17-inch MacBook Pro strung with a few bells and whistles, AppleInside...
YahooNoFi
For past few days, a screenshot captured by a Yahoo user is leading to a lot of speculation about Yahoo coming up with its answer to Google's WiFi efforts. There are a couple of reasons why this isn'...
In corporate 'Spy Game,' work equals play
If you and your co-workers find yourselves in a high-stakes caper straight out of a James Bond movie, there's a pretty good chance you're playing "The Spy Game." — "The Spy Game" is the latest corpo...
Announcing: Barcamp San Francisco
Couldn't wait any longer to get this one outta the bag... but based on some prodding from Kevin Burton at ETech and Paul D Smith on the Barcamp wiki, I'd like to announce that Barcamp is coming to San...
Verizon Enabling File Transfers on RAZRs
This is a monumental moment for all Verizon Wireless users. Verizon finally seems to be listening to its customers. For the longest time Verizon would disable all non-cellular methods for transferri...
Philips device could force TV viewers to watch ads
An invention from Royal Philips Electronics prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content. — Viewers would be releas...
The mesh wiki — create a workshop
create a workshop — I've written before about the debate over conferences versus "unconferences" — which Dave Winer and Jeff Jarvis and some others (including the whole FooCamp and BarCamp gang) feel...
Swapping job security for a startup
Why did Toni Schneider leave a good job at Yahoo to dive back into the fray with blog-software maker Automattic? Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. — John Battelle, Business 2.0 Magazine...
Jingle Networks Secures $26 Million of New Financing After Explosive Growth of 1-800-FREE411 Service
Additional Financing Includes Comcast Interactive Capital, Liberty Associated Partners and IDG Ventures; New Directory Service Receiving Seven Million Calls Per Month and Growing
New GPS module is sensitive enough to be used indoors
GPS navigation devices can help guide you on confusing freeways and country roads, but generally do not work indoors. But Navman, a maker of GPS navigation devices and modules, claims that its new Ju...
A Paranoid Parent Ponders GPS Tracking His Kids
Well it didn't take long for a young, rebellious punk to turn into a paranoid, condescending parent. I'm already talking to my kids in ways that used to make me resent my own parents. And I'm alread...
The Cost of AJAX
· James Governor relays a question that sounds important but I think is actively dangerous: do AJAX apps present more of a server-side load? The question is dangerous because it's meaningless and una...