PS4 In 2010 Claims Sony. Major PS3 Upgrades In Between
A PS4 will be launched by Sony but not until at least 2010 claims the Vice President of Technology for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Paul Holman. — What will happen between then and now is tha...
Google Somewhat Froogle At Holiday Press Party
If I took a shot for every time someone said the words "bubble," "boom," or "bust" at Google's holiday press party tonight, I would probably be wasted. Fortunately, the drinking game didn't occur to ...
Yahoo! Re-Aligns Organization to More Effectively Focus on Key Customer Segments and Capture Future Growth Opportunities
New Structure to Focus on Serving More Sophisticated Demands of Audiences, Advertisers and Publishers Worldwide — SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec 05, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) …
Introducing, NewTeeVee
Six months ago when we launched on this journey, my initial thoughts were launching three-to-five specialized blogs that were like satellites around Planet Broadband. Online video, gaming, data cente...
Swivel Aims To Become The Internet Archive For Data
Swivel Co-founders Dmitry Dimov and Brian Mulloy start off by describing their company as "YouTube for Data." That's a good start for someone trying to understand it, because the site allows users to...
Sources confirm plans for a smaller, ultra-thin form factored MacBook Pro
MacScoop has obtained reports from sources believed to be very reliable, claiming that Apple is developing a smaller and ultra-thin form-factor MacBook Pro. — The new laptop should be even thinner a...
TiVoToGo On Your Mac
Want TiVoToGo on your Mac? — Nearly two years after being released, TiVo, Inc may have failed to deliver but the hacker community has heeded our call. As of 12/05/06 the solution requires a little ...
Zudeo: a high-def version of YouTube
Another day, another peer-to-peer file-swapping firm trying to go legit. This time it's Azureus, makers of one of the most popular BitTorrent clients on the Internet. The company has just launched i...
China Largely Silent on Telecom Strategy
If the world's telecommunications executives thought that bringing their industry's biggest trade show to China would spur Chinese officials into opening their vast market, they were wrong — at least ...
Microsoft's Zune Drops to Fifth in Music Player Sales (Update2)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.'s Zune device dropped to fifth place from second in the U.S. market for digital media players in its second week in stores, market researcher NPD Group Inc. said.
Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians
Tony Walsh has, as others do, some doubts about whether Second Life is sustainable as a business. But he also poses another question that I hadn't come across before: "Is Second Life sustainable ecol...
Open Document Format published as ISO standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) finally published the Open Document Format (ODF) as an official standard last week after approving it as an international standard last May. T...
Qualcomm wades deeper into MIMO with Airgo purchase
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. apparently couldn't resist adding Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output technology to its already huge portfolio of wireless technology. — The behemoth chipmaker announced it is bu...
Troubling '07 Forecast for the Old-Line Media but Not for the Online
THE first Monday in October is known in legal circles as the start of the Supreme Court term. Similarly, on Madison Avenue, the first Monday in December has become familiar as the kickoff of the adve...
Threshers Voucher Creates Storm Online
Wow - a good deal sure can spread quickly online! Last week, Threshers, the high street off-license (AKA wine store) sent a 40% discount voucher around to suppliers and distributors . The offer spre...
Mom, 2 kids survive — frantic hunt for dad
frantic hunt for dad — S.F. woman, girls survive 9 days in wilderness; father left them to seek help — (12-04) 04:00 PST Grants Pass, Ore. — They ran the heater in their station wagon until the car...