Facebook VC: No Rush For More $, Would Work W/Google
An update from Facebook investor and board member Jim Breyer: The company doesn't need to raise more money, won't go public for at least another 14 months, and isn't afraid of Google's OpenSocial plat...
What Google OpenSocial really means
When I wrote yesterday about the value-add of social networking, speculating that a "tool kit" might easily replace big sites like Facebook, I had no idea I was scooping myself. — In fact, at that v...
Remarks by Tom Curley President and CEO/Associated Press Knight-Bagehot Dinner
Madi Reddy is a 22-year-old resident of Hyderabad, India, with ambitions to rise above his hereditary caste. He's a newshound, investing time every day turning the news into diagrams on a whiteboard ...
AT&T intros new international iPhone data plans for $25 and $60/month
Perhaps in response to growing noise over international travelers trying to use their iPhones and being slapped with outrageous bills, AT&T has announced today new international iPhone data plans.
Ok Here's At Least Part Of What Facebook Is Announcing On Tuesday: Project Beacon
There has been endless speculation around the new advertising network that Facebook will be launching next Tuesday at ad:tech in New York. — There are at least two pieces to the network.
50M Facebook users don't care about OpenSocial APIs
There are 50 Million Facebook users who don't know what OpenSocial APIs are...and don't care. There are about 5,000 tech bloggers and developers who think it is a revolution that will "Checkmate" Fac...
Say goodbye to Blockbuster
It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the company has finally bit the bullet and is spiraling out of control. Sa...
Nokia Internet push slips in music, gaming
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's move into Internet operations faced headwinds on Friday, as the cell phone maker postponed the start of its gaming service due to software testing delays, and Warner pulle...
Powerset Looking for a New CEO
Natural-language search startup Powerset is going through some growing pains. Barney Pell is stepping down from the CEO spot. He will now become the CTO, and he and Powerset's board will conduct a s...
IBM offers 'green' certificates to data center power misers
IBM is launching an initiative to give its corporate customers a way to measure and potentially monetize energy-efficiency measures in their data centers using an emerging form of currency. — The co...
New low-price 'compact' PS2 to arrive in 2008
Redesigned model boasts built-in power supply; 25 per cent price drop likely — Thought PlayStation 2 hardware sales were going to quietly disappear after the revenue frenzy of Christmas? Think agai...
Powerset, the hyped search engine company, sees shakeup
Powerset, the "natural language" search engine company saying it wants to take on Google, has seen a shake up in its management. — The San Francisco company received substantial hype when it emerged...
Apple Releases Fix for iMac Freeze Issue, Updates MacBooks
Apple provides a fix for its iMac and updates its MacBook notebooks — DailyTech reported in early October that some iMac users were experiencing freezing problems with their machines. The root caus...
Everex Readies Sub-$300 Linux Notebooks
After introducing a $198 Linux desktop this week, PC vendor Everex said it will bring Linux laptops under $300 to users next year. — The laptops will come with 12.1-inch to 17-inch screens and run t...
Mozilla, Microsoft reps argue over the future of web scripting
The process of creating ECMAScript 4—the next-generation JavaScript dialect—has become increasingly acrimonious as major stakeholders argue about the future of web scripting. The latest feud is betwe...
Ring-RingGoogle to Announce Phone Plans Monday
Amol Sharma reports on Google: — We wonÂ't have to wait much longer to hear from Google about its big plans in wireless. The company looks set to make a splash in the mobile market on Monday, annou...
The blogs of war: Engadget vs. Gizmodo
In the consumer-technology blogosphere, the battle between Engadget and Gizmodo has become an all-out smackdown. — (Fortune Magazine) — In the consumer-technology blogosphere, the rivalry between En...
Confused BBC tech chief: Only 600 Linux users visit our website
Everything you need to know about Virtualization at The Register's eSymposium — The BBC's technology boss Ashley Highfield has provoked consternation in the UK's open source community by claiming th...
Apple Stealthily Updates Laptops
The MacBook family sees architectural gains while the MacBook Pro has the option of a faster CPU. — These things usually happen on Tuesdays, but Apple quietly refreshed its MacBook and MacBook Pro l...
Lenovo bids an early adieu to IBM brand
If you haven't already, say goodbye to that little IBM sticker on your ThinkPad. — Turns out, Lenovo doesn't need the reputable computer brand to sell its notebooks and desktops anymore. Lenovo Chi...
Leopard early adopters suffer for the rest of us
I can't decide whether early adopters are saints or fools. — Mac OS X Leopard, the latest version of Apple's operating system, turns one week old today. An estimated 9 percent of the Mac OS X insta...
The Next Microsoft
Google shares rose above $700 this week, making the search giant worth more than Cisco, Intel, Apple, or IBM, but still less than Microsoft and General Electric, if just barely. Is the company really...
A visit with Microsoft Research: "Innovations in Data Input and Navigation"
18 months ago, House Calls for Healthcare Professionals showed viewers something from Microsoft Research called "Play Anywhere"; a technology that allowed users to manipulate images projected on a tab...
Breaking: More on Facebook's ads, and potential conflict with developers
A source has told us in some detail what Facebook will be launching on Tuesday, having seen and played with Facebook's offerings. — In a project code-named Pandemic, Facebook will remove the somewha...
Report: Yahoo exec apologizes to U.S. lawmakers on China
A senior executive at Yahoo has apologized for misleading U.S. lawmakers on the company's cooperation with a request by China for details on a journalist who was later jailed, The Wall Street Journal ...
NEW: "Google MDS" - Manager Defined Spend
This is so new that there is no documentation on this anywhere I can find. — My Google team is hot for me to get on this, and I think it's a great product enhancement. — A MDS is essentially a MCC...
Sprint Weighs WiMax Unit Spinoff
One Option Under Review — Is Merger With Clearwire; — Plans Likely to Await CEO — Sprint Nextel Corp. is weighing changes to its plans to offer high-speed wireless Internet service using WiMax t...
Can Facebook feed its ad brains?
news analysis Facebook is now valued at $15 billion by many estimates. Soon the young company will have to prove it's really worth it. — Next week in New York, Facebook is expected to unveil its ne...
Become a Del.icio.us Power User
As a web developer how we retain, organize, and use information is a high priority. One web application that has revolutionized the way I retain information is del.icio.us. — I originally used it j...
The 15 Dumbest Apple Predictions Of All Time
It's easy to dump ire on anlysts for getting it wrong so often. What those guys do, however, is provide a particular service to particular people. Interpreting what analysts say in terms of truth or...
Welcome to the suck: roundup of Doritos XBLA finalists
Back in June, Doritos called for game designers to bring forth ideas for a corporate-sponsored Xbox Live Arcade game. Unlike previous contests, entrants would play the role of designer rather than de...