Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES
CES has no shortage of displays. And when MAKE offered us some TV-B-Gone clickers to bring to the show, we pretty much couldn't help ourselves. We shut off a TV. And then another. And then a wall ...
Microsoft Announces Retirement and Transition Plan for Jeff Raikes, President of the Microsoft Business Division
Company announces it has hired Stephen Elop from Juniper Networks; Raikes will continue at Microsoft through September 2008. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that …
Americans turn to online videos
Online video sharing sites are reaping the benefits of the ongoing writers' strike in the US. — According to net measurement firm Nielsen Online, some online video sites have doubled their audience ...
MICROSOFT DEAL KING TO LAUNCH OWN FIRM
One of Microsoft's chief deal architects is leaving the software giant to start his own firm. — Bruce Jaffe - currently vice president of corporate development for Microsoft - plans to vacate his po...
Network Solutions Holding Domain Names Ransom - We're domain front-running so scammers don't have to!
Network Solutions is under fire this week for domain “front running,” or for purchasing and holding certain domains after they're searched for at the company's website, thereby not letting anyone buy ...
Blu-ray could win high-def battle
HD DVD backers could switch sides soon — The two remaining studios backing HD DVD could switch sides soon, ending the high-def format war instantly. — Daily Variety has confirmed that Universal's ...
Amazon Completes DRM-Free Roster With Sony-BMG
For anyone who was bummed about the hoops they were going to have to jump through to get DRM-free songs from Sony-BMG artists, by the end of the month you will be able to download those songs at Amazo...
Semantic Web: What Is The Killer App?
The Semantic Web has been in the making for some time and people think it is nearing maturity. We have written about this trend extensively, with our two most notable posts being an analysis of the c...
Believe it or not, Mahalo is Growing
Human-built search engine Mahalo appears to be shooting past the traffic numbers it got when it launched, according to Heather Hopkins at traffic analyst firm Hitwise. — Mahalo pages are collections...
BT bets its future on broadband 20 times faster than now
BT is boosting Britain's attempt to remain at the top of the global broadband market with plans to install a network at Ebbsfleet in Kent that offers speeds 20 times faster than the average UK househo...
Google Checkout Trends
Google Trends allows you to enter keywords and phrases to compare what users have been searching for over a specified time period. Now, the Official Google Checkout Blog has just announced that they'...
The Music Industry's Last Stand Will Be A Music Tax
It is becoming more and more difficult for the music industry to ignore the basic economics of the their industry: unenforceable property rights (you can't sue everyone) and zero marginal production c...
Facebook futures
Regular commentator Bill Thompson ruminates on the inevitability of Facebook being in the news in 2008 — The coming year is not going to be a comfortable one for Facebook. — It might just manage t...
3 Important Facebook Updates Coming Soon
Here's a quick look at some important Facebook updates that are expected to launch in 1Q 08: — 1) Friend Lists Privacy Controls — A few weeks ago, Facebook took the first step toward enabling more...
Bebo's Platform Now Open for All Developers
Almost a month ago to the day, social network Bebo announced its developer platform. Or rather, a clone of Facebook's developer platform. The idea was to copy Facebook's platform so that developers ...
Guy Hands to tell staff of his plans for EMI shake-up
Guy Hands will outline his strategy for EMI to staff next week, but he is not expected to reveal the extent of job cuts being planned at the music company. — Mr Hands, chief executive of Terra Firma...
Google Maps Gaining On Market Leader Mapquest
Mapquest arguably “owns” the mapping brand online. It has been the dominant mapping site for years by a wide margin. But that dominance may now be slipping under pressure from Google. Hitwise repor...
Create personal mailing lists through contact manager
I have about eight friends from high school I like to keep in touch with frequently. We all email updates or the occasional funny YouTube video to the group, but every once in a while I'd forget to i...
CondeNet Reworks Flip.com As Social Net App Starting With Facebook; Site Will Remain
CondeNet is remaking its teen-focused community site Flip.com into an app that will live on other social nets. The first to get the new Flip app is Facebook, with others to follow, CondeNet announced...
Budget Cuts and SOA
There seem to a few companies that are cutting their SOA efforts due to the softening of the economy. No matter if you think its oil prices, the mortgage crisis, or other factors, in many organizatio...
Exciting Changes Coming Your Way
We think you'll be happy to know about improvements we're making to your Office Live Small Business service—especially since many of the suggestions came from customers like you. (And we thank you fo...
The Conversion Optimizer: Increase profits and save time
Last September, we launched the Conversion Optimizer, a free AdWords feature for managing CPA (cost-per-acquisition) bids. Since then, the Conversion Optimizer has helped many advertisers save time a...
What's the best Web site for geotagged photos?
Readers of this blog will have inferred I'm a fan of geotagging—in fact, I'm trying to label all my photos with the tags that show where the picture was taken, even though the geotagging process is co...
Ask.com names new CEO, president
Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone is quitting after six years with the company, to join a venture capital firm. His replacement, Jim Safka, currently heads Primal Ventures, the venture capital division of Ask....
Beware the populist mash oozing out of Facebook and YouTube
Watch online now - The findings of The Register's Virtualization Study — And Ninthly Yep. It felt just like that, didn't it? — For scenario one, place your tongue between teeth. Let your tongue ...
Skype's mobile dreams
Internet-calling software provider Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market—coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Sk...
Network Solutions amends Net registration process
Network Solutions, a dominant registrar of Internet sites, has stepped back from some controversial elements of a new registration process. — Network Solutions had implemented some changes in an att...
Steal This Wi-Fi
Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people — and attracts the most criticism — is the fact that I run an open wireless network at home. There's no passw...
New York Launches Intel Antitrust Probe
The New York attorney general has launched a formal investigation to determine whether Intel violated antitrust laws to squeeze out AMD. — Recommend this story? — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The office o...
Is Piracy The Leading Indicator Of Innovation?
I am a big believer that removing artificial scarcity almost always leads to larger markets. The reasoning behind this is not all that hard to comprehend if you understand the economics of infinite g...
OLPC spin-off plans $75 laptop
According to a report in the New York Times today, a spin-off of OLPC is planning to launch a competitor to the company's $200 XO laptop. Mary Lou Jepsen, former CTO of the Nicholas Negroponte-led co...