My statement regarding the new version of the Richter Scales video
As the Richter Scales stated in their blog, the video that used my image - without my permission - was viewed just under one million times on YouTube. In the end, the band opted not to work with me t...
Here Comes (Another) Another Bubble!
The take-down of the popular Web 2.0 music video, “Here Comes Another Bubble,” didn't last too long. The Richter Scales, a San Francisco singing group that did the piece, have posted a new one-Versio...
Merry Christmas, God Jul and
OK, I cheated. I don't really speak Chinese. But I know a bot that does, and we're releasing it today together with number of other translation bots. For those not familiar with bots, a (ro)bot is ...
Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone
As a team, we've spent the last year heads down working hard on IE8. Last week, we achieved an important milestone that should interest web developers. IE8 now renders the “Acid2 Face” correctly in ...
Mac OS X 10.5.2 to deliver sprawling list of fixes for Leopard
Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update, the next in a year-long series of planned updates to Apple's new Leopard operating system, promises to be one of the most hefty maintenance releases put out by the company for ...
My New Facebook Strategy and the FB Power Level
I had heard there was a 5k friend limit on Facebook. I just didn't take it to heart. Until I reached 5k and tried to add 5001., at which point FB reminded of the limit. — It was a weird moment ,bu...
Google's DoubleClick Buy to Win Clearance, People Say
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc. will be cleared by U.S. antitrust enforcers as early as this week, two people with knowledge of the decision said. — The...
700MHz attracts Paul Allen
Chunk of spectrum latest must-have accessory for the super-rich? — The FCC has revealed the list of bidders interested in owning a little 700MHz, a spectrum due for release in January next year with...
Internet Explorer 6 crashes
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First look: Firefox 3 beta 2 officially released
Mozilla has announced the official release of Firefox 3 beta 2, the tenth major developer milestone in the Firefox 3 development timeline. The new beta, which is available for download from Mozilla's...
Teens and Social Media
Amanda Lenhart Mary Madden Alexandra Rankin Macgill Aaron Smith — Content creation by teenagers continues to grow …
Microsoft Signs Online Ad, Content Deal With Viacom; Value Of Agreement Pegged At $500 Million
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has signed a five-year deal with Viacom (NYSE: VIA) covering on ad serving, content distribution, event promotions and games. The agreement marks the software company's latest ...
At 71, Physics Professor Is a Web Star
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the ins...
Glitches Bug Google's Android Software
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. claims its Android mobile-phone software will usher in a new era of wireless communications. But for developers like Adam MacBeth, Android has so far brought headaches and...
Duke Nukem Forever Teaser Debuts on Shacknews
Following yesterday's screenshot release, Shacknews is pleased to premiere the first new Duke Nukem Forever teaser trailer in over six years. According to George Broussard of developer 3D Realms, the...
Twitter is dangerous
Twitter is rapidly becoming a serious threat to corporate information protection. The program's great strength — many-to-many messaging — becomes its great weakness in this context. — Imagine this ...
Who Are My Gmail Contacts?
Google has an awkward way of dealing with contacts in its communication apps. In Gmail, your contact list includes all the people you've ever replied, but you can also add other contacts manually. —...
Big Profits with No-Frills Mobile
Upstart Dutch wireless carrier KPN is winning over German customers with its simple, inexpensive subscriptions — A few years ago, it looked like Germany might not be big enough for four mobile netwo...
Developing apps for Google Android: it's a mixed bag
The software development kit for Google's Linux-based Android mobile phone operating system has been out in the wild for a over a month now, plenty of time for developers to form opinions of the platf...
MTV Taps Bruckheimer to Craft Videogames
MTV is bringing some star power to its videogame business. — Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer behind blockbusters including “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” will expan...
WorkLight secures Facebook for enterprises
Social networks are growing like weeds. This creates a difficult weeding problem for enterprises, who fear adverse impact from employees spending time and sharing company info in Facebook groups, whi...
Mature dating website, WLTM funky young networker for mutually stimulating liaison
Dating website Match.com hopes to attract new customers by becoming the first big matchmaker to partner with the social networking site Facebook. It is offering a “Little Black Book” …
Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities
Vulnerability identifier: APSB07-20 — CVE number: CVE-2007-6242, CVE-2007- 4768, CVE-2007-5275, CVE-2007- 6243, CVE-2007- 6244, CVE-2007- 6245, CVE-2007-4324, CVE-2007- 6246, CVE-2007-5476
Amazon Helping To Change The Business Of Music
The signs are everywhere that a revolution is taking place in music. DRM is history, the price of music is falling towards zero (and sometimes even free isn't enough to slow piracy), and even big mus...
Internet Tablet OS2008 Review
(This post is huge with stacks of photos so I temporarily changed my site feed to “short." Visit tabletblog.com directly for the full article. I will return to full content feeds in a few days.) — ...
Dell's 3008WFP 30-inch LCD with DisplayPort sneaks available — in US too
in US too — So, Flight of the Conchords never made it quite clear what's so special about New Zealand anyways, but Dell has heaped mystery upon mystery by leaking its upcoming 3008WFP UltraSharp onto...
FCC Reveals 700MHz Wireless Auction Bidders
Yesterday, the FCC announced the list of applicants to the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction. Of the 266 applications submitted, only 96 were accepted, and another 170 were deemed incomplete (but the...
Copyright Protection Extended to 70 Years
The copyright period for royalty payments will be extended to 70 years from the current 50 years after the original copyright holder dies, as a step to meet the requirements of the “provisional” free ...
Stanford's nanowire battery holds 10 times the charge of existing ones
Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices.
Linux Update: Ubuntu 7.10 and Built-In DVD playback
Many people don't realize how young our consumer Linux client program is...we started in May this year. I've been along for the ride every step of the way - from the time we heard loud and clear that...
Pricey battle over tomorrow's cellphones
Half the world doesn't even own a mobile phone but wireless carriers are already fighting over the next-generation cellular network. — Consumers may care less about whether they'll be using WiMAX, L...
Antivirus firm: Google text ad Trojan detected
Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called Trojan horse software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus company BitDef...
Merry Christmas, God Jul and
OK, I cheated. I don't really speak Chinese. But I know a bot that does, and we're releasing it today together with number of other translation bots. For those not familiar with bots, a (ro)bot is ...