Google sues Polish poets over gmail.pl
WARSAW (AFP) - Google has launched legal action against a group of Polish poets, demanding that they give up their Internet domain name gmail.pl, a member of the cultural collective said. — Izabela ...
Following your dreams
One thing I try to teach Patrick, my 13-year-old son, is that he can make his dreams happen. That's why today I'm taking him to the San Francisco Apple store. No, dummy, not to check out the latest ...
Big Spike In Feedburner Subscribers
I was at Feedburner approving an ad for my /Message feed, and I saw that the number of subscribers to the feed went up 700+ yesterday: a 34% increase in one day. — If anyone has an explanation, I wo...
If Captain Jack Sparrow had a toaster
I'm not really sure what this gadget's product page is saying, because it's all in German. But regardless, I want this toaster. It's sleek, black, and printed with a skull-and-crossbones as well as ...
10 Mistakes that Will KILL a Forum
As we've already discussed, there are certain things you need to do in order to promote your forum. However, even if you're successful, you and your community are still not care free. There are seve...
NetNewsWire 3.0d46: sneak-peek release
It is not feature-complete—there are a bunch of features still to do before 3.0 ships. — It has lots of bugs! There are lots of bugs to fix before 3.0 ships. — It is a work in progress! — If yo...
Microsoft shares tumble on CEO comments
Software maker's stock slips after Ballmer warns that analysts' forecasts on Vista sales were too 'aggressive.' — BOSTON (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp. shares fell as much as 2.7 percent on Friday, the...
MPAA Steals Code, Violates Linkware License
Patrick Robin, a 29 year old web developer from South England, is the developer of an ASP-based blogging platform called Forest Blog. He distributes it freely under a linkware license, asking that an...
Halo 3 Beta FAQ
Is Halo 3 beta registration closed? — Yes, phases one and two of the beta have already ended. If you haven't received an email by this point, then you were not one of the lucky few. — Is there no...
Translation From PR-Speak to English
Source: "Macrovision's Response to Steve Jobs's Open Letter". … F**k you, Jobs. … We've been helping and encouraging the entertainment industry …
Newest Flash Tools on Display at Photobucket
The latest Flash photo/video/sound editing tools that we mentioned last week are now enabled at Photobucket for premium users, and will go live for all users in March. Geoff Baum at Adobe confirmed t...
Flash Drive Talks When Plugged In
Oh, crap. I can see it at next years CES show, all the flash drives they hand out with press kits on them will play sales pitches when I plug them in. The only thing I need less than another flash d...
Google hears static on radio bid
news analysis The departure last week of two top Google radio ad honchos had observers wondering whether the search giant could conquer the old-fashioned $20 billion radio industry with its new-fashio...
A Wiimote You Can Eat
Some people look at an empty bit of plastic packaging and see trash. Others see the culinary potential inherent in the translucent shell. People like flickr user Balakov, who decided to see what hap...
The Things Other Apple Airport Extreme Reviews Don't Tell You
You're all familiar with the specs of the Extreme, so let's just skip to how it performed—later moving on to the problems we had. — On the performance side, 802.11n really does work a lot faster tha...
Dell to go Community Driven Feature Design in Latest Web Strategy "IdeaStorm"
Dell appears to be a company of the future, they're opening the lines of communication using the web to build better products and services. — When I was invited by Lionel of Dell to hang with blogge...
Exiled journalists circumvent censors by text messaging
PARIS—Journalists writing about Zimbabwe's repressive government have found a new way to circumvent their censors: sending text messages via cell phone. — A radio station hounded out of the country ...
Hollywood Weighs Copyright Protections
Forces in Music Industry Close In — On Filmmakers Amid Online Piracy — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs's recent open letter urging that digital music be distributed free of copyright protect...
5 Sure-Fire Social Media Headline Formulas That Work
Although content is important when you are trying to leverage social media sites like Netscape or Digg, the story title used for the submission maybe as important if not more important. Here are a fe...