Microsoft Confirms Windows 7 for 2010 - No Word on Windows 7 M2
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 is right on track for release in 2010. Concomitantly with the leaked details associated with Windows 7 Milestone 1 dropped by the Redmond company to select part...
Organizing more than one world's information
We like to think big. Vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big (to paraphrase one of my favorite authors). And thanks to the flexibility of Google Maps technology and the world wide web, we've been able to...
Hello BlackBerry, Meet the iPhone
Before you start reading this, a word of warning: this column is about the iPhone. If you're one of those people who are sick and tired of hearing about the iPhone, then scroll on while you still can...
Bebo: By the (Not So Big) Numbers
What's AOL getting for its $850 million in cash to purchase of social-networking site, Bebo? — A very attractive social-networking service and a very experienced exec who has been running it. — Bu...
MSN exec Bradford leaving for ad company
Microsoft executive Joanne Bradford, who has been a key player in the company's MSN and online advertising units, is leaving to join Spot Runner Inc., according to a news release issued this morning b...
The Yahoo! Search Open Ecosystem
A few weeks ago, we began talking about the new Yahoo! Search open platform. Today, we're releasing more details about two important components of the initiative — the developer platform as well as o...
Apple TV DVR interface revealed in patent filings
A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal a version of the Apple TV media device capable of browsing and recording live television programming in addition to serving up pre-aired con...
Breaking Google Captchas for $3 a Day
In the last two months, several Internet security firms have suggested that spammers had devised a way to bust the “captcha” that is protecting Gmail. This would allow them to use the popular e-mail ...
Google claims ‘Non-existent’ Android beats everything but the Jesus Phone
$10,000 Panda Challenge - are you really protected? — eComm One day, Google believes, software developers will love its “non-existent” Android handset just as much as they love the iPhone - and mayb...
Hummer Winblad Partner Will Price Resigns To Head WidgetBox
It's not often a partner at a successful venture capital fund leaves to do anything except retire. But Will Price, a general partner at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, has resigned from his firm and...
Apple may have delayed iPhone SDK for dramatic effect
The iPhone SDK is now upon us and WWDC '08 in June has become an unofficial mecca for users who can't wait to run official apps on their darling iDevices. Some are calling the SDK a victory in forcin...
Source: Yahoo in informal talks with Microsoft
Microsoft and Yahoo are holding informal merger discussions, marking a shift from the “radio silence” that previously existed between the two companies, according to a source familiar with the talks. ...
Where Have the YouTube Watermarks Gone?
You know how YouTube has its little logo overlaid in white in the bottom right corner of all its videos? Well, it seems to have gone missing. On both videos on and off the site, the files are playin...
The Lost Features of Google
Google created tons of products in the past. And some of them, they removed again after finding that they didn't work, required too many resources, didn't take off, or were overshadowed by legal conc...
Google's Trojan Horse: Let the Free Ad Serving Begin
One of the biggest misunderstandings in much of the discussion about Google's deal to buy DoubleClick is the perception that DoubleClick actually is involved in selling advertising. — It's not. It ...
AOL to Acquire Global Social Media Network Bebo
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo (http://www.bebo.com), a leading global social media network. Together with its AIM and ICQ personal...
The Future Of Voice May Be Voiceless
The above video is a little rough in terms of processing delay, but it's staggering. Voice without voice. — According to New Scientist, the neckband translates thought into speech by picking up ner...
Microsoft says no Blu-ray for Xbox 360
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is not in talks to include Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Blu-ray high-definition DVD technology in its Xbox...
RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 lands at AT&T
You knew it was just a matter of time before one of the GSM carriers got a hold of the next-generation RIM BlackBerry Pearl after Verizon Wireless released the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130. That lucky c...
Google testing service to let publishers manage ads
Google is testing a new service called Ad Manager that will give Web site publishers more control over their ad sales and ad serving, The Wall Street Journal reported late on Wednesday. — Publishers...
Elite Bloggers Joining FriendFeed In Droves
Although it hasn't even been a month since FriendFeed opened up to the masses, and announced Series A financing of $5 million, momentum is definitely on the company's side. Garnering incredible media...
WordPress is Open Source
Six Apart has recently decided that the best way to win back customers fleeing their platforms is to target WordPress, which is a new strategy they call competing. (What have they been doing the past...
SALE OF JOSSIP GOSSIP
Jossip Initiative, the company that owns the snarky, mediacentric Website jossip.com and other ventures, is on the block, sources say. — The company, founded by David Hauslaib in late 2003, is belie...
@ Media Summit: CBS' Moonves: We Still Like Hulu, But We'll Continue Going It Alone - For Now
As a self-described “old TV guy,” Les Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), probably has some personal reasons to feel mildly defensive when he's repeatedly asked about the network's olde...
Congress dons rubber glove, prepares probe of FCC chairman
Federal Communications Commission Chair Kevin Martin has two weeks to deliver a truckload of written records to Congress related to over a dozen hot-button FCC issues and policies. They're being dema...