My new job
The title of Chief Yahoo takes on new meaning today. I have the great honor of stepping into the role of Yahoo!'s Chief Executive Officer. Yahoo! has an incredibly bright future and I make this move...
Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and Multimedia Platform Debuts at NXTcomm
Latest update to award-winning IPTV platform includes exciting connected entertainment features; new ingredient brand to support service provider marketing activities. — Microsoft Corp. today announ...
Another malware pulls an Italian job
Remember LINKOPTIM, which exploited a number of legitimate Italian Web sites to spread malicious JavaScripts? Since early Saturday morning (June 16, 2007), Trend Micro has been receiving several repo...
Sprint Mogul: Like the Wing for the Sprint Kids
Sprint just announced ad CDMA/EV-DO version of T-Mobile's Wing, the HTC Mogul AKA "Da Mogul." This slide-out smartphone runs Windows Mobile 6 and includes a 512MB memory card, a 2-megapixel camera wi...
iPhone Delivers Up to Eight Hours of Talk Time
Now Features Durable Glass Top Surface — Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unv...
Dell forgets to think first, thinks last... forced to apologize
When I was interviewed last week for a podcast with a semi-corporate audience, the moderator asked me at the close for my last words of advice. My advice was one word: Think. We have seen time after...
Fox locks deal with Web TV service
Brightcove pacts with company — Internet TV service Brightcove has inked its first companywide deal with a major conglom, signing to become the online video platform for Fox Entertainment Group. — ...
SlingLink Powerline Solutions: SlingBox Over Electrical Lines
SlingBox just launched the SlingLink TURBO 1 ($99.99) and SlingLink TURBO 4 ($149.99) for home users. These powerline routers allow you to connect to your SlingBox over your home's powerlines and not...
New Wi-Fi distance record: 382 kilometers
Researcher Ermanno Pietrosemoli has set what appears to be a new record for the longest communication link with Wi-Fi. — Pietrosemoli, president of the Escuela Latinoamerica de Redes (which means ne...
MCFARLANE TO PRODUCE 'HALO 3' ACTION FIGURES
Five Action Figures and Three Vehicles Arrive in Stores Spring 2008 — Two powerhouses of pop culture are collaborating, as McFarlane Toys announces a licensing agreement with Microsoft to produce ac...
Motorola Q9m (Nelson) Hands On!
Yeah, you're probably looking at the first live shots of the new Motorola Q9m for Verizon Wireless, and ain't it a beauty? The Q9m uses a regular miniUSB port instead of Motorola's new favorite micro...
Taking the Wraps Off Google's Public Policy Blog
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs — At the beginning of 2005, I was Google's lone public policy guy. Today, there's a bigger - and growing - team of us s...
Steve Jobs in a Box
It's a stunning box, a wizard object with a passel of amazing features (It's a phone! An iPod! A Web browser!). But for all its marvels, the iPhone inaugurates a dangerous new era for Jobs. Has he...
Nokia introduces three versatile mobile phones targeted to mid-range market
Nokia 6267, Nokia 3500 classic and Nokia 6121 classic make advanced technology brilliantly simple — Singapore - Today, during its annual Nokia Connection event in Singapore, Nokia expanded its portf...
Microsoft sues Immersion for contract breach
Microsoft said on Monday that it has filed suit against Immersion, a company whose technology adds tactile feedback to joysticks and other controllers. — Immersion had originally sued Microsoft, alo...
EBay Moves to Recharge Its Auctions
BOSTON — In 1998, eBay's chief executive, Meg Whitman, changed the background color of the site's home page from gray to white. Rather than simply switching colors overnight, though, Ms. Whitman dire...
Dell selling unlocked high-end Nokia phones online
In a welcome, yet odd, development, Dell has started selling several high-end Nokia phones in an unlocked state via its online store. So far searches reveal that Dell is selling the Nokia N80, E61i, ...
Webware 100 winners announced!
And now the moment you've all been waiting for... The Webware 100 winners. Go to www.webware.com/100 to see the top 100 Web 2.0 products, 10 each in 10 categories, selected by the Web's users. — Th...
Computer Cookies and How They Crumble
Tiny files called "cookies" are the lifeblood of online advertising. When a computer visits a site or sees an ad for the first time, the site's server slips a cookie onto the visitor's hard drive, id...
Another Attempt to Match Readers and Relevant News
Ian Clarke was a 23-year-old computer scientist living in Scotland in 2000 when he started a global controversy by deploying an online system called Freenet. The system was intended to make it possib...
Vodafone don't like Hotxt or Tex2
Originally uploaded by smstextnews. — You're doing well if you're the founder of Hotxt or Tex2. How do you know you're doing well? Because you're being called out by Vodafone and promoted to reade...
Internet Radio Races To Break Free of the PC
In January, a recreational vehicle in remote West Texas suddenly started blasting the Steve Miller Band's "Space Cowboy." It was a triumphant moment for Slacker Inc., a start-up trying to move Intern...
YouTube Mobile Is Live
Check it out folks, the mobile, non-carrier-guarded version of YouTube is here — and right on schedule for the June date that a YouTube spokesperson told us about a few months ago. You need a phone t...
Microsoft launches new-look MSN for mobile phones
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. launched a redesigned MSN portal optimized for mobile phones on Sunday, stepping up its offering at a time when more powerful devices increase the demand for richer...
The Pmarca Guide to Startups, part 1: Why not to do a startup
In this series of posts I will walk through some of my accumulated knowledge and experience in building high-tech startups. — My specific experience is from three companies I have co-founded: Netsca...
Taking the Wraps Off Google's Public Policy Blog
Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs — At the beginning of 2005, I was Google's lone public policy guy. Today, there's a bigger - and growing - team of us s...
Nokia releases the 3500 Classic, 6121 Classic and 6267 for the mid-range market *UPDATE*
Nokia didn't waste any time at their "Nokia Connection" event in Singapore. First up is the 3500 Classic: it will be introduced in multiple colors and has built in FM radio, 2 megapixel camera …
YouTube offers online editing
Happy slapping with subtitles? — YouTube users can now edit and improve their clips using an online tool from Adobe. — The tool, called Remixer, is based on Adobe's Premiere product. It allows us...
No Microsoft-Ubuntu deal in the works, Canonical CEO says
Anyone expecting a technical and legal partnership between Microsoft and Ubuntu distributor Canonical to follow existing Microsoft-Linux deals will be disappointed. — Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth...
Mozilla exec calls Apple's Safari plan 'duopolistic'
Mozilla's chief operating officer, John Lilly, is calling Steve Jobs' plans for building Safari's market share "out of date" and "duopolistic." — Lilly made his comments following the Apple CEO's ke...
Meizu's latest MiniOne (M8) incarnation
Here you have it, what looks to be a (re-touched) photograph of a real engineering sample of the Meizu MiniOne (M8). The picture was posted by CEO, Jack Wong, with the promise of more pictures to com...
GE and Pearson Discuss Joint Bid For Dow Jones
Talks Signal Alternative — To News Corp.'s Offer — Could Be Taking Shape — As Dow Jones & Co.'s controlling Bancroft family continues to fret about selling to Rupert Murdoch, General Electric Co...
Unboxing the HTC Mogul, Sprint's New WM6 Phone
I got a sweet surprise from HTC on Friday: the brand new Sprint HTC Mogul, which is a major upgrade to the HTC Apache / Sprint PPC-6700 and which incidentally does not appear to be called the PPC-6800...