Rails 2.0: It's done!
Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that's absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish. We'...
Google Starts to Index Images Uploaded to Blogger
Even if this sounds hard to believe, Google Image Search started to index images uploaded to Blogger in December 2007. Until this month, all the images were prevented from being indexed by search eng...
One step from the top, Essex boy who reached Apple's core
The designer has come a long way — from a technophobe at a British polytechnic to being mooted as the US giant's next CEO — He holds one of the most powerful corporate jobs in America. His admirers...
Mark Zuckerberg cashes out [Scoop]
Venture capital's ancien régime has been overturned. We hear Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, has cashed out — before an IPO, before a sale, and before his investors. In the company's recen...
Verizon Sued Over GPL Code In Its FiOS Router
The Software Freedom Law Center is taking issue with the Actiontec MI424WR wireless router, which may include open license-infringing BusyBox software. — The Software Freedom Law Center on Friday fi...
Fix Coming For Wii's Guitar Hero III Mono Problem
Activision will offer free, remastered game disks in early 2008. — When Guitar Hero III was released for the Nintendo Wii on Oct. 28, would-be rockers got a bit of a shock when they plugged in. It ...
Apple Macintosh Computers Likely To Gain Market Share
Apple's (AAPL) Macintosh computers are poised to make sizable market share gains in the coming months, according to a research firm that tracks PC purchase intent. — ChangeWave Research says it sees...
50 Cent: File Sharing Doesn't Hurt Artists
The music of performer 50 Cent has zero appeal to me, but the man is undoubtedly smart, as the following words (via TorrentFreak) attest: … The key parts: file sharing doesn't hurt the artist, concert...
Pass The Bong, It's Another Whacky Zune Commercial
We first covered the rather different advertising campaign for Microsoft's iPod wannabe MP3 player the Zune in November. Enamored perhaps by the surrealism presented in the original campaign, Microso...
Has Facebook Worn Out Its Welcome?
The Associated Press is reporting that Syria has blocked its citizens' access to the popular Facebook social networking web site. No official reason has yet been given, but the A.P. report suggests t...
Wikia looking to topple Google, but will fail miserably
The CEO of Wikia, a search engine launching soon with an open algorithm, has been talking big for a long time now. Unfortunately for Gil Penchina, not much scares Google — they will just get more agg...
The Funding Took Longer Than I Thought, Sorry Team
Reading the blogopshere you are probably aware that blognation has sadly had more of its internal private communications published. — Setting up a new company is at the best of times hard for any en...
Google Starts to Index Images Uploaded to Blogger
Even if this sounds hard to believe, Google Image Search started to index images uploaded to Blogger in December 2007. Until this month, all the images were prevented from being indexed by search eng...