YouTube Video Awards
YouTube will announce on Monday the launch of "YouTube Video Awards" - a late attempt to honor the best-user generated videos of 2006. The seven categories are Most Inspirational, Most Creative, Best...
And the YouTube award goes to...
Lonelygirl15, OK Go and other YouTube sensations will get an opportunity to walk down a virtual red carpet. — The video-sharing Web site announced Monday that it will hold the first YouTube Video Aw...
Joining Sun
I saw my first Sun workstation about 15 years ago, in 1992. I was a business student at Purdue University, and a childhood love for computers had just been reawakened. I was spending countless hours...
Apple TV said to be worthy of overtaking both TiVo and Netflix
Although AppleTV has ceded the limelight to iPhone and similarly been overshadowed by the buzz preceding the launch of Leopard, it could prove to be as disruptive to legacy video purchase-and-consumpt...
Fujitsu adopts flash memory for new tablets
Tablet PCs probably get dropped more than other computers, so Fujitsu has created two machines that store data by using flash memory rather than traditional hard drives. — The LifeBook P1610 and Lif...
Web 3.0: When Web Sites Become Web Services
Today's Web has terabytes of information available to humans, but hidden from computers. It is a paradox that information is stuck inside HTML pages, formatted in esoteric ways that are difficult for...
How Google Blog Search Ranks Results
Unlike most blog search engines, Google Blog Search ranks the results by relevancy. You can change that by clicking on "sort by date", but the default option is useful if you want to find the most si...
Microsoft, Adobe, and rich versus reach
With the alpha release of Apollo, all the pieces are on the table and developers can start to experiment with the platforms from Adobe and Microsoft, arguably the two biggest players in the RIA-techno...
Researchers Track Down a Plague of Fake Web Pages
Tens of thousands of junk Web pages, created only to lure search-engine users to advertisements, are proliferating like billboards strung along freeways. Now Microsoft researchers say they have trace...
Report: U.S. most prolific source of online attacks
U.S. networks pumped out the highest percentage of attacks during the second half of last year, with China running a distant second, according to a report released Monday by security firm Symantec. —...
Tell Me: Is Microsoft Shadow Boxing in Mobile Directory Assistance?
The recent acquisition of TellMe by Microsoft, piqued my interest in the free voice driven directory assistance service, 520-Find and the possible role that Google plays in the service. Mobile direct...
Microsoft partner: Vista less secure than XP
Security company Kaspersky claimed that Vista's User Account Control (UAC), the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights, will be so annoying that users will...
Calculate Your Optimal BitTorrent Settings
The calculator gives some good suggestions that might improve your overall download speed. Just enter the maximum upload speed of your connection, and the calculator will give you your recommended up...
Wal-Mart to Rate Electronics Suppliers on Environmental Sustainability
Wal-Mart to start new initiative aimed at conserving natural resources and protecting the environment — It seems as though cities, countries and companies alike are looking to do their part when it ...
Coriander launch: second step
Here it is, the long awaited Netvibes coriander release. — Firstly, thanks for the incredible feedback for the new features we introduced during the first step of the Coriander launch, when we discu...
SXSW Showdown: Dodgeball Vs. Twitter
Now that South by Southwest 2007 has come to a close I finally have some minutes to write about the two most flaunted services of the show: Twitter and Dodgeball. — With both services, users establi...
AT&T/Cingular blocks cellular customers from free conference call services
AT&T/Cingular has begun blocking access to a free conference calling service last week, claiming that such services are costing the wireless giant millions in rerouting and "termination fees."
A Fee Per Song Can Ruin Us, Internet Radio Companies Say
New-media companies and record labels are feuding again. But this time, it is the digital companies that warn they may be driven out of business. — Several Internet radio companies are arguing that...
Entrepreneurs Gather at Microsoft's Small Business Summit
Small-business luminaries to share best practices, and Bill Gates to unveil new communications product for small businesses. — Microsoft Corp. hosts its second annual Small Business Summit this week...
Comcast Unhappy With Google On Search Deal; Talking To MSN; Other Ad Inventory Talks
Comcast, the second largest broadband ISP in U.S., is in talks to use Microsoft's search services on its broadband portal, a sign the cable titan isn't happy about its current search deal with Google,...
Nintendo vs. Sony: It's Like Atari vs. Betamax
Overview — I was trolling around YouTube and came upon three gaming commercials - one vintage ad for the Atari VCS 2600 (circa 1977 - check out the Wikipedia entry here), one current ad for the Wii ...
HTW S116 SOLAR MOBILE PHONE
Remember Philips Xenium phones, that can last almost forever without charging? Now Chinese manufacturer HTW Electronics has something better in mind: — No, it's not another MOTOKRZR rip-off. This ...
Lycos, Early Search Engine, in a U.S. Remake as Jubii
Through a quirk of dot-com history, Lycos Europe cannot sell itself in the United States using its own once-famous name. Instead, the Internet service, partly owned by Bertelsmann of Germany and Tele...
Magazine publishers see future, but no profit, in shift to Internet
HANNOVER: In 1980, the aspiring global media baron Rupert Murdoch turned to the president of his U.S. newspaper operations, Donald Kummerfeld, and, as he was wont to do, made a bold prediction.
Microsoft's Windows 'Fiji' on track to debut before Windows Seven
IN FOCUS » See more posts on: Microsoft code names — With Microsoft constantly switches up codenames, it's tough to keep track of what's on and what's off. But "Fiji" is on. — As I reported a whi...
SCOOP: Apollo public alpha available later tonight
I'm about to get on a plane for Ajax World, but I just got word that the public alpha of Apollo is going to drop on the Adobe Labs site tonight. The current build is targeted mostly at Flex developer...
Stolen Identities Sold Cheap on the Black Market
Recovering from identity theft can take years and cost thousands of dollars. But how much is your identity worth to the thieves who sell it to other fraudsters? Turns out, less than the price of two...
Researchers Track Down a Plague of Fake Web Pages
Tens of thousands of junk Web pages, created only to lure search-engine users to advertisements, are proliferating like billboards strung along freeways. Now Microsoft researchers say they have trace...
How Google Blog Search Ranks Results
Unlike most blog search engines, Google Blog Search ranks the results by relevancy. You can change that by clicking on "sort by date", but the default option is useful if you want to find the most si...
Is VoIP an Excuse for Bad Voice Quality?
In a few hours, the annual Spring VON is going to kick off in San Jose, California. Hundreds of companies, big and small will hawk their wares, pundits will pontificate and a lot of people will talk ...
QuickTime gains 720P Apple TV high-definition export mode
In an undisclosed and largely unnoticed update to its QuickTime video playback and conversion software, Apple has quietly added an "Export to Apple TV" feature capable of creating high-definition vide...
Time Rich or Time Poor?
Broadly speaking, there are two types of internet users, Time Rich and Time Poor . I'd speculate that many of the readers of this blog fall into the Time Poor category, but the vast majority of inter...
SAMSUNG Introduces the Newest Bluetooth® Headset Designed by Bang and Olufsen - WEP 420
With the launch of the newest Bluetooth® headsets, — Samsung aggressively targets the mobile phone accessory market — Hanover , Germany , March 19, 2007 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. …
AOL introduces location plug-in for instant messaging so users can see where buddies are
AOL is offering users of its AIM instant messaging service new capabilities to see where people on their buddy lists are physically located. — The first phase of this push is with an unusual softwar...
The Shape of Cinema, Transformed at the Click of a Mouse
FOR some time now, it has been possible to imagine a moment when you — yes, You, the Person of the Year, the ultimate arbiter of cultural relevance — will be able to watch whatever you want whenever y...