Mayfair? Put It On The Card
Monopoly board game players can now pay for properties with debit cards. — Game makers Parker have phased out the standard multi-coloured cash in a new version. — Players will instead use a Visa m...
Kevin Rose cracks (or "how to know when you've won the debate")
Update: This story has been DUGG (but is not yet 'Scaped). — Update2: Looks like the story has been killed on DIGG—go figure. :-) — OK, it's on. :-) — On the latest DIGG Nation (minute 8), Digg ...
BarCampRDU
What you see below is a wiki, which is a special kind of website YOU can edit! — Take a tour to see what you can do, or get a wiki yourself! … July 22, 2006 - Red Hat Offices, Raleigh, NC. — What'...
MySpace a launch pad for next-gen media biz
First of two parts. — CHICAGO — What do you do for an encore after you sold Rupert Murdoch on the idea of buying an exploding online lounge called MySpace? — Fox Interactive Media president Ross L...
Study: Net telephony quality worsening
While it's no secret that Net phone services don't offer the same call quality as traditional phones, a new study suggests that the quality of voice over Internet Protocol is actually getting worse. ...
NewAssignment.net
This is an answer — not the answer — to the frequently asked question in the shrinking news business these days: How will we support journalism and investigation? NewAssignment will not replace the w...
Netflix Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (NFLX)
Executives — Deborah Crawford - Director of Investor Relations — Analysts — Presentation — Operator — Good day, everyone, and welcome to the Netflix second quarter 2006 earnings conference c...
OpenDarwin Shutting Down
OpenDarwin was originally created with the goal of providing a development environment for building and developing Mac OS X sources as well as developing a standalone Darwin OS derivative. OpenDarwin...
Slim Devices Introduces Transporter; The Ultimate Device for Audiophiles
Today, Slim Devices introduced Transporter, the most advanced networked audio system available. Designed to appeal to the most discerning audiophiles and music lovers, Transporter's sound quality sur...
Why I Love Apple
I just noticed something about Apple's Mail program that perfectly illustrates why people love Apple and its products. — Like most e-mail programs, Mail's main window is divided into columns: "From,...
AOL founder says he is 'sorry' for Time Warner merger
Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steve Case, co-founder of the one-time biggest online service AOL, apologized for the company's merger with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc. in an interview with U.S. jour...
Introducing NewAssignment.Net
Enterprise reporting goes pro-am. Assignments are open sourced. They begin online. Reporters working with smart users and blogging editors get the story the pack wouldn't, couldn't or didn't. They...
New Google service for developers
In a post that was designed to get us all talking, Greg Stein builds suspense on the opening day of OSCON — the Open Source Convention. His article, "A New Google Service" on the Google Code Blog say...
Device uses waves to "print" on water surface
Researchers at Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen), working in conjunction with professor Shigeru Naito of Osaka University, have developed a device that uses waves to draw text and pictures on the s...
Raising the Bar on Viral Web Ads
Those funny clips that push products are getting slicker and more expensive to make and distribute. YouTube and Google are taking note — Six years ago, ad executive Ed Robinson carried out an exper...
Massive Network Launches Groundbreaking Interactive
New ad element drives increased consumer engagement with brands, leveraging video games' inherent interactive nature.
Zillow raises $25, joins ranks of bigger Web 2.0 companies
Zillow.com, the controversial online real estate company that provides value estimates on homes, has raised $25 million in a second round of funding. — It is controversial because it pisses off lots...
Giant video screen constructed at Tokyo-area horse track
Mitsubishi Electric has completed construction of the world's largest high-definition video screen at a horse track in Tokyo. The screen employs Mitsubishi's Aurora Vision LED technology and measures...
Build your own Vista install DVD
The bottom is about to fall out of the market for imaging tools like Symantec Ghost: Windows Vista is based entirely around Microsoft's own system imaging technology. The Vista install DVD is, in fac...
Revenge of Nintendo
Nintendo just boosted their profit estimates for the coming year by $150 million from over half a billion dollars, indicating that the company might be one of the unlikely winners in the console wars....
Motorola RIZR Z3 announced
Motorola has officially announced the RIZR Z3, or what we have known in rumors as the Capri. It's the first slide-style handset in the RAZR design series that is destined for a US launch (there was o...