News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake
News Corporation has discussed swapping MySpace, its internet social networking unit, with Yahoo! in return for a 25 per cent stake in the enlarged group. — The discussions remain tentative and coul...
YouTube Live on Apple TV Today; Coming to iPhone on June 29
Best YouTube Experience on a Mobile Device — Apple® today announced that iPhone™ users will be able to enjoy YouTube's originally-created content on their iPhones when they begin shipping on June 29...
It's Official: Yahoo Acquires Rivals.com; Not Official But True: It Cost About $100 Million
As we were first to report in early April, Yahoo was on the verge of acquiring college sports network Rivals.com. It took a few months to complete, finally closing after months …
Opera Software boss hangs on to control
The founder of one of Norway's most successful high-tech firms, Opera Software, reportedly hung on to his power over the firm by firing Opera's board of directors before they could fire him. — Newsp...
Microsoft to change Vista after Google complaint
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to modify its Windows Vista operating system in response to a complaint that its computer search function put Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, ...
Bluetooth headset charging port remains on iPhone dock
Earlier this year, word leaked that the iPhone's dock would include a small port for charging Apple's tiny bluetooth headset. Think Secret sources that have been playing with recent preproduction iPh...
Update: Security risks prompt French BlackBerry ban
(InfoWorld) - French government members and their advisors have been told not to use BlackBerry smartphones, for national security reasons. The ban on BlackBerry devices is just one of the IT challen...
Dow Jones Board Takes Over Talks on Future of Company
Dow Jones & Co.'s board of directors, frustrated with the pace of the Bancroft family's negotiations with News Corp., said it would take over talks on the future of the company. — The move, approved...
Digg Overtakes Facebook with 1400% Growth, 22.6 Million Uniques
According to recent Compete data, digg has overtaken Facebook in number of unique visitors and has grown 1400% in one year. Compete's May 2007 data states that digg had 22.6 Million unique visitors, ...
Apple buyout rumours circulate as iPhone launch nears
Can St. Steve move up a plane? — Scepticism about the launch of the Apple iPhone is growing, and it isn't helping the Apple share price. What a coincidence that exactly as things get tougher in the...
Blackberry ban for French elite
French government officials have been ordered not to use handheld Blackberry devices amid fears that foreigners could spy on them, reports say. — Workers in the French president's and prime minister...
MySpace's Brad Greenspan to Seek Dow Jones Stake Via Dutch Auction
The former chief executive of the parent company of social-networking site MySpace says he will seek a non-controlling stake in Dow Jones & Co. through a $60-per-share "Dutch auction." — An investme...
Pistols at Dawn: Ryan Block Now on TechCrunch20 Panel of Experts
Engadget's Ryan Block will represent the gadget and gizmo folks at the TechCrunch20, a supercool symposium of all things Web 2.0 hosted by our own Michael Arrington and the illustrious Jason "The Anim...
Microsoft flip-flops on Vista virtualization
Microsoft planned this week to announce that it was broadening the virtualization rights for Windows Vista, but decided at the last minute to reverse course and stick with existing limits. — The sof...
Digg overtakes Facebook; Both cross 20 million U.S. Unique Visitors
The first time I wrote about YouTube, it had just crossed 20 million visitors in the U.S. Just 4 days after my post, YouTube was scooped up by Google for $1.65B in Google stock. At today's stock pric...
Veoh TV: Turning the Web Into TV
Dmitry Shapiro is tired of hearing about Joost, the peer-to-peer Internet TV service launched by the founders of Skype. "Joost is your old man's TV," sneers Shapiro, the CEO of competing Web video se...
A Job Interview You Don't Have to Show Up For
Microsoft, Verizon, Others Use — Virtual Worlds to Recruit; — Dressing Avatars for Success — It's now possible to meet with recruiters without actually showing up for a job interview. — Some e...
Judge deals blow to RIAA, says students can respond to John Doe lawsuit
A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico. The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharin...
PC: Spore Slip Sliding Away
The latest Game Informer reports that Spore has been "delayed indefinitely", but reached for comment today, Electronic Arts says that "Spore has slipped out of fiscal 08 and into fiscal 09". Either w...
MyStoreSpace launches at eBay Live! (But My Google Shirt rains on the parade)
Saturday, June 16th was quite an eventful day for our two-man startup. My co-founder and I attended the eBay Live! conference in Boston to promote the launch of MyStoreSpace.com, our next-generation ...
Learning From Microsoft's Error, Google Builds a Lobbying Engine
When it comes to lobbying, Google does not intend to repeat the mistake that its rival Microsoft made a decade ago. — Microsoft was so disdainful of the federal government back then that it had almo...
Virtual Goods: the next big business model
This guest post is written by Susan Wu, a Principal with Charles River Ventures,where she focuses on digital media, software, and infrastructure. Susan is coproducing the Virtual Goods Summit with Ch...
Nokia organizes for the converging marketplace
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that it will introduce a new company structure from January 1, 2008. The move, driven by Nokia's strategy, is aimed at creating an organization aligned with the...
NAA Mid-Year Review: CareerBuilder Hopes McClatchy Remains, But Pullout Would Have Little Impact
Taking the podium Wednesday afternoon at the Newspaper Association of America's Mid-Year Review, Matt Ferguson, CareerBuilder's CEO, didn't have much to say about McClatchy's earlier musings regarding...
iPhone mania nears fever pitch
LOS ANGELES — Christopher Parr won't go so far as to bring his sleeping bag to his local AT&T store to be first in line for Apple's coveted iPhone when it goes on sale next week. — But he will be th...
Microsoft Concedes to Alter Its Vista Operating System
Microsoft has agreed to revise its Vista operating system under a compromise with federal and state officials monitoring the company's compliance with a five-year-old antitrust decree, according to a ...
10 Techniques I Used To Go From 0 To 12,000 RSS Subscribers In Seven Months - With No Ads Or Leverage
The following guest post has been submitted by Trent Hamm from The Simple Dollar — Hopefully, that title got your attention a little bit, but it's true. I launched The Simple Dollar at the very end...
Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 Hits Primetime
New Version Packed with Additional Features Generally Available in US and Localized Beta Versions to Launch in 13 Countries Around the World on Friday — SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SINGAPORE, June 20, 200...
Required Reading: the next 10 years
During my keynote at the iCommons iSummit 07, I made an announcement that surprised some, but which, from reports on the web at least, was also not fully understood by some. So here again is the anno...
Verizon CEO: No need for iPhone killer
CHICAGO—With the Apple iPhone launch less than two weeks away, Verizon sees its services and not a new iPhone-killing handset as the way to compete against rival AT&T, said CEO Ivan Seidenberg. — Se...
MyStoreSpace launches at eBay Live! (But My Google Shirt rains on the parade)
Saturday, June 16th was quite an eventful day for our two-man startup. My co-founder and I attended the eBay Live! conference in Boston to promote the launch of MyStoreSpace.com, our next-generation ...
PC: Spore Slip Sliding Away
The latest Game Informer reports that Spore has been "delayed indefinitely", but reached for comment today, Electronic Arts says that "Spore has slipped out of fiscal 08 and into fiscal 09". Either w...