Microsoft Extends Virtualization Strategy, Outlines Product Road Map
Microsoft puts Windows Server virtualization and System Center Virtual Machine Manager on the fast track, and announces the intent to acquire Softricity Inc., a leader in application virtualization so...
Why We Published the AT&T Docs
A file detailing aspects of AT&T's alleged participation in the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic wiretap operation is sitting in a San Francisco courthouse. But the public cannot see i...
UK-Heavy Social Network Bebo Gets $15 Million Funding
You're reading it here first: Bebo, an SF-based social networking site which is in the middle-ground between MySpace and Facebook, and among the biggest in UK, Ireland and New Zealand, has received $1...
The One Bit of Info Google Withholds: How It Works
Advertisers, competitors and Wall Street analysts are frustrated by the company's secrecy. — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. evolved from a tiny start-up to the shining star of American enterpri...
The Edelman Technorati Deal; Why This Matters for Companies.
Although Technorati is best known as the most comprehensive service for searching blogs — they currently index over 40 million of them — the company also provides the best analytic tools for tracking ...
Hollywood reportedly in agreement to delay forced quality downgrades for Blu-ray, HD DVD
As the DVD format welcomes two potential heirs to its kingship as the commercial video medium of choice, there are mounting concerns that these new heirs are nothing but pretenders.
University server in hackers' hands for a year
An unprecedented string of electronic intrusions has prompted Ohio University to place at least one technician on paid administrative leave and begin a sweeping reorganization of the university's comp...
Voice Encryption May Draw U.S. Scrutiny
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 — Philip R. Zimmermann wants to protect online privacy. Who could object to that? — He has found out once already. Trained as a computer scientist, he developed a program in ...
That After-Dinner Speech Remains a Favorite Dish
The after-dinner speech that refuses to go away has scored another distinction: top of the charts. — An audio version of the roast of President Bush by Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central rose to the ...
A Weinstein Will Invest in Exclusivity
Most popular Internet communities, like Facebook.com or MySpace .com, measure their success by their ability to attract new members. A notable exception to this rule is aSmallWorld.net, an exclusive ...
Samsung Digimax L70
Samsung Digimax L70 : At the Korean Photo & Imaging 2006 event Samsung Techwin showcased their new Samsung Digimax L70 digital camera. The Samsung L70, the Korean name is Samsung Kenox X70, is a new ...
The Benefits of Highlighting Popular Posts on Your Blog
Stephan Spencer writes a useful SEO Tip on highlighting Popular Posts and kindly uses ProBlogger's top menus as an example of one way of doing it. — I have to admit that my reasoning for using the b...
Everybody's a network
In the future of media, which is now, everybody is a network. In the past, networks were defined by control of content or distribution. But now, you can't own all distribution and content is control...
Coming to terms with Web 2.0
You know when Gartner and IBM pontificate on Web 2.0, that we've reached a point where the term has become generally acceptable - mainstream even. Well-known research firm Gartner has drunk the kool ...
Blog-Based Analysts Shake Up IT Research
A new breed of IT analysts is sharing insights over the Internet, leaving traditional research firms trying to catch up using the same methods. — If you like your IT analysis fast, free, and with a ...
Tales From Packaging Hell
The stubborn plastic casing around the Microsoft Xbox 360 faceplate seemed to laugh first at the kitchen scissors and then the steak knife that tried to penetrate it. When 14-year-old Daniel Mroue's ...