Google's April surprise for state
Big chunk of record tax receipts from insiders' stock sales — Internet giant Google's stock has soared since it went public almost two years ago — and that has created a windfall for state governmen...
Google Trends First Look
Google is announcing a bunch of new products today as part of their media day. Philipp Lenssen has all the details. The first is outstanding. It's called Google Trends. Google Notebook is coming n...
Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy as Stakes Escalate
The Microsoft- Google rivalry is shaping up as a titanic corporate clash for the ages. — It may not turn out that way. Markets and corporate fortunes routinely defy prediction. But it sure looks a...
Livesearch on AlltheWeb
Today we are introducing a new search technology called Livesearch on AlltheWeb. It helps you find what you want faster, by showing search results instantaneously as you type. Livesearch also shows ...
TiVo hooks up with Internet video and ad sales service
NEW YORK — The wall separating televisions from Internet video is about to lose a few more bricks. — TiVo will unveil Tuesday a deal that will enable about 400,000 subscribers who have their machine...
Sony bites music bullet, opts for Apple compatibility
Sony is moving to make its music management software compatible with Apple Computer's audio file format in the latest evidence of Apple's dominance in digital music. — The behemoth Japanese conglome...
Microsoft Announces Spectacular Windows Vista Title Lineup
Momentum for games on Windows accelerates with new showcase games, breakthrough DirectX graphics technology and Xbox Live online gaming capabilities. — LOS ANGELES — May 9, 2006 — Today at the Elect...
Spot a Bug, Go to Jail
Breaking News from AP and Reuters — See Also — Circuit Court — A new federal prosecution again raises the issue of whether computer security experts must fear prison time for investigating and r...
T-Mobile bans VoIP from super-3G service
T-Mobile UK has announced a flat-rate version of its data tariff, aimed primarily at business users. — The release of Web'n'Walk Professional coincides …
U.S. to Auction Frequencies for In-Flight Internet Use
Many fliers look forward to boarding planes so they can get away from their phones and e-mail. That sanctuary will inch one step closer to oblivion today when the Federal Communications Commission be...
What's up at eHarmony? Appoints third CEO this year.
eHarmony, the private Pasadena company that seeks to hook up couples, has appointed its founding investor, Greg Waldorf, as interim chief executive officer. — He's the third CEO this year. The comp...
UPDATE 1-Mitel Networks files for $150 million IPO
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - Mitel Networks Corp. on Wednesday filed with U.S. regulators for an initial public offering of common shares in the United States and Canada. — The Ottawa, Ontario-bas...
Drexel Professor: For a Bigger Computer Hard-drive, Just Add Water
Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes (GB) of information. — Imagine an iPod playing music for 100 millennia without repeating a single song...
UnREST over WS-* and other "enterprisey" things
Mike Herrick, who just happens to be one of my Burton Group clients, has accused me of having "totally drunk the WS-* the Kool-Aid". He goes on to say, "I just was disturbed that given the history on...
Recording Industry Now Okay With Letting You Listen To Your CDs On Your iPod
from the how-kind-of-them dept — In the past, the recording industry has made it very clear they're not at all happy with the idea of people ripping songs off of legally purchased CDs for the sake o...