Google Librarian Central: Talking At Librarians
Google has created the Librarian Central Blog just in time for ALA Midwinter. The decision to create the weblog arose from their request for suggestions from librarians on how to improve the Google L...
Desk of the future will charge electronic devices
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In the office of the future, desk jockeys who cannot live without cell phones, BlackBerrys and iPods will be able to charge up such devices just by putting them on their desks. —...
Apple may see 50 percent margin on each iPhone sale
Each iPhone sold will generate nearly a 50 percent gross margin for Apple Inc. and partner Cingular Wireless, giving the companies a hefty profit, as well as plenty of room for future price cuts, acco...
iPhone interface analysis from an actual usability expert. Gasp!
Bruce Tognazzini is probably not a name that most of you are familiar with, but his associations might ring a bell. Tognazzini (nicknamed "Tog," kind of like Woz) is a member of the Nielsen Norman Gr...
Hold Off On Net Neutrality
The Internet needs a makeover. Unfortunately, congressional initiatives aimed at preserving the best of the old Internet threaten to stifle the emergence of the new one. — The current Internet supp...
PAYPAL: An alternate history according to Elon Musk
The appearance of Elon Musk in the hall of fame on Sequoia Capital's website, and rapid disappearance, gave us the excuse to write about the colorful entrepreneur. The South African entrepreneur is n...
Can't Compete With Free, Or Just Won't?
from the lack-of-effort dept — One of entertainment executives' favorite clichés is that "you can't compete with free", a comment that's little more than a cop-out. Rather than evolve their busines...
CES Interview With Bill Gates: Part I of Transcript On Video Games
I had the chance to stand next to Bill Gates and interview him with a group of reporters after his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show. Here is part one of the interview with all of the q...
Windows Vista Family Discount Is No Ultimate Bargain
for the lovely price of $399—can get up to two extra licenses for about 50 bucks each. I suppose one Ultimate and two copies of Windows Vista Premium looks like a steal at $500.
Web Based Feed Readers - How do they stack up?
Bloggers who use FeedBurner have a general idea of the most popular feed readers based on their subscriber statistics. FeedBurner subscriber statistics on the Hitwise Blog show that Bloglines is by f...
Feds out for hacker's blood
Adrian Lamo, the hacker best known for illegal pranks aimed at companies like Yahoo, Microsoft and The New York Times, is free once again. — But his legal battles over handing over a DNA sample to t...
AT&T Plans 'Unity' Strategy for Free Calls
Only weeks after closing its deal for BellSouth, AT&T is embarking on an ambitious strategy to show customers the benefit of its owning 100 million phone lines. — In an announcement expected Friday,...
Lessons from the launch
First person: The head of Pegasus News reviews what he's learned, so far, on the road to starting a new local news website. — Mike Orren is the President and co-founder of Pegasus News. — Over the...
Sun Isn't Relevant to Startups
Preface: I don't write critically about a company unless I think they have some glimmer of getting better, however small that may be. — I just watched another Scoble Show interview with Jonathan Sch...
Why Johnny Can't Program
Many months ago, David Brin (the author of many sf books and "The Transparent Society") wrote a piece for Salon called Why Johnny Can't Code. It's about the disappearance of BASIC and the resultant i...