Reuters opens virtual news bureau in 'Second Life'
Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game "Second Life" this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet. — Created by Linde...
No Turning Back: Panama Goes Live
As of today, the first wave of advertisers are converting over to Yahoo's new Panama ad system. The system will be made available to all advertisers in the U.S. by year end. Once they migrate, there...
Corporate solar is coming
Epic games of beach volleyball, urban indoor workspaces infused with natural light, enthusiasm for the outdoors - at Google, we've always taken advantage of the sun. And now we're ready to use the su...
Google to score ad revenues coup: eMarketer
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Google Inc. is on track in 2006 to become the first company ever to pocket 25% of all U.S. online ad spending in a calendar year, according to a new report from eMarketer...
It Pays to Have Pals in Silicon Valley
Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder, went on to start Clarium Capital, a hedge fund. He also runs a venture firm with other PayPal alumni. — Every now and then, a group of former PayPal employees get ...
Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost?
It's dress-down Friday at Sunbelt Software's Clearwater, Fla., headquarters. In a bland cubicle on the 12th floor, Eric Sites stares at the screen of a "dirty box," a Microsoft Windows machine infect...
It's a Shipping Container. No, It's a Data Center in a Box.
Sun Microsystems has developed a novel "data center in a box" in an effort to transform the fundamental economics of corporate computing. — The expandable computer system, called Project Blackbox, i...
Windows virus worms onto some Apple iPods
update Apple Computer warned on Tuesday that some of its latest iPods have shipped with a Windows virus. — The company said that a small number of video iPods made after Sept. 12 included the RavMon...
Monday: CBS/Yahoo deal not the win-win it seems
CBS/Yahoo deal not the win-win it seems — Most things Media 2.0 are counterintuitive to Media 1.0 companies, because the rules are different and, in many cases, the opposite of what they appear. Th...
CrackSpace - Urban YouTube/MySpace Hybrid
No, not a buttock-related social network, but a blend of MySpace and YouTube aimed at hip-hop fans, at least according to a paper copy of Billboard Magazine. Designed for the "urban youth" demographi...
Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India
Nandan M. Nilekani, the chief executive of Infosys, at its headquarters in Bangalore. He says India must educate and provide jobs for its youth. — TIRUCHENGODE, India — As its technology companies ...
Gimme my embedded video!
This has been bugging me for awhile, and I've just got to get it out in the open: If I want to put a cool movie trailer, a funny Comedy Central clip, or a news clip on my web site, why do I have to go...
Universal Music sues two online video sites
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Universal Music Group said on Tuesday it filed lawsuits against online video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its musicians' video...
How to Promote Your Adsense Niche Site
Blog and Ping — Create a Blog you can install the blog on your own site or use a free blogger tool like Blogger.com. Update the blog everyday with content specific to your niche and a link back to ...
Wired Travel Guide: Second Life
Taking a trip to the coolest destination on the Web? Our guide tells you where to go, what to do - and how to buy sex organs. — So you've decided to take a trip to Second Life. Good choice! Wheth...