The first universal mobile phone charger
March 12, 2007 The world's first universal mobile phone charger is being introduced at CEBIT this week. Designed by Professor Luigi Colani, a nearly 80-year-old legend in the field of industrial desi...
Rumor: Google about to sign ad deal with Dish Networks
Google is about to sign a deal with Dish Network, the nation's second largest satellite TV company, to deliver ads for Dish's network, VentureBeat is hearing. — We haven't been able to confirm the r...
Eisner to take on the Internet
NEW YORK — Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner built his career trying to identify and shape hit movies and TV shows. Now he's at it again, this time on the Internet. — His investment firm, The Tornan...
Moving A Petabyte of Data
I made a speech last week at which I asserted it was faster to send a petabyte of data from San Francisco to Hong Kong by sailboat, than by the internet. — I got quite a few "how can that possibly b...
European consumer chief takes aim at iTunes
EU official complains that Apple locks users into using iPod player. — BERLIN (Reuters) — European Union consumer chief Meglena Kuneva has hit out at Apple Inc.'s bundling of its popular iPod music ...
Media's focus narrowing, report warns
Splintering audiences in the online age are driving risky trends like 'hyper-local ism,' the Project for Excellence in Journalism says. — News organizations confronted with declining revenue and inc...
Dell: Absolutely Free Vista Upgrade 70% Off
Brad bought his Dell on October 25th, the day before Dell announced that all future purchases would be eligible for a free upgrade to Vista. Brad called to cancel his order so he could reorder it and...
SXSW Panel: Virtual Worlds and Avatars
Today I was on a panel about avatars with some very fascinating folks, each of whom has followed a very nonlinear path through life. For example, I learned that Mark Stephen Meadows hitchhiked from K...
Finalists Announced in 10th Annual Competition
We are pleased to reveal the 10th Annual SXSW Web Awards Finalists. Hundreds and hundreds of innovative web designers and developers from across the globe submitted websites in this year's competitio...
A New Battery Takes Off in a Race to Electric Cars
VROOOOM! Or, rather, much more softly: brmmm. — A123Systems, a start-up in Watertown, Mass., says it has created a powerful, safe, long-lived battery. If the cell fulfills the ambitions of its mak...
Useful local search sites, Boorah and SuggestLocal
Boorah and SuggestLocal are two new useful local search sites worth a look. — Boorah provides a clean, elegant search for restaurants by city, ranking them by the quality of reviews and other mentio...
Wikia plans editable Web search engine
Wikia Inc., the San Mateo company co-founded by Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, plans to challenge Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. with a search engine that lets users edit and fine-tune its results. — Th...
Survey gives more Google phone clues?
Yes, this would be pretty easy to fake — and even if it's real, it's just a survey, which means it's sorta fake by design — but a questionnaire allegedly received by a Mobileburn forum member hints at...
Howto: A more secure OS X before Leopard.
In this howto, I will show you some things I have done to secure OS X beyond it's default settings. There are very basic, and some advanced things in here. I am in NO WAY LIABLE for ANY DAMAGE you m...
Blast from the Past: Apple acquires NeXT
It's December 20, 1996. Apple has just acquired NeXT in a $400 million deal that brings Steve Jobs back to Apple. Jobs will act as an "advisor" to CEO Gil Amelio, bringing his charisma to the team l...