Statement on July 12 Fine Announced by European Commission
Fine not appropriate; key issue not compliance, but clarity of March 2004 decision. — REDMOND, Wash. — July 12, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement by General Counsel Brad Smith, f...
Yahoo! and Microsoft Bridge Global Instant Messaging Communities
Beta testing of unprecedented interoperability between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger with Voice lets users communicate across IM services. — SUNNYVALE, Calif., and REDMOND, Wash. — Jul...
Nielsen: Podcasts More Popular than Blogging
Nielsen//NetRatings announced today that 6.6 percent of the U.S. adult online population, or 9.2 million Web users, have recently downloaded an audio podcast. 4.0 percent, or 5.6 million Web users, h...
Park the Beamer by Bot
Driving your car into a cramped parking space can be a harrowing experience, but BMW says it has developed a robotic parking system to solve the problem. — The luxury carmaker's parking-assist techn...
introSolve Sudoku (Without even thinking!)
This instructable provides step by step instructions to complete a Sudoku puzzle by simple process of elimination. — One of the things I that drove me crazy about Sudoku is how difficult it is to re...
New Search Patent Applications: July 11, 2006 - Google Patent Filings by the Dozen
Twelve Google patent applications where published this past week, including seven that focus upon geographical information and local search. — (1) How good a match ads may be to the content on pages...
Geek Entertainment TV Sells Out To PodTech
Breaking news! PodTech has just acquired video blogging snarksters Geek Entertainment TV. — GETV co-founders Eddie Codel and Irina Slutsky will be working full-time for PodTech, reporting to Robert...
Samsung Z5 Speaker Docking Station
All prices include VAT — This product is currently expected to arrive in stock on Wednesday 16 August, 2006. You can still purchase this product now …
Woodcrest to power Apple's next-gen Mac Pro desktops
Apple Computer has selected dual-core Xeon server processors from Intel Corp. to power its next wave of high-performance professional Mac Pro desktops, AppleInsider has confirmed. — The 64-bit chips...
Crazy-Long Hacker Sentence Upheld
A federal appeals court upheld a nine-year prison term Monday for a hacker who tried and failed to steal customer credit-card numbers from the Lowe's chain of home improvement stores. — Brian Salced...
This Is a Computer on Your Brain
A new brain-computer-interface technology could turn our brains into automatic image-identifying machines that operate faster than human consciousness. — Researchers at Columbia University are combi...
Spy Camera Sunglasses Records What You See
It's amazing to see the lengths that people will go to snoop on their fellow man. These sunglasses promise to record exactly what you're looking at thanks to a built-in video camera. The camera, whi...
Rather eyeing online gig
AOL might have a new message for the Internet: You've got Dan. — The Time Warner-owned Internet company is in negotiations with representatives for veteran CBS anchor Dan Rather to play a role in or...
SONY BEGINS SHIPPING "BYTE-SIZED" USB DRIVE
Micro Vault Tiny Offers Up to 4GB Storage Capacity — PARK RIDGE, N.J., July 11, 2006 - Sony Electronics is taking the notion of compact to the next level with its "byte-sized" Micro Vault® Tiny driv...
How Washington will shape the Internet
The Web was the Wild West - until the sheriff rode into town — Michael Rogers — The most potent force shaping the future of the Internet is neither Mountain View's Googleplex nor the Microsoft cam...
Rein Pours Scorn on Episodic
Epic Games VP Mark Rein called episodic gaming a "broken business," triggering outrage among some delegates during the Develop Conference in Brighton, England today. Lots of good stuff inside... Dur...
A chat with Michael Dell: Alienware and XPS to stay separate
Grapevine (TX) - While custom PC builder Alienware may benefit from the much-increased purchasing power of its new corporate parent, Dell Computer, the development tracks of the two companies will rem...
Interview with Laura Lippay of Yahoo
Spotlight on Search Interview with Laura Lippay, SEO Program Manager for Yahoo — We've been on a bit of a "Spotlight on Search Interview" hiatus the past few weeks, but I can assure you this one is ...