Tip: Yahoo May Cut 1,500-2,500 Jobs Within 2 Weeks
A tipster believes Yahoo has created a list of 1,500-2,500 jobs that may be eliminated in the next two weeks. CEO Jerry Yang will reportedly make the decision to go forward with these layoffs—or not—...
Thumbs Race as Japan's Best Sellers Go Cellular
TOKYO — Until recently, cellphone novels — composed on phone keypads by young women wielding dexterous thumbs and read by fans on their tiny screens — had been dismissed in Japan as a subgenre unworth...
Dangers of remote Javascript
As we move to a widget web, where the goodies on your site may not necessarily come from your site, it's worth sparing a thought for security. We at O'Reilly just got bit on perl.com, which redirecte...
EeePC with Every Hack Possible (GPS, Bluetooth, 802.11N, etc.)
We've seen a lot of EeePC hacks, but this one takes the cake (currently). Featuring GPS (with antenna), Bluetooth, internal card reader, additional internal flash drive, 802.11N, FM transmitter and m...
Macworld 2008 rumor report card: some hits, mostly misses
As far as novelty news goes, Apple tea leaf reading and rumor speculation seems fairly fruitless (no pun intended). Oh sure, just about everyone entertains the indulgence, even if it's only a debunk,...
U.S. venture funding up nearly 11 percent in 2007
Calling all entrepreneurs: follow the money. — If you did, that road down the IT path would likely lead you to clean-tech and Internet-specific businesses, according to results of the 2007 MoneyTree...
Mashable Uses A-List Power to Steal B-List Buzz
In the tech blogosphere, there's a clear delineation between those who are actively creating the news (the developers, engineers, and business people), those who are reporting the news (those blogs wh...