Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft
Rumours were circulating today that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. The move will allow the Company to go head to head with the Sony PS3 gami...
Source: Chinese Internet Firm Wants Voice in Microsoft/Yahoo Talks
Alibaba Group, in which Yahoo holds a 39 percent stake, wants a stronger voice in the talks between Microsoft and Yahoo to influence how shares would be transferred to any new owner. — BEIJING (Reut...
A Start-Up Says It Can Predict Others' Fate
SAN FRANCISCO — Is your start-up worthy of investment? Ask the venture investor in a box. — Two former Oxford University students are getting attention (and seed money) in Silicon Valley for develo...
Fred Wilson - Hypocritical, Wrong and Conflicted
Fred Wilson lit a fire today suggesting that certain bloggers need to step it up a notch to improve quality and be more like mainstream journalists. — A fair point if spoken generally, although I'd ...
Nick/MTVN Buys Sites for Mom, Dad; Starts Ad Net
MTV Networks is adding to its brood. In a series of moves aimed at expanding the Nickelodeon/MTVN kids and family group's footprint in the parenting category, the company has acquired Babunga, a netw...
DSLR “Movie Mode” Patent
With the pervasiveness of Live View modes from DSLR makers, it is only a matter of time before similar technology brings a “movie mode” to DSLRs. While the ability to record video is a common feature...
Yahoo Board, Dazed and, Of Course, Confused
That was, of course, the premise of a piece done late last week by the New York Post with the hyped headline, “Board Bucks Yang,” as if the Yahoo co-founder were some incompetent cowboy and the board ...
Safari HD is now available
3 cheers for Brandon Holland! Safari HD is officially released. Now you can browse the web right on your big screen TV from the comfort of your couch. — Safari HD is available for both Apple TV 1....
Game creators look to the future
The developers of some of the world's most popular video games are in San Francisco this week to discuss the future of the industry. — They will look back on one of their most successful years and d...
Intel Montevina platform to be named Centrino 2
Intel is planning to rename its brand name for the upcoming notebook Montevina platform to Centrino 2 in order to clear up confusion for consumers, according to sources at notebook makers. — Intel h...
Verizon to offer unlimited voice, data, and messaging packages
We've gotten a flood of tips that the notoriously miserly Verizon is lining things up to offer unlimited calling plans. Starting Tuesday the 19th (of this month) should see the following plans sprout...