Music Player From Microsoft Offers Wireless Song-Sharing
Microsoft showed off its Zune media player in public Thursday. The Zune will compete with the Apple iPod. — While the army of silent people wearing white iPod earbuds may indicate otherwise, Micros...
iPod fans 'shunning iTunes store'
Despite the success of Apple iTunes, few people stock their iPod with tracks from the online store, reports a study. — The Jupiter Research report reveals that, on average, only 20 of the tracks on ...
Wii is region-locked - Nintendo UK
Also rules out DVD playback module — Nintendo UK has admitted that the Wii console is region-locked after all, despite comments from Nintendo of America to the contrary. — Speaking to GamesIndustr...
Accused VoIP Fraudster Sought As Fugitive
The feds issued an arrest warrant for Edwin Pena for violating his bail conditions. Investigators are searching for the man, who's been missing since last month. — Federal authorities say a Miami m...
The 25 Worst Web Sites
From unforgettable flame-outs to some of the most popular destinations around, no one is safe from our look at the world's dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites. — People say hindsight is 20/20. When...
Yahoo Builds Brickhouse Around Talent
Yahoo is in the process of setting up an in-house incubator in an attempt to hold onto its expensive talent, sources say. The project, called Brickhouse, will be led by Flickr founder Caterina Fake. ...
New York courts may keep lawyers from blogging
New ethics rules under consideration in New York would redefine the definition of advertisement so broadly that virtually all electronic communications—including e-mails and blogs—would have to carry ...
Please don't videoblog (vlog)
At the blogger panel at Fall VON (repurposed to be both video on the net as well as voice) Vlogger and blip.tv advocate Dina Kaplan asked bloggers to start vlogging. It's started a minor debate. — ...
For Dina Kaplan: Why I Don't Have a VLOG
Yesterday, Andy Abramson posted a video blog entry from VON, goaded on by Blip.tv's Dina Kaplan, who asked "Why not video?" at the bloggers panel. Andy's piece is a roughly one minute segment in the ...
Hacker Discovers Adobe PDF Back Doors
A British security researcher has figured out a way to manipulate legitimate features in Adobe PDF files to open back doors for computer attacks. — David Kierznowski, a penetration testing expert sp...
Chicken Soup For The Aging Brain
The disputed idea that mental exercise can turn back time has launched an industry — The giant Nintendo store in Manhattan was swarming with silver-haired citizens and their grandchildren. The elde...
Offtopic: Latest iPod Upgrade Breaks iPod Car Interfaces?
If you're as addicted to your iPod as I am to mine, then you probably saw that on September 12th Apple released iTunes version 7 to the masses. — While iTunes 7 is extremely cool (aside from the num...
Zune vs. iPod: About the Same Size, Both Stuck in 4:3
Here's a couple of accurate comparisons that clear up any misconceptions you might have about the Zune compared to the iPod. In that first picture on the left, you can see that the Zune's half-inch l...
The Good of Web 2.0
Michael Arrington continues to maintain a justification for bashing Squidoo and I promise this is the last post I'll do on this topic but I wanted to share something important. — You can read the en...
The new link between designer and developer
I had a call today with Wayne Smith, the senior product manager for Microsoft's Expression Web. It was a fun call because it is a product I don't normally cover and I had no preconceived notions goin...