Top Microsoft blogger to resign
A business blogger who changed the wider world view of Microsoft is leaving the software giant for a Silicon Valley start-up. — Robert Scoble's blog about his life and events inside and outside Micr...
At Google, Innovation Is Not Just Fun, Games
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Eric Schmidt has a message: Don't let the lava lamps fool you. Google Inc. is serious. — As Google's chief executive, Schmidt presides over a headquarters filled with trinke...
EBay U.S. to unveil further Skype tie-ins Tuesday
Text+LAS VEGAS, June 11 (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its co...
TechCrunch: a Case Study in Micro Media
If you want to see how blogs are revolutionizing media, all you need to do is look at TechCrunch. The Web 2.0 blog, currently ranked #20 on Technorati, believe it or not turned one year old today. —...
Windows Vista Beta: How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista
Because I'm a sucker for a good-looking operating system in beta, I downloaded and installed the publicly-available Beta 2 of the next generation of Windows, called Vista, this weekend. — Now, Micro...
Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat
Many Windows PCs have been turned into zombies, but rootkits are not yet widespread, according to a Microsoft security report slated for release Monday. — More than 60 percent of Windows PCs scanned...
The Internet's Future
THE SENATE will hold hearings tomorrow on "net neutrality," the idea that the pipes and wires that form the Internet should treat all content equally. An alliance whose membership ranges from the Chr...
Apple MacBook discoloration issues
If your brand new MacBook mooing isn't enough of a problem, now there are reports of a casing discoloration issue. It appears that there are more than a few people on Apple's support site, who are ex...
Startup Centers
Paul Graham recently wrote a couple of thought-provoking essays on the social and economic conditions that are most conducive to the formation of startup companies, How to Be Silicon Valley and Why St...
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults ca...
Verizon's Chaperone
Verizon Wireless launched their new kid-tracking service this morning. See press release. Handsets are limited, but the Migo is a good starting point. Service is pricey at a combined nearly $20 per...
Newsmaker: Net neutrality: Meet the winner
Thomas Tauke must be one of the most ecstatic lobbyists in Washington right about now. — As Verizon Communications' executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, Tauke has ...
The Talent Scout
Marissa Mayer helps run one of the world's most innovative companies by being an amazing talent finder. As Google's vice-president for search products and user experience, she is the last stop before...
Vloggercon: Where everyone's the media
Up on stage is the team from Rocketboom, the wildly successful video news blog that has evolved into a viable business model. — In the audience is Stephen Voltz, who is just beginning the process of...
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults ca...
TechCrunch Turns One Year Old
I started writing TechCrunch one year ago, on June 11, 2005. Looking back, it's been the best year of my life, although there were also some incredibly difficult times as well. I'm sure years from n...
Older Consumers Flex Their Muscle (and Money) Online
ANY child knows that good things happen when grandparents reach for their wallets. Internet executives are starting to remember the feeling. — Older shoppers, who generally sat out the Internet's f...
Lest We Regret Our Digital Bread Crumbs
EDWIN ANDRES PENA, the accused mastermind of an Internet phone hacking scheme who was arrested in Miami Wednesday, was already famous at UnitedBimmer.com, a forum for BMW enthusiasts. — "He was a gr...
PlayStation 2 outselling Xbox 360 in US
Like a good soccer match, the monthly sales battles between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 2 have a lot of exciting back-and-forth. So far, however, the PlayStation 2 has remained in control of the...
Verizon Treo 700p EVDO instructions
A friend sent me these instructions on how to connect the new palmOne Treo 700p to Verizon's high-speed EV-DO network with a Mac. — Step 1 - Be sure that your Verizon account has Broadband Access an...
eBay to test advertising auctions on other sites
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to unveil a keyword advertising system for eBay sellers to promote auctions on other Web sites, borrowing from the strategies of Google and Ya...
Is Adsense Killing Google?
from the flipping-it-around dept — Last Friday, the Motley Fool had an interesting article that's getting some discussion about how Google is killing the internet. The argument is basically that Go...
Apple hit by Swedish anti-iTunes pressure
France's iPod law came and went, and Denmark's anti-iTunes Music Store pressure didn't really seem gather a whole lot of steam; we just saw Norway turn to their own national consumer ombudsman for ass...
Loopholes Galore Mean Political Spam Should Be In Your Inbox Shortly
from the wonderful dept — Political spam is nothing new. We first wrote about it nearly six years ago, during the 2000 Presidential elections. Since then, there have been plenty of articles on it ...