Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries
One of the things my team has been working to enable has been the ability for .NET developers to download and browse the source code of the .NET Framework libraries, and to easily enable debugging sup...
TechCrunch to Sell to CNET for $100+ Million?
Analyst Doug McIntyre at 24/7 Wall St doesn't have specific thoughts on the valuation, but he makes a persuasive case about why TechCrunch and other big blogs will eventually be bought for big numbers...
First-Gen Zune Getting All The New Features: This is How You Treat Your Customers
The first generation 30GB Zune—which 1.2 million of you already purchased—is getting all the new Zune's features. All. Sure, the new Zune is more of a half step forward than a completely new design.
Sony BMG's chief anti-piracy lawyer: "Copying" music you own is "stealing"
Duluth, Minnesota — Testimony today in Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas quickly and inadvertently turned to the topic of fair use when Jennifer Pariser, the head of litigation for Sony BMG, was...
Google Transit Graduates from Labs
It may be back-to-school season, but Google Transit has just graduated from Google Labs! We're excited to say it's now a fully integrated feature in Google Maps. This means that when you look up dir...
Judge bars RIAA president from testifying in Capitol Records v. Thomas
Duluth, Minnesota — Testimony in Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas wrapped up today after Judge Michael J. Davis decided against allowing RIAA president Cary Sherman to testify in the case.
Microsoft's Open-Source Trap for Mono
Opinion: Microsoft wants to destroy open-source by opening its code for examination, but not for use. — Microsoft is claiming that releasing the .NET Framework reference source code under the Micros...
Google Preps Postini For Business World
As enamored as the tech world can be with the business to consumer relationships of Web 2.0 applications, Google understands what companies like Microsoft and IBM do - the real money is in business to...
It's a Database. It's a Spreadsheet. It's Zoho DB.
Zoho is adding another weapon to its arsenal today - Zoho DB - raising its total number of online office applications to 13 (not including four additional "utilities", or lightweight apps). — Zoho D...
Justin.tv Wins Funding, Opens Platform
Justin.tv, a startup that will forever risk coming off as a prolonged publicity stunt rather than a business, is rolling out the platform it's been saying was the point all along. Starting out with f...
UC BERKELEY FIRST TO POST FULL LECTURES TO YOUTUBE
YouTube is now an important teaching tool at UC Berkeley. — The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web's No.1 video-sharing site. — Berkeley offi...
Anatomy of a Blog Rumor
Yesterday, Jacob Metcalf of the website 8bitjoystick (and occasional Stranger contributor) posted that Bungie, creators of the insanely popular Halo series, is parting ways with its parent company Mic...
Palm admits new OS 18 months away
Palm CEO Ed Colligan has confirmed the new Palm OS won't be finished until the end of 2008. Originally scheduled for release by the end of this year, the operating system's launch date has continued ...
UC Berkeley first to post full lectures to YouTube
YouTube is now an important teaching tool at UC Berkeley. — The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web's No.1 video-sharing site. — Berkeley offi...
Vista Business sales soar like leaping dachshund
August numbers are in from Context, the European PC market watcher, and they show that the Vista is anything but Buena for Microsoft. Vista Business, the, um, business version of Vista, Microsoft's n...
Exclusive: Zune Tattoo Guy Sounds Off on New Players
The biggest Zune fan, displaying three Zune tattoos, tells us what he loves about the new devices, and also lets us in on his upcoming ass ink for Apple. — There may be only one man who can really i...
Brain drain
As if the mainstream media didn't have enough trouble navigating the uncharted realm of digital innovation, they are losing many of the young, technologically astute employees who could be their guide...
Microsoft as Media King?
The software giant sees its future in advertising and mobile and is taking the message to Europe—and to Google and Yahoo! — Most people still see Microsoft primarily as a software company, but on Oc...
Netvibes Launches Corporate Startpages - Will Companies Go For It?
Netvibes, the French startpage near the top of the startpage market, is launching a new service this morning called Netvibes Premium Universes. The service allows companies to offer Netvibes function...
Verizon's LG Voyager heads up newly official fall lineup
Verizon isn't kidding around this fall, with four new fashionable phones, a couple of which might divert a few iPhone dollars from archrival AT&T. It's those exact four that Engadget Mobile got the sc...
Yahoo ponders Kelkoo's future
By Maija Palmer in London, Chris Nuttall in San Francisco and Pan Yuk in Paris — Yahoo said on Tuesday it was considering "strategic options" for Kelkoo, including a possible sale of the online shop...
Managing both local and global audiences
Caroline Little, chief executive and publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, is explaining how the site deals differently with local and international audiences. — How can you talk about h...
I come to Praise Skype, not to Bury Them.
History was made on September 12, 2005 when Skype was purchased by eBay. — And I still stand by the words I posted in my September 12, 2005 blog entry: — "Usually we don't see revolutions until af...
Apple reportedly considering Intel platform for iPhone
Apple reportedly is considering adopting Intel's Moorestown MID (mobile Internet device) platform processor in a new iPhone, according to OEM sources. — Intel revealed a Moorestown-based MID product...
BlackBerry 9000 whispers in our ear
No, it doesn't have the amount of hype and speculation an iPhone did before its release, but we don't think there has even been this much anticipation for a BlackBerry, ever. The hidden-in-a-dark-sec...
Verizon unveils iPhone rival
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless unveiled three new cell phones on Wednesday for the holiday season, including a high-end handset named Voyager that will compete with Apple Inc's iPhone. — The ...
Yahoo gets approval to buy ad firm BlueLithium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has been given U.S. antitrust approval to buy BlueLithium, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. — U.S. antitrust author...
Top websites ranked by Digg saturation
Tracking the number of times a particular blog hits the Digg homepage isn't really a great indicator of popularity. Some Digg stories get a couple of hundred Diggs while others are far more popular a...
Google boosts corporate e-mail service
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is sprucing up its corporate e-mail service by adding new security tools and more than doubling the storage capacity of e-mailboxes, underscoring the online search leader's...
ARM to bash 'non-issue' Intel with multi-core chip
ARM's big reveal today of its latest processor design came with the clear message that the company will use its market weight and mobile heritage to fend off challenges from Intel. — Speaking here a...
Google Cuts Ads From Orkut Service
Facing complaints in Brazil about offensive content, Google Inc. in August removed ads from its social-networking service called Orkut. — Google said advertising appeared on only 1% of Orkut pages a...
Seven Steps to Graphing Your Facebook Strategy
This guest post is written by Dave McClure: startup advisor, angel investor, PayPal alumnus, and Master of 500 Hats. Dave is organizing next week's Graphing Social Patterns conference on Facebook, co...
RIAA anti-P2P campaign a real money pit, according to testimony
Duluth, Minnesota — During an occasionally testy cross examination, a Sony executive said what many observers have suspected for a long time. The RIAA's four-year-old lawsuit campaign is costing the ...
Amazon's Dynamo
In two weeks we'll present a paper on the Dynamo technology at SOSP, the prestigious biannual Operating Systems conference. Dynamo is internal technology developed at Amazon to address the need for a...