IPhone Use Disappoints; Apple Slides
Apple's shares slumped 6 percent on Tuesday after AT&T said the early surge of iPhone buyers starting service on its network was smaller than some analysts had anticipated. — AT&T, in reporting its ...
Online Video: 57% of internet users have watched videos online and most of them share what they find with others
The growing adoption of broadband combined with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing.
MySpace erases 29,000 sex offenders
MySpace yesterday announced it had "detected and deleted" 29,000 convicted sex offenders on the social networking site, Reuters reports. — The figure is considerably higher than the 7,000 it said it...
Sting! The biggest software counterfeiting bust in history
Earlier today the Chinese Public Security Bureau and the FBI announced the largest bust of counterfeit software manufacturing or distribution ever. The bust took place in the southern Chinese provinc...
1 million Joost users prepare for year-end launch
Joost, the peer-to-peer TV sharing application from the inventors of Skype and Kazaa, has signed up more than a million beta testers and is on track for an end-of-year launch, its co-creator has revea...
iPhone v. BlackBerry: Side By Side, Two Week Comparison
With the Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerry 8820 coming soon to an AT&T store near you, business folks around the country will be faced with the decision of switching to the trendy new iPhone or upgrading to a...
BIND cache poisoning vulnerability details released
Amit Klein wrote about a paper he just released with details about a BIND 9 cache poisoning issue. This is one of the problems addressed by the latest version of BIND 9. — The very brief summary: B...
Aided by Harry Potter Fans, Amazon Triples Its Profit
Some of Harry Potter's magic has rubbed off on Amazon.com. — The company, based in Seattle, announced today that its second-quarter net income increased more than threefold on revenue that rose 35 p...
The New York Times Company Reports 2007 Second-Quarter Results
The New York Times Company announced today second-quarter earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations of $.15, compared with $.37 in the second quarter last year. Excluding the special items ...
Amazon.com Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Executives — Analysts — Dave Joseph/Mary Meeker - Morgan Stanley — Jeetil Patel - Deutsche Bank Securities — Presentation — Operator — Good day, everyone and welcome to the Amazon.com seco...
Microsoft, EA sign sports game ad deal
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will pipe advertisements into a slate of popular sports video games from Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS.O:...
Announcing the world's first 40G silicon laser modulator!
In this blog, I would like to share with you our recent breakthrough in Silicon Photonics research at Photonics Technology Lab of Intel, a laser modulator that encodes optical data at 40 billion bits ...
9 Ways to Build Your Own Social Network
The news may overflow with stories about the social networking giants, such as Facebook and MySpace, but a horde of companies are doing their best to reduce the fundamental features of these websites ...