Microsoft: Zune sales to top 1 million by June
Although the Zune has fallen some in the sales ranks, Microsoft says it expects to sell more than 1 million of the music players by the end of June. — The software maker said Wednesday it was please...
Microsoft releasing book search in beta
Microsoft is releasing Live Search Books, its competitor to Google Book Search, in beta on Wednesday. — The book search engine performs keyword searches for books that have been scanned as part of M...
Advertise online - even if you don't have a website
AdWords advertisers know that online advertising is an effective way to promote their businesses. What do you do, however, if you want to advertise online, but you don't have a website? Does this so...
Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself
Hearing from a lot of new friends lately? You know, the ones that write "It's me, Esmeralda," and tip you off to an obscure stock that is "poised to explode" or a great deal on prescription drugs. —...
Searchers think they are nearing missing CNET editor
Authorities searching the southwest Oregon wilderness for CNET editor James Kim said they believe they are close to finding the missing man, who has been stranded in a remote area for 10 days. — "Th...
Amazon takes major stake in Wikia
Wikia, a San Mateo company that allows groups to share information about their interests with wiki technology, has raised a second round of funding — all of it coming from Amazon.com. — It is not cl...
Prudential: iPhone to sport click wheel; video iPod by Q2
Apple Computer's much anticipated iPod cell phone will look like an iPod with a small screen and a click-wheel interface, according to one Wall Street analyst. — In an extensive research note releas...
Toshiba Develops 1.8-Inch 100GB Hard Drive
Higher-capacity MP3 players and notebooks could be coming next year. — Higher capacity music players and laptop computers could be on the way thanks to a new hard drive from Toshiba that manages a 2...
Microsoft Issues Word Zero-Day Attack Alert
Microsoft on Dec. 5 warned that an unpatched vulnerability in its Word software program is being used in targeted, zero-day attacks. — A security advisory from the Redmond, Wash., company said the f...
In a Turnabout, Record Industry Releases MP3s
The music industry has long resisted selling music in the MP3 format, which lacks the copy protections that prevent songs from being duplicated endlessly. But now, Blue Note Records and its marquee a...
Google offer takes on PayPal
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is offering merchants free use of its online payment service as it squares off against eBay's market-leading PayPal. — The Internet search giant introduced Google Chec...
Crovitz on WSJ: 80-20 editorial rule in 2007
ALSO: PAIDCONTENT NYC BASH: NO BUBBBLE, GOOD NEW MEDIA BUSINESS! — Gordon Crovitz, Publisher, The Wall Street Journal, and President, Consumer Media Group, Dow Jones, took to the stage this evening ...
IEEE sets sights on 100G Ethernet
Standards body votes to pursue 100G Ethernet over single and multi-mode fiber links — The next Ethernet speed will be 100Gbps, the IEEE voted recently. Now the standards body just has to go build s...
The Meaning of Friendship
What constitutes a friend? In everyday vernacular, a friend is a relationship that involves some degree of mutual love or admiration. Some people exclude sexual partners and family members from this...
MySpace to Apple: Fix that worm
MySpace.com wants Apple Computer to update its QuickTime media player software so it can't be used in attacks on the social-networking site. — The request comes after a worm in the form of a rigged ...