Founder of Wikipedia plans search engine to rival Google
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, is set to launch an internet search engine with amazon.com that he hopes will become a rival to Google and Yahoo! — Mr Wales has begu...
PS3s Being Traded For Wiis
So, first people camp out in front of Best Buys for days at a time to get the PS3, and then they trade them for Nintendo Wiis. Seriously. Tony Conrad, CEO and Founder of Sphere, pointed this out to ...
Page view metrics? Bah, humbug!
(A personal, non-work mini-rant about page view metrics.) — I want to come to Yahoo's defense about something. A recent spate of reports says that Yahoo has been surpassed by various companies in t...
Explaining Steve Gillmor
Nobody I know can understand a thing Steve Gillmor is talking about, mainly because he makes so many obscure references without explaining them. I thought as a public service I would provide a detail...
In-depth analysis of Microsoft content syndication platform patent application
On June 21, 2005 eight Microsoft employees claimed invention rights for a "content syndication platform," exemplified by Internet Explorer 7 and its support for aggregating feed content.
WHY YOU CAN'T GET IPODS AT A DISCOUNT.
Last week, USA Today reported that online sales in November increased 25 percent over those from 2005. If you've shopped for gadgets online this holiday season, you almost certainly found that the ca...
AllofMp3.com Sued for $1.65 Trillion!
I haven't been able to find information on the largest lawsuit in history but I'm sure this one is right up at the top. The RIAA (yes, I was just as shocked as you ) is suing the website AllofMP3.c...
Business biggies wade warily into viral video
Can conglomerates unite to take on YouTube? — To really make money from putting content like "The Colbert Report" online, Hollywood needs to follow an ad-supported model. — The creators of YouTube...
Panasonic's In-Flight Broadband Service Misses Its Connexion
from the delayed dept — After Boeing announced several months ago that it was shutting down its Connexion in-flight broadband service, a Panasonic unit said it would fill the gap. It said it wouldn...
Tom Leaves GUBA
Tom McInerney, one of the co-founders and chief executive officer of GUBA, a San Francisco-based online video sharing and download service, has resigned and is leaving the company. Eric Lambrecht, Co...
Zune oddities (part II): Zune in orange, Zune Masters program, Zune with 80GB
We tend to think of something particularly academic when we hear the phrase "accepted into our masters' program," but apparently Microsoft is working the influencer angle again with the Zuners.
16 Digital Photography Tips for Christmas
It's three days until Christmas so I thought a quick tutorial on the topic of Christmas Photography might be appropriate. — Here are 16 tips and ideas to try that come to mind for digital camera own...
Judge: music labels have to prove sharing
The beat goes on in the world of file-sharing litigation. Earlier this week, the case against Patti Santangelo was dismissed without prejudice and refiled, this time naming two of her children as def...
How I helped Spider-Man save Santa Claus
reporter's notebook Let me say this, right up front: I don't know much about the Marvel Comics universe and the mythology around its characters. — So forgive me for the egregious mistakes I've likel...
GOOGLE: A secret facility deep in the South
A secret facility deep in the South — Google's planning a $750m investment in what sounds like a huge server farm in South Carolina, if local press reports are accurate. A shell company, seemingly ...