In a Search Refinement, a Chance to Rival Google
Early in the decade, a struggling Xerox Corporation was trying to sell off a stake in its Palo Alto Research Center, which it could no longer afford to support. But with the technology bubble burstin...
Mac OS X 10.5, iLife '07, iWork '07 as early as March
Development of Mac OS X 10.5 is wrapping up faster than many at Apple even anticipated, and at present, a release can be expected as early as late March, sources say. — Alongside the release of Vers...
DMarc Founders Leave Google
CHAD AND RYAN STEELBERG, THE founders of an automated radio ad placement company purchased by Google in January 2006, have left the company. — The brothers resigned amid reports of growing tension b...
Google: Web is OK for TV (despite what you may have read)
Does Google really think the Internet, as well as its own infrastructure, isn't up to the task of delivering Web TV? That's the impression you might have been left with had you read any permutations ...
Jobs's Music Proposal Rebuffed
Piracy Software Not the Problem, Industry Executive Says — The recording industry is beginning to respond to a proposal made this week by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs calling for an open music s...
State of the Virtual World - Key Metrics, January 2007
In December I posted a number of key metrics for the first time. As part of our effort to drive toward complete transparency and openness, Logan Linden and I have upgraded some of our internal system...
IT, YouTube and the wealth gap
Google has reported, in a financial filing, that YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen each pulled down about a third of a billion dollars in selling their video-sharing company to the search gi...
More WeMedia Miami
11:23 Craig Newmark says the technology is just a means to a democratic end, and that the newspaper may have just been a precursor to the internet. — Scroll down for updates — 08:00 Craig Craigsli...
Nokia's E90 Communicator: first pics!
Check it QWERTY geeks, we've got a trio of clandestine snaps of Nokia's oft rumored, but never seen E90 communicator. As you can see from the pics, the E90 does indeed pack a dual-hinge allowing it t...
A Taxonomy of Social Networks?
Earlier this week, Om called social networks a feature. It's a good point, though, one that seems all too obvious to someone like me who's covered way too many social networks and often ends up bored...
An Open Letter to Google Founders— to save Google in China and save Internet in China
to save Google in China and save Internet in China — I'm writing you the short letter on behalf of many Internet users in China to have some suggestions to resolve the current dilemma for Google in C...
The future of computing demand
Sun Microsystems has posted videos of its Analyst Day presentations from earlier this week. Following a tip from CEO Jonathan Schwartz, I watched CTO Greg Papadopoulos's presentation on the future of...
Caught in the Network
At 9:15 one Thursday morning, there came a polite knock on my mostly closed office door. I was expecting the knock. A student was coming to talk to me about getting into one of my courses, which he ...
The Search Conference Groupie
I am a self-confessed conference groupie. Not only do I try to attend as many search marketing conferences as possible throughout the year - I also enjoy attending them and feel a buzz as the next ev...
The Web, Now Just for You
New online tools offer personalized recommendations to help users find what they like—and help advertisers target their audience — Kevin Rose likes to talk about his taste for oolong tea. But latel...
Entrepreneur-itis bites again as Marc Fleury leaves Red Hat
There's always a risk when a company formed by a strong personality — especially when the company is identified closely with that individual — is acquired. Yet I had high hopes when JBoss was acquire...
iRobot intros next-gen bomb-defusing PackBot
iRobot may be best known for its innocuous Roomba and Scooba robots, but there is another, less-talked about side to the company — one where robots face far more perilous tasks than wall-to-wall shag ...
YouTube goes mobile and SkySports.com sets record
Vodafone has struck a deal with YouTube to launch a mobile version of the video-sharing website. — The deal, which will see UK users the first to be able to access a YouTube for mobile service, foll...
On linkbaiting, SEO'ing and all that other crap
I guess I must be a blog puritan. A naive, day-dreaming, quasi-utopian blog puritan at that. — There's been a lot of discussion about Jason Calacanis calling bulls**t on the SEO industry (I'm not g...
Pixar options reportedly under probe
Feds looking at '01 stock options that Apple's Steve Jobs approved for animation superstar John Lasseter, report says. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Apple Chairman and CEO Steve Jobs, whose company's ...
Photobucket To Show Off Latest Flash Tools
We are expecting Photobucket and Adobe to jointly announce a new Flash based tool for Photobucket users within the next couple of weeks. The tool will allow users to mash up videos, photos and music ...
We're reshuffling and Tony's taking charge
We're barely 3 months in since we first took charge of the Blog Herald. A lot of things have happened since then and I believe we have survived one problem after another pretty well. Our roster of c...