Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says
Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the Computer and Communications Industry Association. — Fair use ...
Microsoft updates Windows without users' consent
Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates. — Many companies require testing of patches before they are wid...
Mum is no longer the word
OK, folks, what does this cryptic invite mean? Suggestions in the comments! — Just to quell any conspiracy theories, the blanked out text is just the RSVP email address and phone number; we thought...
Announcing FanCast mobile, chat, Twitter and Columbia Records
We're excited to announce today a new partnership with Columbia Records and three major new features to make the SplashCast experience more interactive than ever. New York's Coheed and Cambria is the...
Reverting Back to Original "Average Time on Site" Calculation Today
We recently introduced a new way of calculating "Average Time on Site" that removed visitors who "bounce" from your website (people who hit one page of your site and then leave). This updated calcula...
Google pays $1.3M to fly jet from NASA airport
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are paying $1.3 million a year so their Boeing 767 plane can take off, land and park at a NASA-managed airport located just a few min...
Virgin America Announce In-flight Broadband Details
Virgin America has partnered with AirCell to bring Wi-Fi to VA's entire fleet in early 2008. American Airlines inked a deal earlier this year with AirCell to bring Wi-Fi, but VA seems to be a bit mor...
Want to 'converse' with advertisers? Me neither
reporter's notebook SAN FRANCISCO—I admit it; I'm cynical when it comes to advertising and marketing. I believe that the sole purpose of advertising is to convince me to part with my well-earned and ...
Apple iPod touch
When the iPhone came out in June, many people (myself included) loved it, but wanted it without the phone—and that pesky two-year contract with AT&T Wireless. I'm no luddite, but I don't want my pers...
O2 finds Apple revenue-sharing to its taste
O2, the mobile phone company, laid the groundwork yesterday for an announcement of a tie-up with Apple to sell the US firm's iPhone handset. — Peter Erskine, the O2 chief executive, defended Apple's...
Google backs private Moon landing
Search giant Google is offering a $30m prize pot to private firms that land a robot rover on the Moon. — The competition to send a robot craft to the Moon is being run with the X-Prize Foundation. ...
deliGoo Mashes Google with del.icio.us
deliGoo is a nifty new add on for Firefox 2.0+ and IE 6.0+ that mashes up del.icio.us with Google Custom Search. The way it works is by creating a Google Custom Search engine based on all of a user's...
Hacks come to life
By now, hopefully you're familiar with our Hack@Yahoo! program, where developers build cool tools or functionality on top of Yahoo! products. Maybe you attended or read about our "Open Hack Day" last...
The Ringtones Racket
Steve Jobs, introducing iTunes 7.4 during last week's Apple special event: "We're going to ship a new version of iTunes tonight, to support some of the new products you're going to hear about shortly....
Google To Present At TechCrunch40
We just got permission to post this - On top of everything else we've got planned, Google will present something at TechCrunch40 next week. Like the AOL and Yahoo product launches, it will not be eli...
Prince to sue YouTube, eBay over music use
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to "reclaim his art on the Internet." — The man behind hit songs "Pu...
MySpace, 'thirtysomething' Team Pair Up For New 'Network-Quality' Series; Rival Social Net?
Another Hollywood broadband endeavor ... Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, creators of thirtysomething and My So-Called Life, are bringing new series quarterlife online via MySpace (NYSE: NWS).
Eons Announces Big Layoffs as Company Refocuses on Social Networking: "It Was Kind of Like Survivor."
Robert Buderi wrote: — It was a dramatic, sobering, but ultimately healthy and air-clearing scene on Monday when Eons founder Jeff Taylor called together his remaining staff and engaged …
Apple calls on UK press as iPhone talk swirls
LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell ph...
Revver Reaches One Year, $1 Million
Video-sharing site Revver is celebrating its first anniversary since dropping the 'beta' tag on Sept. 13th of last year, and in a happy coincidence, is also announcing that it's paid out $1 million to...
iPhone now software unlocked in 32 countries and 69 carriers
With the European and Asian iPhone rollouts still months away, is it any wonder to find the little guy venturing out on the mean, GSM streets all on his own? According to that list above compiled by ...
Google map could break privacy law
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protecting individual privacy, officia...
Company vows to deliver big cuts in data center costs
XSIGO REDUCES CABLE EXPENSES, ENERGY NEEDS — A company backed by Kleiner Perkins emerged from three years of secrecy Wednesday, unveiling technology designed to dramatically reduce the costs of runn...
Online worlds to be AI incubators
Technology Correspondent, BBC News website — Online worlds such as Second Life will soon become training grounds for artificial intelligences. — Researchers at US firm Novamente have created softw...
Sony Drops DVD for Blu-ray Disc
Sony Corp. is increasing its bet on Blu-ray Disc and plans to ditch DVD and use the high-definition video disc format in all future digital video recorders in Japan, the company said Wednesday. — Th...