Windows Live Folders beta - more info
As the last post on Windows Live Folders got a bit too long, here's further information on the Windows Live Folders service. Click to enlarge the screenshots. — After the intial signin to the servi...
Next 'MacBook' update a yawner; Ultra-portable to get 13-inch display
A forthcoming update to Apple Inc.'s 13-inch line of consumer MacBooks won't deliver much in terms of new features, AppleInsider has learned. Meanwhile, the dimensions of the company's ultra portable...
Internet Pornography Stats
Check out this video from Good Magazine that shows a number of stats about the Internet pornography industry, in an "almost" not safe for work format. It is staggering how much actual money flows thr...
"Google buys a start-up once every few days, or around one a week"
"Google buys a start-up once every few days, or around one a week, Schmidt estimated" comes from an eWeeek article recapping a Google reporter briefing earlier this week. — One of the things I have ...
A cynic rips open source
Open source is not a movement; it's a religion — I chaired an interesting meeting the other day. It was me against senior executives of Cisco, Agilent Technologies and Novell. — The subject was: ...
Joystiq interviews Bungie's Frank O'Connor
While checking out the Halo 3 multiplayer beta in New York tonight, we managed to nab Bungie's Frank O'Connor for a little one-on-one to get answers to some of those Halo-related questions that have b...
Free-Internet plan gets S.F. controller's office OK
Cost savings, citywide Wi-Fi connections make EarthLink-Google offer attractive — The San Francisco controller's office issued a favorable review Friday on a proposal by EarthLink and Google to prov...
Why does Google remember information about searches?
We recently announced a new policy to anonymize our server logs after 18-24 months. We're the only leading search company to have taken this step publicly. We believe it's an important part of our c...
Social Bookmarking Meets Big Brother: Cluztr
Ottawa based Cluztr is social bookmarking meets Big Brother. It's the Del.icio.us Homer Simpson would use. — A few years ago clickstreams and attention data was all the rage. In 2005 Michael Arrin...
The Future of Search
I spent Thursday and Friday last week in the Bay area. On Friday I participated in Berkeley's Future of Search (FoS) event, Thursday was spent partly chatting to people at BuzzLogic (thanks Todd for ...
Apple iPhone: more secrets revealed
Considering third-party software; smaller iPhone on the way — It looks like Apple may open up the iPhone to third-party apps after all. The news came at an Apple shareholders' meeting held in Cuper...
Company targets Apple, Microsoft and others for not using enough DRM
What do Vista, Flash, RealPlayer, and iTunes have in common? According to Media Rights Technologies (MRT), all of them are infringing products under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and MRT has ...
WHO'S AFRAID OF GOOGLE?
Firms in Silicon Valley and beyond fear search giant's plans for growth — For a company that pledged to not be evil, Google makes a lot of enemies. — From Madison Avenue to Hollywood, some of indu...
The Streisand Effect
A Web user and his information are like a grizzly and her cub. Come between them, and you're likely to get mauled. — That's what a group of heavyweight tech and entertainment companies learned last...
"Live Drive" is almost here - Windows Live Folders beta
One beta ends and suddenly five more spring up in its place. We can finally get the talk around Windows Live going again - the Windows Live Folders site has just opened up in preparation for the beta...
What's Online: Online Ads vs. Privacy
FOR advertisers, and in many ways for consumers, online advertising is a blessing. Customized messages rescue advertisers from the broad reach of traditional media. And consumers can learn about pro...
Why does Google remember information about searches?
We recently announced a new policy to anonymize our server logs after 18-24 months. We're the only leading search company to have taken this step publicly. We believe it's an important part of our c...
Jake's new venture: The creation generation
Pardon the proud dad moment while I brag about my 15-year-old son, Jake's, new online venture: Middio.com, a search engine and player for music videos on YouTube. Jake found the quality of search the...