Dunn grilled by Congress
update A congressional committee on Thursday grilled former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn over why she didn't put a stop to controversial techniques used by the company in an investigation in...
Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo Interior Concept
NEW YORK - Future passengers aboard Virgin Galactic spaceliners can look forward to cushioned reclining seats and lots of windows during suborbital flights aboard SpaceShipTwo, a concept interior of w...
Mark Cuban: Only a 'moron' would buy YouTube
Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words Thursday for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a "moron" would purchase the wildly popular st...
A view from (under) the long tail
I lead a double life. It gives me something in common with spies, weekend cross-dressers and fugitives from the law, but in my case the reality is much more boring. As an academic, I spend much of m...
Meet the second generation of UMPCs, shoulda been 1st
When the UMPC platform was launched at Intel's 2005 IDF we were teased with a $500 or less device on the WWAN running on ultra-low powered chips capable of either 8-hours off battery or putting Vista ...
Skype's Mobility Problem
Skype for Mobile wants to get on your cell phone, but technical hurdles and tough competitors may stand in the way — Concern that Skype's efforts to move into mobile calling may be in jeopardy surfa...
Craigslist founder says he won't cash in
Text+AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The founder of craigslist, the free social networking and classifieds Web site, said on Thursday he is not interested in selling out, a few hours after social networking sit...
Why Alexa Is Worthless
Alexa is a tool that many webmasters and advertisers used to gauge the size of a website. The Alexa ranking is based on a three month running average. The number shown is where a site ranks on the i...