More on Powerset, the secretive search engine
We promised to bring you more on Powerset, that secretive company that wants to better Google with a new kind of search. — Powerset is going after the holy grail. It is called "natural language" se...
Google Code Search Live
Google released Code Search, a search engine dedicated to finding pieces of public source code. There are existing code search engines, but this one seems to top them in terms of scope; not only does...
Tech Gadgets Banned in the USA
There's no doubt about it: foreign technology can whet your appetite. Super-lightweight laptops from Japan, feature-packed smartphones from Europe, and shiny, gotta-get-it devices designed in India, ...
Dot-Com Bubble, Part II? Why It's So Hard to Value Social Networking Sites
Less than three years after emerging from nowhere, the hot social networking website MySpace is on pace to be worth a whopping $15 billion in just three more years. Or is it? — Is the much smaller ...
del.icio.us Plans To Become A Social Network
I recently interviewed del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter, who is now with Yahoo after the popular social bookmarking service was acquired last December. Joshua was recently named as top innovator ...
Skype's Venice Project Revealed
The company is combining professionally produced TV and videos with the Internet, and BusinessWeek.com got the first look — Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom are preparing to unveil...
Scientists teleport two different objects
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Beaming people in "Star Trek" fashion is still in the realms of science fiction, but physicists in Denmark have teleported information from light to matter bringing quantum...
New Google Groups product for testing
Google has announced a new beta version of Google Groups — it looks really good. You can tell they have spent many hours on the user experience, however I have a few suggestions that would add to the...
Henning Kagermann: Balancing Change and Stability in the Evolution of SAP's Enterprise Software Platform
When Henning Kagermann became the sole CEO of SAP in 2003, a role he had previously shared with company co-founder Hasso Plattner, he faced a number of challenges, including an economic slowdown that ...
The State Of Web Development - Ajax set to surpass Flash in '07
Ektron and SitePoint did a survey of 5,000 web developers over the US summer, and have just released the results in a report entitled The State of Web Development 2006/2007. It's packed full of usefu...
PodZinger to Offer Targeted Video Ads
Audio and video search engine PodZinger is launching a new advertising platform that targets video ads based on search queries and the content being viewed. — "We're taking one of the key advantages...
Microsoft Cuts Bonuses for Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer (Update1)
Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software company, cut bonuses paid to Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer as profit growth slowed in three of the pa...
Calif. AG files felony charges in HP probe
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California's attorney general filed felony criminal charges on Wednesday against former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn and four others in connection with the company's inter...