“MacBook Air” Whispers...
A slim notebook, but not a “sub notebook" — 13.3" screen — Not a “Pro” machine
Striking Writers to Launch Online Video Co., Seeking $30M+
Out of work and newly wise to the state of content being distributed online, a group of professional writers is looking to start their own production and distribution company. Aaron Mendelsohn, write...
From 10 Hours a Week, $10 Million a Year
MARKUS FRIND, a 29-year-old Web entrepreneur, has not read the best seller “The 4-Hour Workweek” — in fact, he had not heard of it when asked last week — but his face could go on the book's cover. He...
Apple walks on water and WiMax Mobile
In the days and hours before the Macworld Expo, it seems that anything is possible from Apple. Competitors are already angry (and scared) enough by what the company can do and likely will do. But it...
DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From Its Ashes
With all of the Big Four record labels now jettisoning digital rights management, music fans have every reason to rejoice. But consumer advocates are singing a note of caution, as the music industry ...
Telus considers dumping its ‘Betamax’ of wireless networks
With more wireless competition looming, executives at Telus Corp. are believed to be mulling a pricey swap of the firm's network technology in a bid to offer subscribers a bigger selection of mobile d...
Big Think, the “Intellectual YouTube” backed by ex-Harvard Prez Lawrence Summer, Launches with Style and Starpower
Launched earlier this week, Big Think is a site with short video clips of leading thinkers in business and society. — The New York based start-up, founded …
Has Gawker Jumped the Snark?
“THE ideal Gawker item,” Nick Denton, the owner of Gawker Media, wrote in an instant message last month to a prospective hire, “is something triggered by a quote at a party, or an incident, or a story...
Palm's Next Generation OS is Code-named Nova
Recently the question of what to call Palm's next generation OS has been a source of confusion and commotion around the boards here at PIC. Members have so far been referring to it by a multitude of ...
From major to minor
Last year was terrible for the recorded-music majors. The next few years are likely to be even worse — IN 2006 EMI, the world's fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into it...
5 Who Won't Appreciate Google Android
Written by Thomas Howe, co-founder and CEO of The Thomas Howe Company, winners of the 2007 O'Reilly Emerging Communications Mashup Competition. His blog is about voice mashups and communication-enhan...
Fictionwise Acquires eBook Unit of Motricity
Chatham, N.J. - Fictionwise, an independent eBook retailer, announced this week that it has acquired the eReader.com eBook retail business unit of mobile content distributor Motricity. — Financial t...
Gone Indie
OK, by popular complaint I've cracked open the stylesheet and (a) darkened both comments and body text; and (b) fixed the problem with magnified text. — My apologies. I actually do like web design,...
Banned by Google
Shares of IncrediMail (Nasdaq: MAIL), an Israeli company that provides interactive e-mail products to 10 million active users, opened 40% lower today after the company told investors it was booted fro...