New Blog Search Engine Sphere Launches
New blog search engine Sphere launched just moments ago and has also announced a $3.75 million round of venture financing. In addition to covering the launch of Sphere here, we have a podcast intervi...
Google's Double Standard
Okay, there's been too much written about this already, so I'll try to keep my 2 cents short. — Concerned about Microsoft's decision to make MSN Search the default search engine in Internet Explorer...
Yahoo Tech Is Tech For the Rest of Us
Yahoo launches a consumer tech site and the blogosphere is not impressed . Why — because they're all a BUNCH OF GEEKS (with all due respect). — Here's why I think Yahoo Tech is a serious threat to ...
Microsoft and Google Set to Wage Arms Race
Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, described Google in an interview late last year as a worthy adversary, a company to test Microsoft's mettle. "This is hypercompetition, make no mistake," Mr. Ga...
Here's An Idea: If You Don't Like What's On TV, Don't Watch It
from the personal-responsibility-goes-missing- again dept — The idea of so-called family-friendly cable TV packages is turning into quite the Goldilocks tale. First, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin tacit...
SAMSUNG's D520: Stylish Simplicity and Stunning
Seoul, Korea - 2 May, 2006 -Samsung maintains its leadership in the mobile industry with the launch of the new slim SGH-D520. A masterpiece in design, the tri-band D520 is slimmed and trimmed with al...
Web 2.0 marketing — bottoms up!
bottoms up! — One of the concepts we're trying to tackle as part of mesh (May 15th and 16th in beautiful downtown Toronto, get your tickets before it's too late, etc. etc.) is the idea that Web 2. an...
Intel to Offer Its Own Plan for Global Internet Access
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 — Aiming to help close the so-called digital divide, the Intel Corporation plans to announce a design for a sub-$400 educational laptop and a five-year, $1 billion program to trai...
Helio launches
Alright kids, it's the moment we've all been waiting for (and by we, we mean the MVNO nerds). SK Telecom's and Earthlink's joint-venture Helio is officially lighting up today with their first two dev...
Hackers, Get Ready! LEGO Group Announces Open Source Firmware, Developer Kits for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT
Consumer-directed robotics experience creation to enter "NXT" phase with open firmware, Software, Hardware and Bluetooth Developer Kits to launch in August
Video bloggers claim spotlight
Online diaries looking a lot like television — Jay Dedman's life plays out in snippets of video, captured on a handheld video camera and posted on his online diary, Momentshowing. — A Manhattan su...
Google and the Long Tail of Time
As I look more at the "Long Tail of Time" (see my first post on that here) in preparation for this Long Now talk, I'm finding that one of the biggest forces driving demand into the archives is Google....
First Lumines Mobile Screens & Details
Ubisoft's Lumines undoubtedly sold more than a few PSPs to hardcore puzzle fanatics. It remains to this day one of the strongest-reviewed products on the platform. We at Modojo even awarded it a per...
CHINA: How Google became a rude word in China
Google's adoption of Mandarin name in China opens up online debate — Gougou, Gugu, Gege, Goule or Guge? A furious online debate has opened up in China over the recent adoption of a Mandarin name by...
Linux gains enhanced WiFi stack
The day when WiFi cards "just work" under Linux may be fast approaching. WiFi software stack specialist Devicescape has released its "Advanced Datapath" 802.11 driver stack to the open source communi...