Soon - Send money via Skype
Soon you will be able to send money via skype with integrated paypal in the new Skype Version 2.5. — Screenshot is from the eBay developers conference 2006 in Las Vegas. — [via]
Its Time To Transition
What do you do, when all your life you have chased scoops, and then got scooped on your own news? You tip the hat to the person who beat you to your own story. As kids would call it, I got punked by...
Flock Raises New Venture Round, Launches Public Beta
It's been nearly eight months since Silicon Valley based Flock released a developer version of its Firefox based browser. This evening they are releasing their first public beta version, available fo...
RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing 'contained'
LOS ANGELES — Nearly a year after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling against online music file-sharing services, the CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America says unauthorized song...
Google SketchUp released for Mac OS X
When Google acquired @Last Software on 14 March 2006 I got excited about the prospect of having a tidy little application to design all the house projects that I have planned for the summer. Needless...
Inside Apple's iPod factories
Apple's iPods are made by mainly female workers who earn as little as £27 per month, according to a report in the Mail on Sunday yesterday. — The report, 'iPod City', isn't available online. It off...
Windows Vista screencasts
I've done several Windows Vista screencasts focusing on various important new features: Aero, file management, guided help, tablet PC functionality, sidebar, improved search indexing and Media Center....
NES Controller Cellphone Mod
Relive the glory days with this NES Controller that has been modified into a cellphone. Everything is original - the buttons and casing. This modification uses a Nokia 3200 radio and electronics bec...
The Google Connection: Google Employees on Orkut
Marissa Mayer, Googler, 173 centimeters, blue-eyed, blond and athletic, who likes dancing, candlelight and flirting and doesn't like smoking, is a friend of ... ... Ninane Wang, Googler, born in Beij...
Verizon Offers to Be Your Kids' Chaperone
Verizon is launching a new Chaperone service, enabling parents to keep tabs on their kids's LG Migo phones. — First it was Disney offering special phones parents could use to keep tabs on their wayw...
As DVD Sales Slow, Hollywood Hunts for a New Cash Cow
LOS ANGELES — After more than half a decade as Hollywood's savior, the DVD is looking a little tired — and the movie studios, for once, are having trouble coming up with a sequel. — DVD sales repres...
Internet stealth company steps out
Waltham firm has 650,000 Web names — A venture-backed Waltham company that's quietly amassed more than 650,000 Internet domain names is stepping out of stealth mode today and unveiling its plans to ...
Buffalo AirStation Nfiniti - Draft-n Router
Buffalo AirStation Nfiniti — There's no doubt that the 802.11n standard has caused more controversy than any other wireless specification. Originally put forward for informal investigation way, way...
Sampa - Blog Platform On Steriods
Sampa is an interesting new homepage-builder product that has just gone into beta. Like a lot of the products I'm interested in these days, it's quite to explain what it is! Sampa founder Marcelo Ca...
Microsoft Finally Catching up With WPA2
Tech Analysis: Microsoft is finally getting up to speed with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 support. — Be the first to comment on this article — When the IEEE ratified the 802.11i Wireless LAN security ...