"Instant Value to customers - solve a problem or create value with the first use"
The Double D Dodge, who may be the last 2.0 Product Planning Celebrity left @ 1 Microsoft Way, summarises a Kleiner Perkins' partners perspective at a 'Future of Software' conference on the characteri...
How not to fix an iPod shuffle
A friend of mine has an iPod shuffle ... or should I say, DID. Mentioning no names, he decided to hunt out a site to see if he could fix it himself as it was out of warranty. He dived onto Google an...
Sony Music wants bloggers to promo videos, music
Sony BMG Music Entertainment wants to give bloggers free music and video—sort of. — The music conglomerate is promoting a new site, called Musicbox Video, that showcases videos, artist interviews, b...
Google Plans To Make All Products Available Everywhere
Internet users outside of the US may soon be able to access all of Google's products, many of which are currently available only in limited regions, if an executive search by the company is successful...
Ray in Charge
With my family visiting the in-laws in Charleston, I'm alone here with dog, 3 cats, and 3 (I hope that's the right number) fish. On Friday I got up late and went down to Podshow for the Fubar Friday ...
Make's coverage of RoboGames 2006
Having already blown our entire travel budget attending CES, E3, and various other important events in sunny locations, we weren't able to scrape together the funds to hit up this year's annual RoboGa...
Game Console Energy Consumption
Modern gaming consoles consume more and more power, dissipate more and more heat and cause a lot more noise with their cooling systems compared to their brethren a decade ago. — While it's obvious t...
To Charge Up Customers, Put Customers in Charge
FOR more than three decades, the designer John Fluevog has been selling colorful and distinctive shoes that win raves among rock stars and fashion models, have adorned an Absolut Vodka ad and attract ...
Zen and the Art of Classified Advertising
SAN FRANCISCO — By almost any measure, Craigslist is a phenomenal success. It is the seventh-most-popular Web site in the world, according to the people who measure these things. The free online-cla...
Murdoch: an emperor leading a revolution
As Rupert Murdoch's News Corp dynasty looks to a future no one can predict, his top lieutenants will gather next month for a council of war. James Robinson and Paul Harris report — California's Peb...
Engineering electrically conducting tissue for the heart
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