BBC unveils radical revamp of website
The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com. — Ashley...
Meet the Nokia N72: the Multimedia Computer that Looks as Good as It Performs
Berlin, Germany and Hong Kong, China - Nokia today revealed the Nokia N72, a sleek and stylish new addition to the Nokia Nseries range. In pearl pink or gloss black, this compact package has high-per...
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available
This evening we released IE7 Beta 2 at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. This release is not the preview or the update to the preview, but the real Beta 2 of IE7 for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP...
Sun Founder McNealy to Step Down as Losses Mount (Update3)
April 24 (Bloomberg) — Scott McNealy stepped down as Sun Microsystems Inc.'s chief executive officer after failing to stem losses at the company he founded 24 years ago. — McNealy, 51, will remain c...
Google Maps Gets Huge Satellite Update from Google Earth
Last Friday Google updated the satellite data used for Google Maps so it now has the many updates recently made to the Google Earth database. This means the new high resolution data for all of German...
It's Not All Fun And Games
Virtual worlds abound in useful business applications — It's hard to imagine a less corporate setting than the often bizarre online virtual worlds such as Second Life. But to a surprising extent, m...
The great Google float
The best business model ever created has to be the float. You hold on to other people's money for them, and you get to keep the interest. It's a beautiful thing. One of my favorite business stories...
Google's Cell Phone Sex Problem
New research concludes that Google Internet search requests via cell phone are mostly to find porn, and at a rate twice what Google encounters from its regular wired Internet users. — Nearly one in ...
Aloha joins mobile-TV game via Hiwire
WASHINGTON—Hiwire, a newly minted subsidiary of Aloha Partners L.P., is planning to join competitors MediaFlo and Modeo L.L.C. in offering mobile TV using dedicated spectrum. — Aloha Partners, backe...
Global Conference 2006
More than 2,500 people gathered in Los Angeles for the 9th annual Global Conference, an exploration of new thinking on a host of current international policy concerns, from energy independence to educ...
The Continuing Fight for Genuine Software
Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative expands programs to help customers identify counterfeit software. — REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2006 — For those outside the software industry, it can be diffic...