Toshiba to exit HD DVD, end format war-NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp is planning to stop production of equipment compatible with the HD DVD format for high-definition video, allowing the competing Blu-Ray camp a free run, public broadcast...
Why S3 failed
Late last night, Amazon issued a statement explaining the cause of the problem that hobbled its S3 storage system yesterday morning. It was not a hardware failure. Rather, the service's authenticati...
Gmail task list feature spotted in the wild
One of the most requested features, that has been noticeably missing from Google Calendar and Gmail from the beginning, is a task list. This feature has been on Google's own task list for a long time...
EBay seller boycott set to start Monday
Ebay sellers plan a weeklong strike to protest changes to the site's fee, search and feedback policies. — (FORTUNE Small Business) — Activists opposed to eBay's (EBAY, Fortune 500) upcoming fee and ...
First Pictures of Alienware Android Cell Phone
Google and Dell are on the point of launching a new mobile phone to run on the Android operating system, probably at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona that's going on at the moment. Dell have trie...
Revision 3's hot new studio
You've heard of Diggnation or the GigaOm show, right? Well, my friend Jim Louderback, CEO of Revision 3, the folks who do a range of Internet video shows, including Diggnation, invited me over for th...
David Lawee New Head Of Google Corporate Development
If you are looking to sell your company to Google, David Lawee is the guy to be stalking. Lawee, a source says, is the new Vice President of Corporate Development at Google, a spot that has been vaca...
11 Things To Know About Semantic Web
1. You don't need to apologize for calling it Web 3.0. Of course the Web does not upgrade in one go like a company switching to Vista. But there is a definite phase transition from current technolog...
Dark-AleX Time Machine Released
From Dark-AleX, A gift to you. … Download and Give Feedback Via Comments — There are 25 comments to this article — For more information and downloads, click here! — The DCEmu Homebrew and Gaming...
PRQ Fire Takes Down Several Torrent Sites
A fire at Swedish hosting company PRQ, owned by two of the founders of The Pirate Bay, brought down numerous torrent sites earlier today. Whilst it didn't take out The PirateBay's site, it did take d...
Samsung's See'N'Search set-top TV / Internet box demo video
Samsung's See'N'Search set-top box that intelligently and automatically pulls content from the internet to match whatever TV show is on sounded nice enough, but we wanted to see it in action. Apparen...
The Appeal of the MacBook Air
A month after its debut at Macworld Expo and a few weeks after it began shipping to customers, there seem to be an awful lot of people doubting the sales prospects of the MacBook Air. I remain convin...
Poor People Use Yahoo, Those Better Off Use Google
New data released by Hitwise yesterday shows that the difference between those using Yahoo and Google can be shown by the wealth of each user. — The graph right demonstrates “Online Representation” ...
Taps for HD DVD as Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray
SAN FRANCISCO — HD DVD, the beloved format of Toshiba and three Hollywood studios, died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was determined to be the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only hi...
2008 Republican National Convention Names Official Innovation Provider
(SAINT PAUL, Minn.) - Embracing technology that will propel the 2008 Republican National Convention to the forefront of the digital age, the GOP today announced that Google Inc. will serve as the Repu...
Toshiba to give up on HD DVD, end format war: source
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is planning to give up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, conceding defeat to the competing Blu-Ray technology backed by S...
Dork Talk
In the early 90s, I made a pilgrimage to Boulder, Colorado, where the Knight Ridder chain of newspapers had established a research lab to contemplate the future of newspapers. It was rumoured that th...
Patentability Of Business Model And Software Patents Comes Under Court Scrutiny
Nearly ten years ago, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) made its ruling in the State Street Bank case, effectively allowing patents on business models and greatly expanding the sc...
Apple Is Building on 34th, But Will It Set Up Shop?
Avenue Apple store? — Apple has applied for a building permit at 21 West 34th Street, listing plans for a two-story 19,000-square-foot retail structure on the site, owned by SL Green. — So will th...
New feature: Scheduled Posts
We've often heard that sometimes you'd like to write a post now and have it automatically published at some time in the future. We listened, and are pleased to say that this feature is ready for you ...
Ranking using Indiana University's user traffic
Mark Meiss gave an great talk at WSDM 2008 on a fascinating project where they tapped and anonymized all traffic into and out of Indiana University, then analyzed the behavior of search users. Their ...