So Much Fanfare, So Few Hits
Rivals get the jitters when Google's nonsearch products grab headlines. But a close look shows that so far, there's not a market leader among them — It's a role once filled by IBM (IBM ) and later ...
John Edwards courts tech crowd in Seattle
John Edwards, the former U.S. vice presidential candidate, sought common ground with bloggers and other hard-core techies in Seattle on Friday — conceding, among other things, that he's sometimes too ...
Google Denies ISP Rumors
Google denies that it is trying to position itself as an internet service provider, despite wide speculation to the contrary. — "Google has no current plans to be an internet service provider outsid...
Paris Approves Law Aimed at Making iTunes Compatible With Rival Devices
PARIS, June 30 — French legislators gave final approval on Friday to a copyright law that could force Apple Computer to make songs purchased from its market-leading iTunes Music Store compatible with ...
Red Hat sued over JBoss technology
Red Hat has been hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company. — In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Texas this w...
I'm a Second Life Lawbreaker
Yes, the rumors are right, I've been banned from Linden Labs' Second Life. — Why? — Because I broke the rules. — I let my son use my Second Life account. I'm not allowed to do that. Only 18-ye...
Apple's Got a Secret
EVERYONE knows about how much iPods cost. But how much does it cost Apple to make them? — Apple will not say, and that bothers Robert Renck, who runs the private research firm R. L. Renck & Company...
Google a one trick pony?
BusinessWeek has an interesting article about Google "So Much Fanfare, So Few Hits". This follows the theme of my previous post "MacroMyopia and the Technology Hype Cycle". The article basically say...
Austin Powers to ROK on Mobile - Yeah Baby!
Mobile technology and content development company, ROK Entertainment Group, today announced it had licensed the Austin Powers film 'International Man of Mystery' to it's growing portfolio of titles av...
Mozes, the SMS marketing company, raises angel funding
Mozes, a Palo Alto start-up that lets you send it an SMS (text message) to get information about a person, a band or other product, has raised an angel round of $750,000. Media analyst Paul Kagan is ...
VCs discuss the next big things
Cell phone gambling in China and other wireless trends are what venture capitalists at Brainstorm were talking about. — ASPEN (CNNMoney.com) — Venture capitalists still see a lot that interests them...
Anaheim Is Now Unwired
Earthlink, the beleaguered ISP which is betting the farm on municipal wireless turned on its Muni WiFi network in the city of Anaheim. Earthlink calls its WiFi initiatives - Feather. The network wen...
Why Microsoft won't buy Yahoo
Commentary: An idea whose time will never come — BERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Sometimes you have to laugh out loud when a report comes out with analysis and suggestions that are so far out in le...
Court refuses to halt Aug. 9 AWS auction, but leaves questions about DE rules
WASHINGTON—The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to halt the Aug. 9 start of the advanced wireless services auction, but the Federal Communications Commission likely faces continued litigation...
Prober E319 In-Dash Car PC
This in-dash entertainment center from Hong Kong has a 6.5-inch screen and 800x480 resolution. Front-and-center on its feature list is a GPS navigator and the ability to connect to the Internet via G...
Digg 3.0, Who needs The New York Times?
Michael Arrington, Web 2.0 champion at his TechCrunch, has been championing the Web 2.0 Digg, as of late. — Last week, TechCrunch posted "exclusive screenshots and stats" about Digg, prior to the si...
French lawmakers approve 'iTunes law'
PARIS — French lawmakers gave final approval Friday to legislation that could force Apple Computer to make its iPod and iTunes Music Store compatible with rivals' music players and online services. —...
HTC Trinity revealed?
We've just spotted what purports to be the HTC Trinity, and while it's looking quite a bit different (and a bit less sleek) than the last time it surfaced, the specs are just as spiffing. The Windows...
BBC Worldwide firms up plans to launch ad supported site
LONDON - BBC Worldwide has confirmed that it will launch an advertiser-supported international website, BBC.com, as soon as the first quarter of next year, one of the first advertising channels to be ...
WriteRoom: Write without the distractions
As someone who usually has nine or ten Firefox tabs open in addition to Trillian in the corner and occasional Gmail Notifier pop-ups, I'm probably not the kind of writer WriteRoom is made for. WriteR...
Intel's F1-inspired Viiv remote
We wonder what the meeting was like over at Intel HQ when they decided to produce this programmable remote that's designed for controlling your Viiv devices and is shaped like the steering wheel from ...