Embedded Joost Will Change The Market
Reports that Joost is now talking to hardware vendors about embedding Joost into set-top boxes and televisions will change the market as we know it. — While Joost is generally now regarded as the le...
Gone in 30 Seconds
Traditional TV Spot May Be Headed Toward Extinction As More Advertisers Pitch Their Messages on the Web — As they have for more than half a century, thousands of advertising executives, art director...
XSS Irony
My good (and hilarious I might add) friend Arian Evans from Whitehat Security sent this link out to a few people. Arian has a flair for the comedy - you'd just have to spend some time with him to rea...
Why You Need to Upgrade to Skype for Windows 3.2
and, if on 3.2, to the latest build. — As mentioned in a previous post during the April/May beta period for Skype 3.2, Skype has introduced some new sound engine technology into the Skype for Window...
Firefox 3 to support SQLite for offline storage
Mozilla have given a sneek peak at the new version of Firefox 3. The newest and most exciting feature for me in this Alpha 5 release is the confirmation that "Places" will be stored locally using SQL...
The Long Tail Is Getting Fatter
Three separate news stories involving numbers this week caught my eye. iLike announced it has now has 6 million registered users and is now adding 300,000 new users a day. Apple's Safari browser for ...
Apple faithful, we must prepare together for the media backlash
Apple fans, re-hypnotize yourselves with the photo above and get ready for the wave of anti-Apple stories, because I can feel it coming. I've been in this business long enough to know how it works.
Ning Rolls Out Facebook App Builder: Embed Your Social Network In a Social Network
Ning, the build-your-own social network startup, will be rolling out a new feature that allows users to create their own Facebook applications around their Ning networks later this evening.
Flickr curtails German photo sharing
Flickr just found a downside to adding support for seven languages to its photo-sharing site: limits on photo sharing and resulting accusations of censorship. — Flickr launched sites in seven langua...
Online Sales Lose Steam as Buyers Grow Web-Weary
Has online retailing entered the Dot Calm era? — Since the inception of the Web, online commerce has enjoyed hypergrowth, with annual sales increasing more than 25 percent over all, and far more rap...
Yes, the Screen Is Tiny, but the Plans Are Big
More than two dozen huge white satellite dishes surround ESPN's 100-acre campus here, each transmitting and plucking electronic signals from the skies. Tucked inside that digital fence are 10 buildin...
Is Apple using the Windows Safari Beta Test to stamp out iPhone security holes?
Within hours of Apple releasing the Safari 3 beta for Windows, computer geeks from around the world began pointing out various security holes in the browser. The most notable computer geek being Davi...
New Profession Unfolding In Beauty and Geekery
A week or more ago I ran across the incredible video of Blaise Aguera y Arcas presentation of Photosynth and Seadragon at TEDTalks 2007. The video is stunning work of Seadragon and Photosynth bringi...