Meet your shiny new 2007 HTCs
If the X7500 "Athena" somehow managed to fail to attract your attention and you found the Vox, Libra, Love, and Cavailer positively forgettable, first verify that you have a pulse (because we really d...
Google's blog search engine takes over top slot
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Given Google Inc.'s dominance of the Internet search and advertising market, it's difficult to think of the company ever needing to pull off an underdog, "Rocky"-style co...
Q&A With Jimmy Wales On Search Wikia
News came out earlier this week that Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales had a new project in mind, to build a community-driven "Google-killer" search engine. I've just finished talking with Jimmy about ...
The HDTV Dilemma: Pay for TiVo's Recorder Or Settle for Cable's?
If you just got a high-definition television, one of the best things you can buy to complement it is a digital video recorder, or DVR, the tapeless gadgets that save programs so you can watch them whe...
Only This Week Is It News That CAN SPAM Doesn't Work
from the politics-as-usual dept — As you might expect, news has been a tad slow this week. Slow enough, apparently, that the fact that the CAN SPAM law has done nothing to stop spam is regarded as ...
Genius Grant Please, or The NSFW HTML Attribute
UPDATE: The idea expressed below has been significantly improved and a brief spec document and example is now available. You might, however, still want to read what follows before proceeding to the a...
Throw the bums out
Here's a New Year's resolution every news site should make: Throw the bums out! There is no reason to allow a small number of bullies to corrupt a community discussion forum. If your message boards,...
World Wide Web-famous in Christchurch?
Start your search engines - a mysterious plane on the tarmac at Christchurch Airport may have ferried Google internet kings Sergey Brin and Larry Page to New Zealand. — A Boeing 767 reportedly linke...
YouTube hosts New Year's Eve Bash
Forget Dick Clark and the Rockin' New Year's Eve party on ABC. YouTube wants you ringing in 2007 with them online. — The video sharing Web site now owned by Google is teaming up with Warner Music G...
The Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006
This past year has been — like most are — up and down for science in general and astronomy in particular. We've had stunning successes and heartbreaking setbacks, all of which seem huge when dealing ...
Scoble and John Edwards in New Hampshire
Robert Scoble was with presidential candidate John Edwards in Portsmouth, New Hampshire today. Robert is shooting lots of video for PodTech, his employer who is paying his expenses. — The Edwards c...
Apple Filing to Tell All on Options
Apple Computer and its charismatic chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, are expected to make a big announcement about a new product at the Macworld conference next month. Before that, however, the compan...
Oldies but goldies benefit in digital revamp of charts
A shakeup of the singles chart will mean downloads of album tracks, older songs and digital-only releases will count toward the top 75 rundown compiled by the Official Charts Company. — The change i...
Social Media is No Mo
As we conclude 2006 and head into the new year it is my conviction that the phrase "social media" is moot. — Social media, according to Wikipedia, includes "the online tools and platforms that peopl...