Backpack adds calendar and voice notes
37Signals, the poster child of consumer facing software as a service, is making another move that's sure to please their customers and demonstrate again the advantages of hosted services over desktop-...
Skype founders pay out for Kazaa settlement
LONDON — Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the billionaire Internet entrepreneurs who created Kazaa and Skype, have reached into their own pockets to help settle a lawsuit brought by the music and mov...
Lee Gomes responds to Chris Anderson
Late yesterday, in an email exchange, I asked Lee Gomes what he thought of Chris Anderson's response to his Wall Street Journal column on the Long Tail. (Which I discussed here.) In particular, I wa...
Google rides the radio waves
news analysis If you're trying to catch on in radio, Motown is probably a good place to start. — Google-powered ads, which have become a mainstay on Web sites, are now being played on at least one r...
Netvibes introduces Meebo and Alexa modules
Alexa module — Alexa is a website tracking service, based on statistics sent by an Internet Explorer browser toolbar installed on a sampling of Internet users. — You've been a lot to ask for this ...
The Underground Blogosphere
Deep underneath the blogosphere lies a network that's just as big and powerful. It has a lots of participants, yet it's completely invisible to those who do not blog. It's the Underground Blogospher...
BenQ IMS-100 Portable Bluetooth Speakers
Here's an interesting product from BenQ. Instead of tying speakers to your Bluetooth-enabled portable music device or phone, these speakers are Bluetooth A2DP enabled so you can stream music to it fr...
Zango's Myspace partner still pushing their videos in Myspace
"A partner can't place Zango content on a MySpace site," said Monlux, "but if someone goes to a partner's site, takes Zango content, and puts it on his MySpace profile, that's not a violation of our t...
More than 95% of e-mail is 'junk'
Technology correspondent, BBC News website — More than 95% of e-mail is junk, be it spam, error messages or viruses, report mail monitoring firms. — Analysis of the contents of millions of e-mails...
Jeff's Quick Guide to TV on the Net (TV/IP) - July, 2006
Disintermediation of TV Distribution Outlets, or Doing to Television what we've Now Done to Voice — In gearing up for the Fall Video on the Net Conference, I've been exploring recent developments in...
How Bot Those Nets?
What could you do if you controlled a network of thousands of computers — or, at least, could use the spare processor cycles on those machines? You could perform massively parallel computations: mode...
Microsoft opposes Net neutrality plan on its proxy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) wants to block an effort for a shareholder vote forcing the world's largest software maker to explain its support for Internet...
Nintendo DS Lite in the kitchen teaches you to make Sushi
Other than playing Mario the japs can also learn cooking on their Nintendo DS thanks to the Nintendo DS Cooking Navigator which has receipes for over 200 Japanese delicacies. It is voice activated so...
Live From GoogleFi
Live from Mountain View - This morning I got an email invitation welcoming me to try out Google's Mountain View WiFi network as one of the trusted testers. I'm not sure if it was a random invite or n...
Microsoft Expands Presence in Healthcare IT Industry With Acquisition of Health Intelligence Software Azyxxi
Strategic agreement with MedStar Health and Washington Hospital Center will empower physicians and improve patient outcomes. — WASHINGTON — July 26, 2006 …
Canon Unveils New Prosumer HDV Line: XH G1 and XH A1
Read Full Coverage of Canon XH G1 and XH A1 on CamcorderInfo.com — Panasonic AG-HVX200, Sony HDR-FX — July 26, 2006 - This morning Canon USA and Canon Inc. announced the release of their first pro...