Introducing video units
AdSense isn't just for ads anymore; it's also a place to get video content for your site — and earn extra revenue at the same time. — We're excited about the launch of video units — a new way to enr...
We're joining Google
Exciting news: Google has bought Jaiku today. — What does that mean? First and foremost, we're of course continuing to support our existing users. So fear not: your Jaiku phone, the Web site, IM, ...
Here Comes the Money: YouTube Videos Coming to AdSense
According to early reports from the Associated Press and Variety, Google is set to make a major announcement tomorrow concerning YouTube integration with AdSense. Selected YouTube videos will be avai...
Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead
Some of the music industry's biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without c...
Hard disk innovators get physics Nobel
Giant Magnetoresistance - real world nanotech — The 2007 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to the nanotech boffins behind our ever shrinking hard disks, Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg. — Th...
AT&T Acquires Wireless Spectrum from Aloha Partners
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced its board of directors has approved an agreement to purchase spectrum licenses covering 196 million people in the 700 MHz frequency band from Aloha Partners, L.P., a...
iPhone, iPod touch v1.1.1 jailbroken, apps ported and running
Well lookey see here, sounds like v1.1.1 isn't all doom and gloom after all. The iPhone dev community's apparently not only moved past accessing the nigh-unbreakable file system protections Apple imp...
Windows XP SP3 to include some Vista features
It's not just a patch and hot fix update, says site that leaked details — A Web site that leaked details of Windows XP Service Pack 3 over the weekend claimed that the update includes several new fe...
More Street View cities to explore
For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting new cities to be added to Street View in Google Maps, your patience is about to pay off. Today, we're announcing the addition of Street View imagery in...
Is TiVo's Comeback the Real Deal?
TiVo, the DVR pioneer, is announcing on Tuesday that it is bringing a wide selection of music to users of its increasingly versatile TV set-top boxes. Users whose TiVo boxes are connected to the Inte...
Device can remotely halt auto chases
Police will be able to remotely halt some high-speed pursuits with technology being unveiled today that aims to cut chase-related deaths. — General Motors (GM) plans to equip 1.7 million of its 2009...
Facebook's Application Rock Stars
The Community Next conference in San Jose, CA this last weekend resembled the mosh pit at a rock concert. It featured performances by the twenty year-old rock stars and a few older ones who have deve...
Brightcove Unleashes A BitTorrent Stream
BitTorrent, a company whose name has long meant digital piracy to content owners, now wants to be the online media industry's humble servant. On Tuesday, the company debuted tools on the video servic...
As Tech Heats Up, Sages Dust Off Bubble Indicators
Goofy-Names Index Rises, — Perks Gauge Glows Red; — A 5th-Grader as Founder — SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Reserve monitors things like inventory levels and housing starts to gauge the economy's ...
Sources: Leopard finalized, 10.4.11 inching closer [updated]
Apple Inc. this week is believed to have wrapped up development of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard while simultaneously pushing out yet another pre-release copy of its final maintenance and security update for ...
Sony's BWU-200S Blu-ray burner reaches 4x speeds
We know, 4x still isn't all that speedy in the grand scheme of things, but the BWU-200S can still toast BD-R discs twice as fast as last year's BWU-100A. Aside from filling a 50GB BD-R in around 45 m...
Wal-Mart's Latest Sale: Broadband
The retail giant's ISP turn is likely to push down prices and squeeze out competition. Will other big-box stores follow suit? — Broadband sellers, beware. A new provider is on the scene—and it's a...
Why we all overestimate Techmeme's influence
A lot of noise was made last week with the launch of the Techmeme leaderboard - a list of technology centurions on the popular technology news aggregator, built by Gabe Rivera (here's an interview wit...
When Google acquisitions go wrong: the disappointing story of Urchin
In March of 2005, Google acquired Urchin Software Corporation, a San Diego-based web analytics company. A few short months later, Google Analytics was unveiled, which was based on "Urchin On Demand,"...
Burn: Nine Inch Nails Dumps Record Labels, Going Direct to Fans
Hear that? It's the RIAA quaking in their diamond-coated boots as yet another A-list band gives labels the finger: Pretty hate machine Trent Reznor announced today that "as of right now Nine Inch Nai...
NBC UNIVERSAL TO ACQUIRE OXYGEN MEDIA
Strengthens NBCU's Position in Fast-Growing Female Category — Seven-Year-Old Female-Targeted Network Reaches 74 Million Homes — NBC Universal is acquiring Oxygen Media, one of the nation's leading...
The Children's Hour: Facebook Apps Are for Toddlers (There, We Said It)
Fine, call me a grumpy old lady, because I don't want to pass around a toasty complex carbohydrate globally. — Right now on Facebook, I have been trying to decide what to do near on two weeks or mor...
OnStar To Warn, Then Stop, Stolen Cars
from the wait-until-someone-hacks-the- system dept — GM continues to expand the features of its popular OnStar system with a new service that's been talked about for years, that would allow the comp...
RIAA Juror: 'We Wanted to Send a Message'
It took the jury in Capitol Records v. Thomas only five minutes to find that 30-year-old Jammie Thomas had infringed recording industry copyrights on 24 music tracks, according to the first juror to s...
Acquisition No. 2 For Sugar Inc.: Coutorture
Sugar Inc., hot off their first acquisition (ShopStyle) two weeks ago, is announcing their second deal tonight - the purchase of fashion blog network Coutorture. Deal size is not being announced, but...
Failing Fast It's a good thing
The only thing better than a "Yes" is a quick "NO". When you are raising money, selling a customer, or trying to get a deal done, it is the long drawn out process that never ends that will kill you. ...
Rocks found in place of girl's brand new iPod... twice
Nearly every teenager either has an iPod or wants one. There are a few exceptions, but the vast majority of teens sport (or pretend to sport) Apple's wildly-popular digital audio player. So imagine ...
Google tools to power virtual worlds
Get ready for online games set in your favorite Google Earth locations. — Virtual-worlds platform developer Multiverse Network is set to announce a partnership Tuesday that will allow anyone to crea...
Justin.tv: Nude webcams okay when looking for money, not when you get it
Justin Kan, the original lifecaster behind Justin.tv, hyped his company on the prospects of seeing him naked or, better yet, in flagranti delicto. But if that was the draw of the site for you, forget...
Becoming more social on eBay
eBay chief executive Meg Whitman (left) and founder Pierre Omidyar — Welcome to eBay's new neighborhood. — The auction giant premiered a new area today where users can create profiles, post photos...
Ask.com Ad Pact With Google Ends Soon
Oct. 9, 2007 (Investor's Business Daily delivered by Newstex) — In February, Barry Diller spoke confidently when he said his Ask.com would soon renew its long-running ad pact with Google that expires...
Amazon S3 At Your Service
Virtually everyone on the Amazon Web Services team has occasion to interact with our developer customers from time to time. This rich source of product feedback gives us a lot of insight into ways th...
Google logo tweak sends critics into orbit
WASHINGTON — Should the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? — Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful home-page logo to commemorate spec...
Study: Google gets bulk of world search
NEW YORK - Around the world, Internet users are conducting about 1.4 million searches every minute — most of them through Google Inc., a new comScore study estimates. — Yet Baidu.com Inc. is strong ...
Yahoo Buying 10% of Alibaba IPO, Expanding its Role in China
Yahoo has announced that it plans to acquire 10% of the shares which are being offered by Alibaba.com in an IPO which is expected to raise $1 Billion. Yahoo already owns 40% of Alibaba, and Alibaba o...
EBay overpaid for firm: Skype co-founder
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Internet telecoms company Skype, said on Tuesday he agreed the original valuation put on the company by purchaser eBay (NasdaqGS:EBAY - News) was t...
Apple: Bernstein Ups Target; Says Market Misses iPhone's Earnings Power; Stock "Not Especially Compelling"
One of the odd things about the Apple (AAPL) iPhone is how little the company has revealed about its relationship with AT&T (T), its exclusive U.S. carrier.
Google and IBM help students learn parallel programming
Google and IBM have announced a new initiative to help students and researchers learn how to create the massively parallel programs that will be needed to address large-scale problems of the future.
Introducing video units
AdSense isn't just for ads anymore; it's also a place to get video content for your site — and earn extra revenue at the same time. — We're excited about the launch of video units — a new way to enr...
Burn: Nine Inch Nails Dumps Record Labels, Going Direct to Fans
Hear that? It's the RIAA quaking in their diamond-coated boots as yet another A-list band gives labels the finger: Pretty hate machine Trent Reznor announced today that "as of right now Nine Inch Nai...
Bands Rushing To Ditch Labels And Embrace Free; Are The Floodgates Opening?
We've only been predicting that music would eventually go free for about a dozen years, but it feels like we may be nearing a tipping point among musicians recognizing this simple truth as well, kicke...
XM: Citi Ups Target, Sees $7B In Costs Savings From Merger; Says Odds Of Approval In "High 60%" Range
XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) shares are getting a boost today from a highly bullish report this morning from Citigroup analyst Eileen Furukawa. — Furukawa says that a "detailed …