New York Times (NYT) Launches MyTimes. Cool, But Ten Years Too Late
The New York Times continues to add to its impressive online site, rolling out a "MyTimes" feature today that has been behind a beta wall since last year. The feature looks slick: Customizable widget...
Rumormonger: Has Craig Newmark quit Craigslist?
Has Craig Newmark quit Craigslist? — A fascinating tidbit buried in a story about Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin's allegations of child prostitution on Craigslist: Susan MacTavish Best, Craigslist s...
Sony Defeats Truman
This just in from video-game reporting headquarters: Sony may be a consumer electronics giant, but its public relations folks aren't so powerful when it comes to prognostication. — Yesterday, said s...
Mayor rips craigslist over child prostitution
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin has called on a popular Web site to take responsibility for what she said is the company's role in promoting child prostitution. — [Post a comment on this story below....
The Rise of JAVA - The Retirement of SUNW
I've spoken before about the value of brand - this post is a good example. And I wanted to follow up with a few more thoughts, and an important shift in how Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) presents itself to the w...
Facebook Gets Personal With Ad Targeting Plan
Social-networking Web site Facebook Inc. is quietly working on a new advertising system that would let marketers target users with ads based on the massive amounts of information people reveal on the ...
Mary Meeker's YouTube Math
Morgan Stanley's Internet analyst Mary Meeker was a good deal more optimistic than we and most others were about the revenue impact of YouTube's new overlay ads. Specifically, Mary concluded that the...
Mempile - Terabyte on a CD
Home >> Articles >> Storage — Revolutionary new optical-storage technology currently under development will allow the equivalent of 250,000 high-quality MP3s or more than 115 DVD-quality movies and ...
PSP™ (PLAYSTATION®PORTABLE) VIDEO DOWNLOAD SERVICE
Download service to revolutionise handheld entertainment — Leipzig, 22 August 2007. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today provided more information on its joint venture with British Sky B...
Sony announces high-definition DVR for the PlayStation 3 in Europe
The Sony PlayStation 3 makes no excuses about what it wants: your entire living room. Sony wants you to watch Blu-ray movies in between playing your PS3 games and streaming content to your PSP.
Apple to usher in era of Mac OS X-based iPods
Apple Inc. will use a media event next month to unveil a new breed of iPod digital music players that have been injected with the company's most vital asset — the Mac OS. — The move will culminate a...
Sony achieves world's highest output from sugar battery
Another day, another fuel cell milestone. This time, it's sugar at the bio-electrical base. Unfortunately, the world's highest output they're touting is just 50mW per cell. Still, if you daisy chai...
Mempile's TeraDisc fits 1TB on a single optical disc
We've heard a lot of talk about the death of optical media, but for inexpensive high-capacity storage, it's pretty hard to beat — which is why the TeraDisc, from Israel's Mempile, look like it has suc...
Why 1.0.2 is Interesting
So you've probably read 30 times already (like I have) that Apple released version 1.0.2 of the iPhone firmware the yesterday which fixed some bugs or security issues or something. It's not really th...
Improved top ad placement formula now in effect
Two weeks ago, we posted about an upcoming improvement to the formula used to determine which ads are placed in the top spots above Google search results. The change offers advertisers more control o...
Ok, Ok. All Of You (even YouTube) Invented Video Overlay Ads "First"
When I wrote a post earlier today suggesting that YouTube was not the first to use a Flash overlay advertisement for online video, I didn't realize I'd be getting so many emails and comments disputing...
Firefox ad-blocker extension causes angst
(InfoWorld) - A Web site owner has blocked Firefox users from accessing his site in protest of a popular browser extension that blocks text and display ads. — Firefox users who go to http://jacklewi...
Can owning a Wi-Fi Skype phone land you in jail?
A man in London was arrested for using an open Wi-Fi network from someone's unsecured broadband link from a nearby house. Similar arrests have happened in the US and this makes me wonder: Can owning ...
Microsoft kills its 'Get the Facts' anti-Linux site
It was a long time in coming. But Microsoft has finally acknowledged that its anti-Linux site had gone past the point of usefulness. — On August 23, Microsoft pulled plug on the "Get the Facts" sit...
Microsoft to Provide Retrofit for Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel
Action is precautionary and voluntary following reports of component malfunction. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that it is taking a precautionary measure and voluntarily providing customers with...
Google Apps no match for MS Office, report says
(InfoWorld) - Deploying Google Apps could be a "career-limiting move for enterprise architects" if they expect too much from the software-as-a-service collaboration suite and its "rudimentary" feature...
SoundExchange Gives Small Broadcasters A Break - At least for a couple more years ... but they don't want it
After much lobbying and media coverage about the negative effect of higher royalty rates on small Internet radio broadcasters, SoundExchange put a halt on realizing the rates until a better deal could...
SoundExchange drops DRM requirement, webcasters still oppose new deal
Small Internet broadcasters have the opportunity to stay around for another few years if they accept SoundExchange's official offer to pay a discounted royalty rate... with a few caveats.
OMG! MySpace and MTV do, like, politics
At first, it sounds a little bit like playing catch-up to the much-ballyhooed CNN-YouTube debates; on Thursday, Viacom's (VIAB) MTV and News Corp's (NWS) MySpace are scheduled to announce a series of ...
Thanks Engadget
Dear Peter, Ryan and Joshua: — Thank you for the very thoughtful post about Palm. I really appreciate the fact that you guys and others care enough to take the time to write such a comprehensive li...
Sweden's EPiServer : A CMS Business Model That The Money Likes
Amadeus Capital Partners and Northzone Ventures, together with Peter Larsson (founder of Protect Data, mobile security tech startup acquired by CheckPoint for $585M last year) have acquired a majortiy...
Interview With Facebook's Joe Hewitt, iPhone God
The Facebook iPhone application was a one-man job. Joe Hewitt joined Facebook when the company he co-founded with Blake Ross, Parakey, was acquired last month. He quickly got to work on the company'...
Underwater turbines set to generate record power
By the end of the year, twin underwater turbines should be generating 1.2 megawatts of electricity off the coast of Northern Ireland in a landmark demonstration of tidal power technology. — Marine C...
IBM Buys Web Conferencing Vendor
IBM Corp. has acquired a Web conferencing service provider, it announced as part of a flurry of unified communications moves on Wednesday.IBM will make WebDialogs Inc. part of its Lotus division and a...
Exclusive: What Microsoft's Falcon project is going to mean for when you should buy an Xbox 360
Falcon is coming your way this fall. The first Xbox 360s with it are probably on ships coming from China. — Readers of this column will know that Falcon is the code name for a board …
Mobile Advertisers Recognizing The Benefit Of Not Spamming People
from the it-took-them-this-long? dept — For many years, there's been talk about the mobile advertising opportunity, with some advertisers practically drooling over the possibility of sending ads di...
YELP LAUNCHES EVENTS, A WORTHY UPCOMING.ORG COMPETITOR
There's no doubt Yelp was going to add a local events and calendaring functionality to their popular user reviews service, and today they've done it with a new feature called Events. Coincidentally, ...
Handcuffs chafe wireless users
To many, the Apple (AAPL) iPhone is the ultimate wireless device — a seductive blend of technology, function and dead-on cool, all wrapped into a sleek package. — To others, it's a glaring example o...
Digging Deeper:: Traditional Journalism Job Cuts Countered by Digital Additions
Traditional Journalism Job Cuts Countered by Digital Additions — If you follow the world of traditional journalism, you can't help but notice the seemingly constant stream of layoffs and buyouts at ...
Awnoes: iPod Nano Spy Shots Confirmed as Real by Apple Legal
Apple Legal has asked Giz to take down the iPhone nano spy shots from earlier today because they are their "intellectual property." Out of respect for The Steve, we've complied. This pretty much con...
U of Tennessee student says RIAA subpoena violates federal privacy law
A University of Tennessee student is attempting to quash an RIAA subpoena issued as part of the music industry's war against on-campus file-sharing. Doe #28 is taking a different tack than other defe...
LG KU990 Viewty: The YouTube phone is unveiled
LG isn't renowned for high-end camera phones but that doesn't mean that the company behind the fashion-centric Chocolate phone can't make one. In fact it can and it has — and no, we're not talking ab...
Man's XPS M1330 arrives sans OS, quality
We're not sure who or what is putting these XPS M1330 laptops together for Dell, but not only are they having a horrible time of it even getting the laptops out the door, but this particular man's shi...
Free Retrofit for Wireless Racing Wheel
As a precautionary measure, Microsoft Corporation is voluntarily providing its customers with a free retrofit to the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel. The Wheels were manufactured during 2006 - 2007. ...
COMING SOON: OUTSTANDING MOBILE VIDEO SEARCH FROM VEVEO
I got a demo today of a new mobile video search product called Vtap, from Veveo. It's hardly the only video search engine out there (see Blinkx, Truveo [review], and Google), but it has special power...
Bexy Corporation Debuts with Innovative iMirror™ Wireless Remote Music and Video iPod® Dock
New company to provide affordable multi-room entertainment systems that are easy to connect and operate — NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Bexy Corporation, an innovator in affordable …
Britain enjoying 'digital boom'
The net, mobile phones and MP3 players are revolutionising how Britons spend their time, says Ofcom's annual report. — It reveals that older media such as TV, radio and even DVDs are being abandoned...
IPhone Tantalizes, Frustrates Criminal Forensics Experts
Technophiles may love the iPhone, but you criminals? Watch out. The iPhone may reveal more about your misdeeds than you realize. — Derrick Donnelly, chief technology officer of Blackbag Technologi...
AT&T's Overstuffed iPhone Bills Annoy Customers
When Justine Ezarik, a video blogger in Pittsburgh, saw that a box from AT&T had been delivered to her doorstep a couple of weeks ago, she thought that perhaps she had been sent a complimentary access...
Pluggd raises $6M for audio-video word search
Pluggd, a Seattle company that lets you search audio and video files for words or themes, has raised just under $6 million in financing. — Pluggd is a hot company because it does something well that...
Apple's lawyers called, the iPod nano "phatty" is apparently the real deal
That really sketchy looking photo of the iPod nano "phatty" from yesterday? Yeah, you can officially file that under deceptively sketchy looking — Apple's legal team called demanding we take the shot...