Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Scientific Data
Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists ...
(Fake) Steve Jobs Accepts The Best Gadget Award At The Crunchies
Apple was unable to attend the Crunchies tonight to pick up their Crunchie, however a special guest accepted the award on Apple's behalf. Please note the language in the following video may offend so...
2007 Crunchies: The Winners
A great evening was had by all tonight as some of the leading startups gathered for the first annual Crunchies, a joint production between Read/Write Web, VentureBeat, GigaOm and TechCrunch. — The c...
Is Joost headed for the deadpool?
It's been awhile since I wrote about Joost, but the sudden departure this week of the company's chief technology officer — which started out amicably and then became a firing — made me want to take a ...
“Rock Band,” “Guitar Hero” drive digital song sales
DENVER (Billboard) - In the two months since MTV Networks and Harmonix released the music-based videogame “Rock Band,” players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million additional songs made...
Delicious Integrated Into Yahoo Search Results
I just got word that Yahoo is testing the integration of Delicious user generated bookmarks into Yahoo search results pages (Yahoo acquired Delicious in late 2005). Some users will see the Delicious ...
IPhone's UK sales disappoint
O2 fails to hit its own target — IN A couple of leaks to the FT, O2 and independent reseller - the Carphone Warehouse - have conceded that iPhone sales have disappointed. — The paper says that bet...
Database gods bitch about mapreduce
This is what disruption sounds like. — This rant by major database guys against mapreduce is pretty telling. — (You can read a good rebuttal here, and discussion on ycomb.) — The thing that disr...
Companies Without Conversation
This past week gave us several great examples of companies demonstrating their obliviousness to the changing world around them. — Hasbro / Mattel — You know Scrabble. Created in 1933, the classic...
Hackers Cut Cities' Power
Cyber-security experts have long warned of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like power, transportation and water systems to malicious hackers. Friday, those warnings quietly became a real...
Comcast Responds to Shareholder Complaint
Cable Operator Defends Consistent Financial Performance — Comcast responded to a complaint from one of its largest shareholders by trumpeting its predictable financial performance, even in the worst...
Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen: Joost Edition
Last summer, Joost was the hottest thing going. Finally, real TV on the Internet. The traditional networks couldn't stop praising it (the first frantically waving red flag). Joost was going to stea...
Google Offers OpenID Logins Via Blogger
After testing OpenID's as logins to Google's Blogger in Draft program in November, Google has become an OpenID provider itself. The news confirms TechCrunch UK's story of January 9, which also predic...
Macworld.Ars: Cruising the South Hall
More space and more deodorant would be nice for 2009. — Ever wonder what it's like to have a media badge at Macworld Expo? From my observations, it seems to mostly be about sitting in the media roo...
The hard side of Mister Softie
Ah, Microsoft. Nothing gets the knickers of Silicon Valley startup guys more twisted than signs that the world's largest software company is over-reaching again. The latest outrage? Some of my frie...
A follow-up to our referrals announcement
You may have seen our recent post about the upcoming changes to referrals promoting AdSense. Since we made this announcement, we've received a number of responses about the program being dependent on...
Brazil bans popular video games seen to incite violence
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — Brazil this week imposed a ban on popular role-playing computer games “Counter-Strike” and “EverQuest,” claiming they incited violence and were “harmful to consumers' health.”