Google Press Day 2007
Today (from 10:00 - 16.20 CET) Google is holding their press day event in Paris. Marissa Mayer, Eric Schmidt, Urs Hölzle as well as the YouTube founders will be there, and there may be some product a...
2007: The year of "The Real Internet"
I know that 2006 and every year that came before it was supposed to be "the year of the mobile web". Maybe it's time to change that a little. 2007 will be the year of "The Real Internet." — As wit...
YouTube Starts Local Sites in Brazil, Japan, Europe (Update2)
Google Inc.'s YouTube, the most- popular video-sharing Web site, started nine local versions of the site in countries including Brazil, Japan and the U.K. to build its audience worldwide. — Local si...
Appeals Court Says Feds Need Warrants to Search E-Mail
A federal appeals court on Monday issued a landmark decision (.pdf) that holds that e-mail has similar constitutional privacy protections as telephone communications, meaning that federal investigator...
Site Downtime / New Features
Hey everyone - quick post to let you know that in the midst of going live with some back-end upgrades as well as our new comments system, the site has had a longer than expected outage tonight. We're...
Study: Inkjet printers are filthy, lying thieves
A new study says that on average, more than half of the ink from inkjet cartridges is wasted when users toss them in the garbage. Why is that interesting? According to the study, users are tossing t...
Google and Utility to Test Hybrids That Sell Back Power
Google and Pacific Gas & Electric have unveiled their vision of a future in which cars and trucks are partly powered by the country's electric grids, and vice versa. — The companies displayed on Mon...
Australia announces vast national broadband plan
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday announced a 2.0 billion dollar (1.68 billion US) plan to provide fast and affordable Internet access across the vast country. — Howard said Optus, the...
Customer Service Hell!! T-Mobile...Hot Spot? NOT!!!
"Stick Together" — The Irony is coming - read on!! — I can't believe it!!! Over the past few months I've launched a blog all about the power and value of the customer voice in the web 2.0 world.
33 Ways to Watch Free TV Online
It's time to toss the old tube to the dumpster. Well, not if you have one of those 47" plasma ones, but...you know what we mean. The future of media is the Internet, and television is no exception. ...
Microsoft Enhances Virtual Earth Product
Update Delivers a More Seamless and Accurate 3-D Experience — REDMOND, Wash. & DENVER—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Microsoft Corp. and Intermap Technologies Corp. today announced …
HP to Acquire SPI Dynamics, Strengthening Capabilities in Application Quality Management
PALO ALTO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—HP (NYSE:HPQ - News) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SPI Dynamics, Inc., a leading provider of web application security assessmen...