Microsoft Spinoff Wallop Launches
Wallop, previously a semi-forgotton Microsoft Research "sandbox" social network and photo sharing project, was spun off into a new, independent, venture backed business earlier this year (details here...
Jajah's Mobile Ambitions
The company hopes to become the Skype of the cell-phone world, and has introduced a service allowing users to call overseas on the cheap — You might call Jajah the clunkier Skype. Since February, t...
Introducing ScobleShow
It's 1 a.m. and the engineering team, me, and Valerie, are still working at the office. But the show is slowly coming up. The URL is at http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/ — Stuff is still broken,...
INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUES CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AT AN UNPRECEDENTED RATE WITH A 36% INCREASE FOR FIRST HALF OF '06
First Six Months of '06 hit $7.9 Billion and Q2 Exceeds $4 Billion — Today, during the MIXX Conference and Expo, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) …
AOL Subscribers Sue Over Release Of Search Data
NEW YORK - Three AOL subscribers who suddenly found records of their Internet searches widely distributed online are suing the company under privacy laws and are seeking an end to its retention of sea...
Goodbye Froogle; Hello Google Product Results In Web Search
Froogle, Google's shopping search engine that launched with big hopes back in 2002, is to be deemphasized in place of product listings integrated into regular Google search results. — The news has c...
Apple iPhone to be Cingular-exclusive at launch
Apple and Cingular have signed an agreement that will make the US' largest cell phone provider the exclusive carrier of Apple's forthcoming phone, sources report. Apple's iPhone remains on track for ...
Arrival of 'dotmobi' domain raises concerns
New "dotmobi" internet domain names will go on general sale on Tuesday in an attempt to drive the use of mobile devices as platforms to surf the web. — More than 13,000 names have been registered in...
CinemaNow's Internet Cliff-Hanger
The online movie business hopes downloadable DVD services will start an industry-wide trend. But studios want to see strong sales first — The movie download business just got more fast and furious....
Google to Push for More Electrical Efficiency in PC's
Google is calling on the computer industry to create a simpler and more efficient power supply standard that it says will save billions of kilowatt-hours of energy annually. — In a white paper to be...
Limewire Hits Back Hard: Sues RIAA For Antitrust And Consumer Fraud
from the this-may-get-interesting dept — Last month, the RIAA sued Limewire after Limewire wouldn't agree to simply roll over and pretend the RIAA's interpretation of the Supreme Court decision in t...
Open Source News:
Open source router on par with Cisco, users say — The price and flexibility of an open source router is sometimes enough to lure in users, despite the router's reputation for having support and usab...
Ecast Secures $20M Financing Round
Investment Led by Focus Ventures. — San Francisco, CA /PRNewswire/ - Ecast, Inc., the leading out-of-home interactive media company that operates the largest network of broadband-enabled, digital to...