Ning In Full
I have to hand it to Ning - it took them well over a year after their initial beta launch to fulfill their initial promise of allowing "anyone" to create social applications, but they've done it. Nin...
Digital 'Fair Use' Bill Introduced In Congress
Today, Reps. Rich Boucher (D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced what they call the "Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship" (or FAIR USE) Act they say will make it easier ...
Windows Vista: I'm Breaking up with You
No, seriously. When I know I have time, I'm "upgrading" from Windows Vista to Windows XP. — I stand by my original assertion that the shipping version of this OS is late beta, at best. I realize t...
Using Safari can slow your system down as much as 76% vs Firefox
In the online technology forums, there is perhaps no greater battle than the one that inevitably ensues when tech geeks get together to decide which is better, Macs or PCs. A close second to that bat...
Kazaa's Creators Do Latest Venture by the Book
Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis made names for themselves as renegade Internet entrepreneurs by taking conventional tasks like talking on the phone or listening to music and giving consumers an uncon...
Mac OS being infused with the tools of the corporate IT trade, but can it catch on?
Users say Intel-based Macs are changing the landscape slowly. — Apple, long a ghost in the corporate-infrastructure mainstream, is beginning to cast a shadow as IT departments discover Mac platforms...
Burgers paid for by mobile phone
Visitors to fast food outlets in Japan will soon be able to pay for their burgers with their mobile phones. — Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with McDonalds to offer electron...
Life-Long Computer Skills
Lockheed's F-22 Raptor Gets Zapped by International Date Line
Six Lockheed F-22 Raptors have Y2K-esque glitch of their own over the Pacific — Lockheed's F-22 Raptor is the most advanced fighter in the world with its stealth capabilities, advanced radar, state ...
CLIPMARKS: TINY NIBBLES OF WEB CONTENT
Clipmarks, a Web bookmarking service, launches its 2.0 version today. Previously, the service made it possible to snip paragraphs and pictures from Web pages and save them. Today, the service launch...
Final version of Parallels Desktop released as free update
Is it a sad commentary on our zeitgeist that the actual release of a piece of software, rather than a new beta, feels slightly disappointing? We're so used to running beta software these days (yes, I...
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Reports Preliminary Revenue for Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: MRVL - News), a leader in storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions …
NEW SONY MICRO-DISPLAY HDTVs NOW IN SVELTE, STYLISH CABINETS
New 3LCD Models Add 1080p Resolution, BRAVIA Internet Video Link Compatibility — Sony today unveiled its new line of newly-named BRAVIA™ 3LCD micro-display models, featuring cabinets that are about ...
StarTAC III: Back on the Streets
Remember StarTAC? You might not, it's been a good decade since the popular Moto hit the scene back in the days of analog phone service, but at the time, it was a big deal. It was the first "clamshel...
Virtual Designers Busy in Online Worlds
When Toyota Motor Corp. wanted to promote its new Scions to young buyers, it turned to one of the growing number of digital design companies doing business in the popular online universe "Second Life....
Battle brewing over RFID chip-hacking demo
Card maker HID calls foul over Black Hat presentation — Secure card maker HID Corp. is objecting to a demonstration of a hacking tool at this week's Black Hat Federal security conference in Washingt...
Google Tests Adsense Gadgets - YouTube Player Embedded in Adsense Ads
Just spotted (here) a new kind of interactive Google Adsense Unit that shows text as well as YouTube Videos embedded inside a Flash Widget. [The ad is for Google GMail] — Though I did not click the...