Sun promises to open source Java
Community must help to pevent fragmentation — Sun Microsystems is planning to release the source code of the Java programming language, chief executive Jonathan Schwartz said at the JavaOne conferen...
Apple's MacBook sports user-replaceable hard disks
First on AI: Owners of Apple Computer's new MacBook consumer notebooks will find that upgrading or replacing the computer's hard disk is as simple as adding more memory. — The notebooks, which are s...
The Feed Powers The Site
This morning, we unveiled another enhancement to our advertising platform: a feed-driven approach to positioning ads on Web sites and blogs. The feed is the keystone to publisher content; by managing...
MSR MapCruncher for Virtual Earth
QUICK INFO — File Name: — MapCruncher-2.00.zip — Version: — 2.0 — Date Published: — Download Size: — 1.4 MB — Overview — Have you ever looked at satellite photos of a building in Vir...
In the Fight Against Spam E-Mail, Goliath Wins Again
Eran Reshef had an idea in the battle against spam e-mail that seemed to be working: he fought spam with spam. Today, he'll give up the fight. — Reshef's Silicon Valley company, Blue Security Inc.,...
Gates to demonstrate new search software
Microsoft is hoping that social networking techniques will help win a few friends for its enterprise search technology. — On Wednesday, as part of a keynote speech to executives gathered in Redmond,...
Update: Motorola Q set to take on BlackBerry
The Q's weak point is Microsoft, a recent entrant to the world of push e-mail, one analyst said — Motorola Inc. hopes to roll out its much-anticipated Q smart phone next week, President and Chief Ex...
Google Inc. Tweaks Its Video Service
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Internet search leader Google Inc. is making it easier to post and share online videos on its site, hoping to widen the appeal of a service that so far has been eclipsed by ups...
The empire strikes back: WITH QoS
Back-drop: — "So what" ...is Quality of Service (QoS)? The constant use of the term reminds us of the Chicken Little — cries that the sky is falling ...but this time it is true in the case of the...
Riya heading into Web search
Riya has been the darling of the Web 2.0 crowd, drawing kudos from every corner of the blogosphere. Riya's facial and text recognition technology is unique among all the photo uploading sites, but CE...
Suing Google Suggest
Oh my - someone's apparently suing Google for the Google Suggest feature, which suggests cracks of a certain software. As you may know the Google Suggest feature, as used in the Google Toolbar, is a ...
How Apple's Store Strategy Beat the Odds
When Apple Computer Inc. opened its first Apple retail store in 2001 in a shopping mall in McLean, Va., critics saw the initiative as an expensive, dubious gamble. But as Apple prepares to take the w...
AOL's Uncut Video; a YouTube copycat, but history suggests it's a long-shot
AOL releases UnCut Video, a complete YouTube copycat. — The only difference is that UnCut doesn't support tagging (via TechCrunch). Too bad it's such a blatant clone. These sorts of moves rarely s...
M2Z: The latest Hail Mary on universal broadband access
M2Z Networks is the latest ambitious start-up launched by Milo Medin, founder of @Home. — It is still secretive, but it wants to create broadband access for at least 95 percent of the U.S. populatio...