The iPhone SDK Will Be Late
There's a week to go before Apple's commitment to release the iPhone Software Developers Kit in February runs out of room. I'm hearing from one source that its going to be late. I'm not yet hearing ...
Facebook - back to the kids?
Facebook - it's so over. That's been the tenor of most of the commentary since Thursday's figures showing a slight dip in Facebook's UK users. The general feeling is that the kids, with their minute...
The Wisdom of the Chaperones
DIGG, WIKIPEDIA, AND THE MYTH OF WEB 2.0 DEMOCRACY. — It's getting harder to be a Wikipedia-hater. The user-generated and -edited online encyclopedia—which doesn't even require contributors to regi...
Why Google Apps is a Serious Threat to Microsoft Office
This is the perspective of a “skeptical, later early adopter”; the sort of person who Microsoft needs to retain and should have been able to retain easily. I don't spend time on productivity tools th...
Yahoo sued for spurning Microsoft
DOVER, Del. - Two Detroit pension funds have sued Yahoo Inc. and its board of directors, saying they breached their duties to shareholders in trying to thwart a takeover by Microsoft Corp. — The law...
A Method for Critical Data Theft
SAN FRANCISCO — A group led by a Princeton University computer security researcher has developed a simple method to steal encrypted information stored on computer hard disks. — The technique, which ...
Facebook Targets FriendFeed; Opening Up The News Feed
Facebook is planning on allowing users to add activities from third party social networking site directly into their Facebook news feed, we've confirmed. The goal is to centralize all that activity i...
Microsoft Fishes in Silicon Valley For New Yahoo Board Members
According to a source with knowledge of the situation, as part of the preparation for a possible proxy fight it is preparing to wage against Yahoo, Microsoft has been angling in Silicon Valley for pro...
Home is “best-looking multiplayer world”
Creative director hits out at “garish” and “hardcore” online experiences — The creative director of Sony's Home project has told GamesIndustry.biz in an exclusive interview to be published in full n...
ISPs could face piracy sanctions
Internet service providers must take concrete steps to curb illegal downloads or face legal sanctions. — That is one of the proposals expected to be outlined by the government in an attempt to curb ...
Facebook insists UK traffic is rising
Photo: Jacob Bøtter on Flickr. Some rights reserved. — Facebook has retaliated against the story based on comScore stats that show the site losing unique users during January. — The site insists ...
Buy a Palm TX, Get a Free Z22 Handheld
Palm's online store is running an interesting new promotion. From now until the end of February, anyone who purchases a new Palm TX gets a free Palm Z22 handheld (a $99 value). The Palm.com store is...
Sign up for Google's Blogger and get a GrandCentral invite
Looking for an invite to Google's GrandCentral? The service has been in private beta since Google bought internet telephony company last year. While the private beta label hasn't exactly come off ju...
Macrovision Sellling TryMedia Games Group
Continuing its dismal track record in M&A and new business initiatives (remember DRM'ed music CDs?), Macrovision (NASDAQ: MVSN) today announced that they're selling their TryMedia casual games group s...
Black Hat Conference: Security Researchers Claim To Hack GSM Calls
The creators of the in-development technology say they'll be able to crack GSM encryption with only about $1,000 worth of equipment. — Security researchers presenting Wednesday at the Black Hat D.C....
Is Google's Enterprise Software Too Cheap?
When Google purchased Postini last year for $625 million, it was making a big commitment to the enterprise software business. But not surprisingly, Google isn't committing itself to business as usual...
EU: Search Engines Under EU Rules
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — European data privacy regulators said Thursday that Internet search engines based outside Europe must also comply with EU rules on how a person's Internet address or search hi...