IBM + ISS = Consolidation?
IBM just announced they were buying ISS, the Intrusion Prevention company in Atlanta. There are two hundred hits on Google news this morning for the deal. And over 200 hits that include the word con...
Can German engineering fix Wikipedia?
An experimental feature planned for the German version of Wikipedia could eventually improve the quality of editing for the online encyclopedia and open its front page to public edits for the first ti...
TyTN: Smartphone of your dreams?
Two years ago I started using Pocket PC Phone Edition devices with the T-Mobile MDA II device and since that time I have owned or tried the MDA III, i-mate JasJar, TORQ P100, TORQ P120, and HTC Wizard...
The Web 2.0 Economic Conundrum
Regulars here know that I am a huge proponent for the little guy. Hence, the name of my blog. I want to see everyone who's publishing a blog to try to make money achieve their wildest dreams (and ou...
Job Boards - 11 hours In
Thank you to everyone who has sent in feedback, questions and ideas for the ProBlogger Job Boards as well as the many bloggers who have linked up to it. — I've always wanted to be a match maker - an...
Redmond red-faced over Gervais video leak
How did David Brent's day at Microsoft make it onto YouTube? — Microsoft is investigating how two internal training videos created by UK comedy duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have surfaced o...
Can the Germans fix Wikipedia?
How bad things have things gotten at Wikipedia? It's common knowledge that the site suffers from hoaxsters, inaccurate information, and a vandalism problem that might be funny if it weren't so pervas...
MySpace: The Magazine
Social-Networking Site in Talks With 'Nylon' to Create Title — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Hey MySpace kids: Want to read a magazine? If you answered yes, you may be in luck. MySpace is actively consid...
Windows Live testing video search
Windows Live.com is working on some interesting new features in their beta search service, most notably video search. It's not on the front page yet, but on the section of the site ironically missing...
Apple settles with Creative for $100 million
update Apple Computer and Creative Technology have agreed to settle their legal dispute over music player patents for $100 million, the companies announced Wednesday. — The $100 million, to be paid ...
Clarifying Windows Vista Support of Protected HD Content in 32-bit Systems
The community is buzzing with reactions to APC Magazine's article regarding playback of protected High Definition content in 32-bit versions of Windows Vista. However, the information shared was inco...
Let's Share Some Files - Four Services Compared
File sharing has long been a popular use of the Internet. I remember sitting at my laptop and asking a friend to name a song, and then seeing if I could download it off of Napster and play it before ...