How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips)
[ UPDATE: This post caused some big debate over at TechCrunch. I respond here with the blog post titled “can you work at a startup and have a life?” I updated #11 to make my point a little less hars...
Sun: We'll put Java on the iPhone
Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device. — The JVM ...
Howard Chui: Howard Forums is set to take on MobiTV lawsuit over breached security
Here we go with another lawsuit again. But, this time around we aren't talking about any patent infringement-flavored lawsuits, no, this latest lawsuit is actually quite interesting.
Motorola Announces Departure of Stu Reed
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Stu Reed, formerly the president of Motorola's Mobile Devices business, has decided to leave the Company, effective immediately. — Mr. Reed and his te...
Rumors and Speculation
Normally our policy is to not comment about things like this, but this morning's rumors about a bidding war involving Google and Microsoft have created such a stir we feel compelled to tell you all di...
Chinese hackers: No site is safe
ZHOUSHAN, China (CNN) — They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access t...
BBQ-smoker-turned-'Robocop' chases off drug dealers
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — It's midnight on the streets of Atlanta, and bar owner Rufus Terrill patrols his neighborhood with a rolling crime fighter of his own creation. Meet “Bum-bot,” as Terrill des...
BBC iPlayer comes to the iPhone
The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer video on demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. — It is the first time the software has been available on portable devices. — The softwar...
Antisocial
Do you remember Citizens' Band radio? Though established by the Federal Communications Commission in the 1950s, CB radio didn't become an overnight sensation until the 1970s when Moore's Law brought ...
Steve Jobs Made Me Miss My Flight
Or: On my way to San Jose. — On waking, I reach for my blackberry. It tells me what city I'm in; the hotel rooms offer no clues. Every Courtyard by Marriott is interchangeable. Many doors into th...
EXCLUSIVE: 60GB Xbox WILL Replace 20GB Model
It's world exclusive time again. — Following my outing of the 16GB iPhone I have once again have attained from a rock solid source that Microsoft WILL be replacing the 20GB hard drive on the standar...
GOOG-411 expands outside of United States
Today I picked up the phone to give GOOG-411 another test drive, and was thrown back after hearing the prompt “What city and province?”. Surely this thing doesn't work for Canada now — so I said “Reg...
Chris Anderson and Michael Arrington: Back-to-Back on Charlie Rose
Yesterday was Geek-Out Night on The Charlie Rose Show. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson and our own Michael Arrington appeared on back-to-back interviews (30 minutes each, separate interviews).
HTC expected to launch MID handsets in 2008
High Tech Computer (HTC) has joined Intel's efforts to develop MID (mobile Internet device) products, with the company expected to launch a MID with handset functions in 2008, according to sources in ...
In Silicon Valley, a Flight to Safety
As the dot-com bust gave way to revival, many Silicon Valley engineers left large companies to join start-ups, drawn by excitement and the promise of fat payouts. Last month, Ameet Kher headed in the...
Google, Microsoft Said To Be Preparing Bids For Digg
User-generated news site Digg has been working with influential investment bank Allen & Co. (the ones that recently got Slide a half billion dollar valuation) for a few months now, and pitching big te...
Google Tests More TV Ads With AdWords Integration
Google Integrates TV Ads Into Adwords Platform by Pinny Cohen shows screen captures of AdWords reports with TV ad integration. Pinny said that Google sent out more invitations for AdWords advertisers...
Student faces Facebook consequences
Freshman hit with 147 academic charges for online study network at Ryerson University — Study groups may be a virtual trademark of the Ivory Tower - but a virtual study group has been slammed as che...
Google mappers banned from U.S. bases
The Web firm says it erred in posting images of Fort Sam Houston. The Pentagon cites security concerns. — SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. found itself at the center of a national security controversy T...
Happy now, bitches?
Yeah, we rocked your friggin world, right? I mean 29 June 2007 might be the day the world changed, but today it just changed again. BlackBerry is dead. Microsoft is dead. Windows Mobile is dead. ...
BBC iPlayer On iPhone: Behind The Scenes
Today was a big day for BBC iPlayer: it's the day that it first became available on a portable device. BBCiPlayer is now available on iPhone and iPod touch. — To play BBC programmes on your iPhone ...
Police raid CeBIT stands
German police raided 51 booths at the CeBIT computing show this week because of breaches of audio compression (MP3) patents. According to senior prosecutor Hans-Jurgen Lendeckel, several mobile phone...