The Safely Remove Hardware feature
Consider the following scenario. You have an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer through a USB connection.
New Version of Google Analytics!
Today at the Emetrics Summit in San Francisco, Brett Crosby and Jeff Veen unveiled the new version of Google Analytics. We will be activating this new version on all current Analytics accounts over t...
Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Illegally Twists Copyright Law
Uri Geller Makes Bogus Copyright Claims to Silence YouTube Critic — San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit Tuesday against Uri Geller — the "paranormalist" famous for se...
EFF to psychic: There will be a DMCA abuse suit in the near future
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun fighting back this week against one DMCA takedown abuser. The organization has filed a lawsuit against "paranormalist" Uri Geller for sending a take...
Google Analytics Launches New Version With New UI & Features
Google Analytics today has released a new version of their web analytics tool. I spoke with Brett Crosby, Senior Manager of Google Analytics about the release, which he explained was a completely "ne...
Comcast CEO shows off super quick modem
LAS VEGAS - Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts dazzled a cable industry audience Tuesday, showing off for the first time in public new technology that enabled a data download speed of 150 meg...
EBay Seeks to Add StumbleUpon to Portfolio
EBay Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire StumbleUpon Inc., an Internet company that helps people discover Web pages that match their interests, according to people familiar with the matter. — The p...
PC World Brings Editor Back, Removes CEO
In a surprise reversal, IDG management removed Colin Crawford as PC World's CEO and reinstated Harry McCracken as Editor in Chief, after a dispute over a canceled Apple story led McCracken to quit. ...
Palm Treo 755p hands-on
Let's be real: the new Treo 755p is more or less what the 700p should have been. There's not exactly anything wrong with it, just that it's been a year since the 700p came out and all the improvement...
Windows Live Messenger Comes to Xbox LIVE, Uniting Friends and Families on the TV, PC and Mobile Phone
Starting tomorrow more than 6 million members of Xbox LIVE can instant message with people on PCs and mobile phones, one of the hundreds of enhancements coming with the Xbox 360 Spring Update
"Psychic" Uri Geller sued after trying to remove critical YouTube clip
We've all heard about wacky attempts to misuse the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's "takedown" sections recently. There's been the Digg.com flap over a certain hex number beginning with "09 F9," …
Microsoft buys stake in CareerBuilder job site
Microsoft Corp., has bought a minority equity stake in CareerBuilder.com, the online job site owned by Tribune Co., Gannett Co. and McClatchy Co., the companies announced today. — Microsoft is acqui...
Second Life 'child abuse' claim
Second Life is being investigated by German police following allegations that some members are trading child abuse images in the online world. — The investigation follows a report by a German TV new...
Editor in Chief Harry McCracken Returns to PC World
Had resigned in dispute with CEO Colin Crawford over editorial independence. Crawford to return to prior IDG post. — Ramon G. McLeod, Editor, PCWorld.com — In a surprise announcement, Robert Carr...
Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update hands-on
Well, that Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update did land at about 2:00AM PST as expected, and brought with it a few fun features we were hot to test out — but none more than the Xbox's expanded video...
Old media turns combative against new media
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Leading media executives took a combative tone against Internet companies on Tuesday, suggesting that Big Media increasingly considers new content distributors like Google Inc. t...
Mpire and the year of the widget
Looking to capitalize on its shopping analytics, Seattle's Mpire today is rolling out about 80 new e-commerce "widgets." — The free "widgets" — small online applications or tools that easily plug in...
Hands On: Treo 755 Hands On with Sprint EVDO, Palm OS, and Google Maps
Here's the deal on the Palm Treo 755: It's a 750 generation variant, running on Palm OS and Sprint instead of Windows Mobile and AT&T/Cingular/Whatever. That means its got that Sprint EVDO we know an...
Move Over, Skype: Intel's Backing Jajah
The chipmaker is throwing its weight behind a service that aims to dethrone eBay's PC-to-PC calling business — For more than two years, Intel has worked with Web-calling leader Skype, but on May 9, ...
Bill Gates: Microsoft Strategic Account Summit 2007
Transcript of Remarks by Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation — Microsoft Strategic Account Summit 2007 — JOANNE BRADFORD [Corporate Vice President and Chief Media Officer, Microsoft Corpor...
Last.fm Launches Video - Aims To Be The MTV Of Web 2.0 Age
Online radio station Last.fm is adding a video section to its site this week, enabling users to create their own personalised video channels - similar to how users can already create radio stations ba...
Mpire Launches Widgets for eBay and Amazon Affiliates
Mpire launches a new widget service today with over 75 different widgets aimed directly at eBay and Amazon affiliates. — It's a crowded space. On Sunday Michael Arrington described it well with a p...
First Look - Google Print Ads Now Part of AdWords
We've looked around and we're pretty confident that Marketing Pilgrim has the first screenshots of Google Print integrated with AdWords. — Using the AdWords console, advertisers can select the follo...
Disney: iTunes movie sales prove potency of format, pricing
Things are great in the Magic Kingdom, at least where Disney's financials are concerned. And in this case, what's good for Disney is good for Apple and the iTunes Store, to the tune of 2 million movi...
Red Hat to build 'Global Desktop'
Low cost Linux bundle system to target emerging markets — UPDATE - Red Hat is preparing to release a new "Red Hat Global Desktop" that over time will grow into an online desktop that integrates onli...
Giving Up on Microsoft
Although I am generally platform agnostic, I make no secret of the fact that I am primarily a Microsoft developer. In a way, I grew up with Microsoft— as a teenager, I cut my programming teeth on the...
Yahoo to shut down auction site
Internet media company says June 16 will be last day to bid or buy from the auction site. — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Yahoo has told users it will shut down its North American Web auction site, the ...
Microsoft SQL Server "Katmai"
Vision for next release of SQL Server announced at Microsoft's first Business Intelligence Conference. — Today at the first Microsoft Business Intelligence …
HP Showcases Technology to Connect People to Information and Entertainment - Wherever They Are
HP today introduced a wide range of mobile computing devices, services and infrastructure designed to significantly enhance the way individuals connect to the information, entertainment and people …
Introducing NewTeeVee Pier Screenings!
Online video is great, but it's such a solitary experience. This summer we're going to try a little experiment — getting us off our butts and around from behind our screens. Maybe even outdoors. — ...
160Mbps downloads move closer for US cable customers
The National Cable & Telecommunications Association is holding its annual convention in Las Vegas (where else?) and this year, super-high-speed cable service is finally moving into the limelight. Ann...
How to Start Business
The Internet is a pretty amazing tool for business—so long as you know how to use it. It is essential to understand that the Internet doesn't work like more traditional forms of media. The Internet ...
Advanced WYSIWYG in Wordpress 2.1
If you're a Wordpress user, and have the slightest grasp of HTML, then at some point in your blogging life you're sure to have flung an insult at the built-in WYSIWYG editor that comes with Wordpress....
War Of The People Search
I moderated a fascinating panel tonight at Google headquarters that included execs from three "people search engines" - the CEO of Wink (Michael Tanne), the CEO of Spock (Jaideep Singh), and the COO o...
Rumor: Ericsson Looking To Buy Motorola
This is very much a "rumors are rife" story, so take it as such: Ed Snyder at Charter Equity Research has allegedly claimed that two of the main shareholders in Motorola told him that Carl Icahn has s...
Op/Ed: Philip Linden's Folly
How the hell did we get in this mess? — The Linden's proposed faux verification system and the wanton selfish destruction of innocence — by Inigo Chamerberlin — I intended writing this as a simp...
Call It The jPhone: Sun Shows Java Twist On Apple's iPhone
At the JavaOne conference, Sun Microsystems debuts software for a high-end cell phone that looks rather similar to the iPhone. — EE Times — SAN FRANCISCO — Call it the jPhone. At JavaOne Tuesday ...
Want to earn $135,000 a year? come work for us
Having recently completed our first round of funding we are now looking for our first senior hire. — The below advert will be in Ireland's business papers on Friday. If you feel you qualify drop me...
Lessons for Entrepreneurs: Ignoring Is Bliss and Then Some
Microsoft Flies A Blimp Into Second Life
Mysterious news on the Millions of Us blog this evening: it seems there's now a Microsoft island in the virtual world of Second Life. At least, that's what the »teleport link« in the blog entry impli...
Gates sees accelerated decline of traditional media's ad model
Microsoft thinks the advertising business model for traditional media — those venues where advertisers still channel most of their spending — will fall apart faster in the coming five years as the kin...
J Allard's bio page is temporarily unavailable. It will return later this week
"Would he really ditch the dreads?" — That's what I was wondering after an E3 dinner with Newsweek's N'Gai Croal in 2005, knowing that it would be about a year before I knew the answer. And what do...
RateItAll Launches Read/Write Widget
RateItAll, a social network based around online reviews and opinions, has released a new distributed rating widget. It enables users to not only view (read) a widget, but to interact with it and ente...
Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for security
According to web metric analysts WebSideStory and Net Applications, the number of people surfing the web in the US on a Mac doubled over the past eight months. This represents an increase from a long...
Does JavaFX Spell The End Of AJAX?
MENLO PARK, Calif. — You know all that AJAX code you've been writing and tearing your hair out over as you attempt to get the JavaScript working in both Internet Explorer and Firefox? Yeah, that AJAX...
Gates makes case for Microsoft's ad business
SEATTLE—While Microsoft may face some challenges as it attempts to take advantage of the shift to Internet advertising, it has plenty of company and the determination to make the most of whatever oppo...
Weebly Launches Blog Platform, Closes $650K Investment
AJAX website editor Weebly has just landed $650K in investment and launched a new blogging platform today. The investment comes from Ron Conway's Baseline Ventures, Steve Anderson, Sydin Senkhut, Pau...
Hands On: Treo 755 Hands On with Sprint EVDO, Palm OS, and Google Maps
Here's the deal on the Palm Treo 755: It's a 750 generation variant, running on Palm OS and Sprint instead of Windows Mobile and AT&T/Cingular/Whatever. That means its got that Sprint EVDO we know an...
The Euro Startups Quiz - What's Your Score?
Interesting reaction over at The Guardian blog to our post yesterday about the StartUp2.0 competition for European web 2.0 sites. Guardian blogger Jack Schofield said that he only recognized 1 out of...