Facebook, Courted By Yahoo, Won't Sell, Director Says (Update3)
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — Facebook, the social-networking Web site courted by Yahoo! Inc., isn't for sale, board member Peter Thiel said. — ``It's going to remain an independent company,'' Thiel said in...
Todd asks "why no hard questions for BillG?"
Over at Geek News Central Todd Cochrane asks an interesting question about yesterday's Bill Gates Blogger Meetup. "It pisses me off that none of them could ask a hard question" he says, while asking...
The hole trick
How Skype & Co. get round firewalls — Peer-to-peer software applications are a network administrator's nightmare. In order to be able to exchange packets with their counterpart as directly as possi...
Nintendo respond to Wii breakages
Games firm Nintendo has said it will replace all broken straps for its Wii console, following customer complaints. — The strap is connected to a motion sensitive remote which is used to control the ...
Mark Lucovsky adds Google bling to your blog
Mark Lucovsky runs the Ajax Search service at Google and sits down for both an in-depth interview about what he's been working on, but then pulls out some cool demos of ways you can add ...
Your easiest holiday task
We launched Google Apps for Your Domain at the end of August, and since then we've been getting great feedback from people all over. Organizations from Thailand, Argentina, and even our neighbors in ...
Google Starts Selling Domains For $10 Per Year
Google has entered the domain business with partners GoDaddy and eNom. An already crowded industry, Google has begun allowing people to register '.com', '.net', '.biz', and '.info' Web site addresses...
Adobe to release Intel-native Photoshop CS3 beta
Photoshop users who've been waiting for a version of the image-editing program that runs natively on Intel-based Macs are about to be rewarded for their patience. Adobe will release a beta of Photosh...
The "FF class" of stock, for founders who want cash early
A form venture capital funding in Silicon Valley is getting increased interest from founders of start-ups. — It is called the "FF class" of stock, for founders who want to cash out a small percentag...
Top mistakes made by new online publishers
Commentary: Don't fall into the traps that have left too many other journalists muttering that 'no one can make money online.' — Perhaps you've heard the horror stories: You can't make any money pub...
Gates: Digital locks too complex
Microsoft boss Bill Gates has told a group of influential bloggers that copy protection for digital music and video is too complex for consumers. — Mr Gates was speaking to an invited party of blogg...
Changing the Game
There was a time in Silicon Valley when starting a company meant building something that you wanted to have, then other people came asking to buy one and you were in business. Companies in those days...
Gizmodo Knows: iPhone Will Be Announced On Monday
I guarantee it. It isn't what I expected at all. And I've already said too much. -Brian Lam
DISK DRIVE PIONEER LED SEAGATE
SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS PIONEER LED SEAGATE — On his office desk, Alan ``Al'' Shugart kept a small, wooden triangle with a straightforward message: ``Keep it simple.'' — But the life of the disk d...
19 Ways To Make Social Sites Pay
With the top YouTube users becoming paid shills for Coke, and the top Diggers being accused of taking 'cash for Diggs', it seems that the users of social sites are looking to be rewarded for their eff...
SES Chicago - Using Images
We all had a great time at SES Chicago last week, answering questions and getting feedback. — One of the sessions I participated in was Images and Search Engines, and the panelists had great informa...
Prediction Markets at confab.yahoo
A report from the yahoo.confab event on Prediction Markets, held Wed Dec 13 in Silicon Valley. Written by Nitin Karandikar from The Software Abstractions Blog and edited by Richard MacManus. All pho...
Third MS Word Code Execution Exploit Posted
Exploit code for a third, unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Word has been posted on the Internet, adding to the software maker's struggles to keep up with gaping holes in its popular word processin...
BREAKING: More AOL Changes: EVPs Jim Bankoff, Joe Redling and John Buckley Leaving; Also CTO
More upheaval at AOL, as the company goes through a transition period under a new leadership: three of the top EVPs at the company are leaving, paidContent.org has learned.
Orange to offer DSL and a MacBook for two euros per day
We'll go ahead and spare you the blatantly obvious "apples to oranges" remark, as the two fruitful companies actually do seem to have something in common based on a recent report from French newspaper...
Valleywag is becoming essential
I have to echo Fred Wilson's view that Valleywag has suddenly become a must-read for me. Despite the incessant Yahoo! bashing recently, Nick Denton has finally created an insightful Silicon Valley go...
U.K. considers wiki to ease patent bottleneck
The U.K. Patent Office is considering reforms to the British patent system based on recommendations made in a commissioned report on intellectual-property issues. — The patent office is "looking at ...