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Report: Fugitive top hi-tech exec tracked down in Sri Lanka
The founder of Israeli hi-tech giant Comverse, who fled the United States ten days ago, was tracked down in Sri Lanka by an Israeli private investigator, the Ma'ariv daily newspaper reported on Thursd...
Microsoft winds back Office ribbon
Microsoft has modified its new interface for Office 2007 after complaints from beta testers that the 'ribbon' system took up too much space on screen. — Office 2007 has ditched the traditional drop-...
Riparian Rights
There's been a torrent of discussion about Dave Winer's introduction of a new way to bring news and blogs to mobile devices. PaidContent's Staci Kramer has the best description I've seen of why the a...
No Suit Required
Terry McBride has an idea. Another idea. A good - no, a great idea. McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group, is sitting in his Vancouver, British Columbia, office with his local marketing staff discus...
Google's geeky queen of the search-o-sphere
The internet executive is on a constant search for the 'next big thing' - just now she has TV stations worried — Marissa Mayer should be spending today programming some LED light strings for an art ...
Google Seeks Fund Rule Exemption to Increase Investment Returns
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the most widely used Internet search engine, is facing a hurdle other companies would love to confront: how to get better returns from investing its cash ho...
Spammers manipulate stock markets
Spam messages that tout stocks and shares can have real effects on the markets, a study suggests. — E-mails typically promote penny shares in the hope of convincing people to buy into a company to r...
More Tiny Towns Get MuniFied
With all the attention being lavished on large municipal wireless networks such as the one being built by the city of Philadelphia, or the one proposed by San Francisco, the fact of the matter is that...
A Quick Reference Sheet for Internet Explorer 7
My name is Seth McLaughlin and I have been working as a Program Manager intern on the User Experience team for the past few months. The summer is coming to an end and I will soon be returning to scho...
Hacking Wireless Networks With The PSP
Hacking Wireless Networks With The PSP — Hacking Wireless Networks With The PSP — Is the PSP spurring a new generation of safety concerns? — One doesn't often associate a child bearing a portabl...
Firefox welcomes Microsoft's offer of help
Mozilla has accepted Microsoft's offer of help towards ensuring interoperability between Firefox and the upcoming Vista operating system.
Zune revealed by FCC as "Toshiba 1089"
Well, here's a bit of a surprise: a wireless PMP just showed up on the FCC, featuring a 30GB HDD, FM tuner and a strangely familiar 3-inch screen. And it ain't being manufactured by Microsoft. Inste...
Sony claims battery recalls will cost them $200m
In a brief but pointed statement by Sony, hygienically entitled "Statement Regarding Sony's Support of Apple's Recall of Lithium Ion Battery Packs Used in Apple Notebook Computers," the mass manufactu...
Unexpected Decline in Existing Home Sales? Not Exactly.
On Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their existing homes sales figures for July. Headlines covering the release talked about the surprising drop in this economic indicat...
OLPC gets a name: the CM1, or Children's Machine
So, it's official: the hundred-plus-dollar laptop spearheaded by Nicholas Negroponte — and called the OLPC up to this point for lack of better terminology — can now be definitively referred to as the ...
Apple, Dell, Lenovo, HP working on battery manufacturing standards
If there's one thing this summer's taught us, it's that pleather is never a good idea during a heat wave. But if there's two things this summer's taught us, it's that batteries are extremely combusti...
Qualcomm Fighting Intel, The World
Reports are starting to pick up on the fact that Qualcomm, the San Diego-based wireless company that has thus far dominated the key cellular standards, is staring an uncertain future in the eye. It s...
HL2: Episode Two delayed till 2007
Valve Software has been one of the main proponents in the push for episodic gaming, a fact which quickly comes to mind in light of Half-Life 2: Episode Two getting its own push into the future. Relea...
How to get people talking about your product
Scene: A Marketing Meeting in the Conference Room — Mickey the Product Manager has called Daisy and Goofy into a meeting to discuss promotional plans for their upcoming new product. — Mickey: ...