Rumors Fly on Microsoft and Yahoo
Microsoft and Yahoo are discussing a business partnership in their effort to compete with Google, people briefed on the talks said Friday. — The New York Post reported Friday that Microsoft was purs...
Vista Battery Life Myth
I do not know from where it's coming the Idea of Vista sucking 30 minutes of Battery Life. When I had Vista in my Q1 without any power managment installed (from Samsung) I was getting a battery life ...
All Wired Up in the Shenandoah Valley
How one small town is taking the lead on upgrading to IPv6, and why you should know what that is — A massive upgrade to the Internet is underway around the world. Ask most folks about it, and you'l...
Hiro: Making Ad Insertion Dynamic
Last week I spoke over the phone with Hiro Media's Ronny Golan, who shares the title of founder and CEO with partner Ariel Napchi. The Israeli company has been around since 2004, but only recently be...
Linux-powered Mobile Internet Device video walkthrough
If you're the dedicated, hardcore type who can sit through minutes upon minutes of walkthroughs despite painfully bad video quality, this one's for you. Of course, we can assume that even those of yo...
Twitter Launches Moblie Interface
Ok, now we are talking, at long last Twitter has launched has a special streamlined mobile interface: http://m.twitter.com — For those of you using SMS/text messaging, you can now switch over to web...
THE AWESOME POWER OF SPARE CYCLES
In physics, the greatest (theoretical) latent power in the universe is dark energy, waiting only for us to find a way to tap it (and to prove it actually exists; in the meantime it powers fictional su...
Medieval Tech Support
Saul Griffith sent me a pointer to a hilarious video about medieval tech support for the newly introduced book. It's thought-provoking as well as funny. While comparing the ease of use of books to s...
English Premier League To Sue YouTube
Update: actual class action complaint embedded below. — We reported previously that the English Premier League, the football/soccer body in England, was riled about YouTube's use of unauthorized cli...
TwitBin: Inline Firefox Twittering
Twitter Users are currently given two primary interfaces through which they can interact with the growingly popular service: by the Twitter website itself or through TXT messaging via mobile phone. —...
How-to: Use your TiVo Series3 eSATA port to add an external drive
Ever wish you could use that friggin eSATA port TiVo taunts you with on the back of your Series3? If so your moment has finally arrived — and not a moment too soon for many a DVR-loving TV fans whose...
Google Tests 'Gadget Ads'
GOOGLE HAS BEGUN BETA-TESTING "GADGET Ads"—interactive applications that advertisers can embed into Web pages, which will add a rich media solution to the search giant's suite of products. — Althoug...
Ask: Is the Algorithm Working?
It's Friday night in London. You're out on the town with some friends at the local pub, drinking some beers and the call of nature beckons. Making your way to the restroom you're confronted with adv...
Ebay is upgrading their search technology - it is about time!
Jason Jones: In this message to the Ebay community, Jeff King, Ebay's Sr. Director of Finding, announces that Ebay has upgraded its search technology (they call it 'finding technology') and will roll ...
Microsoft merging with Yahoo!?! #@!!!
The New York Post owes everyone a good follow-up story. — You can't just drop a bombshell that jerks around 80,000 Microsoft and Yahoo! employees, rocks Wall Street and then fizzles before the day i...
Windows Live Spaces Road Trip
We've got a really exciting opportunity to share. Windows Live Spaces, in partnership with MSN Live Earth is organizing a road trip across America. We would love for you to be involved. Below is t...
Business: Create and edit organization charts at CogMap
If you've ever worked in a large company that was sorely missing any sort of good org chart where you never knew who did what …