Google Highly Open Participation Contest: Horrible Name, Good Idea
Google has announced the "Google Highly Open Participation Contest," a new contest that aims to introduce secondary school and high school students to open source software development. — The contest...
Source: Yes, LinkedIn and News Corp. are working on a deal
A rumor surfaced last week, in Techcrunch UK, that News Corp. is looking at buying business networking site LinkedIn. — A well-placed source has confirmed with us that these talks are serious. Link...
Google Maps for Mobile Shows Your Location
The latest version of Google Maps for mobile phones has a new feature called "my location". Instead of having to enter your location, Google Maps is able to find it. If your phone has GPS support th...
There's No Money In The Long Tail of the Blogosphere
In 2004 Chris Anderson wrote an influential book called The Long Tail. In it, he argued that the future of business is to sell less of more. The main premise is that collectively, things that are in...
Google Provides Details Of Anonymous Blogger In Israel (Updated)
Google has provided the IP address of an anonymous blogger to an Israeli court as part of a defamation case, according to the Globes Online. — The defamation case centers on allegations against thre...
What the Google Intranet Looks Like
What do around 16,000 Google employees stare at in the morning when they've arrived at the office? They might be looking at Moma, the name for the Google intranet. The meaning of the name of "Moma" ...
TiVo & Nero Collaborate on PC DVR Software
This can't be good news for Beyond TV, SageTV, and ReplayTV... TiVo's entering the PC software DVR market (!) with Nero at an unspecified time and price. A few years ago, perhaps before current CEO T...
Web apps, Office among top security headaches, says SANS
San Francisco - Web-based applications and security holes in Microsoft Office are among the biggest threats faced by Internet users today, according to the SANS Institute's annual security report. — ...
AT&T quietly rolls out reasonably-priced unbundled DSL
Over the past month, AT&T has quietly started to offer reasonably priced unbundled "naked" DSL Internet service to customers around the country. The company's website makes no mention of the service,...
Future of the Web coming fast and furious
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Though the favorite metaphor to describe the Web has long been a highway, or for some, a "series of tubes," the man credited with inventing it all thinks of the Web more like the hum...
Carphone misleading over iPhone
Staff at the UK's biggest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, have been caught misleading customers about Apple's popular iPhone handset. — Undercover researchers from BBC One's Watchdog foun...
Cellphone's slosh and rattle reveal its contents
Cellphone users could soon tell when their handset is running low on juice or laden with new messages simply by reaching into their bag or pocket and giving it a quick shake. — A new system uses a p...
iPhone is launched in France at 749 euros
The Apple iPhone handset, incorporating mobile phone, multimedia access and music functions, was to go on sale in France with a promotional blitz late on Wednesday, following European launches in Brit...
Laptops for kids group sued over keyboard design
A Nigerian entrepreneur based in Natick says the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge stole his company's design for a multilingual keyboard. — Ade Oyegbola, founder and chief executive of L...
Google Gadgets go cross-platform
Google is adding support for Google Gadgets in its Google Desktop for the Mac software. Google Gadgets, as you probably know, are mini applications with dynamic content that offer quick access for th...
When E-Mail Is Outsourced
In 1998, Dartmouth College was at the forefront of campus e-mail. Its homegrown system, BlitzMail, reflected the college's reputation for being ahead of the curve on technology. — Dartmouth student...