Yahoo, Google, MySpace form non-profit OpenSocial Foundation
This post was expanded at 8:43 AM PT, and comment from Facebook was added. — It's like the Justice League of social media: Google, Yahoo, and News Corp.'s MySpace.com announced on Tuesday that they ...
Microsoft Partners with Top Social Networks to Put Users at the Center of their Data
Hey folks, John Richards here, Director of Windows Live Platform. — Today Microsoft is announcing some significant developments to the Windows Live platform that demonstrate Microsoft's commitment …
Security Lapse Exposes Facebook Photos
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web sit...
Microsoft looks to cash in on the iPhone
Microsoft has a profitable business building software for the Mac; now it has an eye on the iPhone, too. Image: Apple — Tom Gibbons, head of Microsoft's Specialized Devices and Applications Group, ...
Sony BMG launching (DRM-free?) subscription music service this year
Sony BMG boss, Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, was just quoted in an interview saying that Sony BMG is “working on an online music subscription service.” The service would cost between €6 to €8 per month (about ...
IBM backs database company EnterpriseDB, squares off against Sun
IBM has invested in open-source database company EnterpriseDB, part of the giant company's effort to hold its own in the fast growing Web application services market. — IBM typically does not invest...
Yahoo: Time to Negotiate with Microsoft?
So, no surprise, according to multiple sources I talked to yesterday, the road show by top Yahoo execs-CEO and Co-Founder Jerry Yang, President Sue Decker and CFO Blake Jorgensen-to tout the new growt...
Safari 3.1 on Windows: a true competitor arrives (seriously)
While pundits have been lamenting the fact that Apple's “software update” program on Windows is now pushing Safari 3.1 to users, we thought we'd check out Safari 3.1 to find out if Apple has made any ...
Netflix glitch to delay deliveries
Update at 6:15 p.m. PDT to add areas that may likely see delays in delivery. — Update at 7:55 p.m. to reflect that the site has since come back online. — Netflix customers expecting a little red p...
Patriot Act haunts Google service
Google Inc. is a year into its ground-shifting strategy to change the way people communicate and work. — But the initiative to reinvent the way that people use software is running headlong into anot...
Samsung Launches Touch-Screen Cell Phone
Samsung's Anycall Haptic looks like a thinner version of Apple's iPhone, but adds vibration to the touch experience. — Samsung's Anycall Haptic looks like a thinner version of Apple's iPhone, but ad...
Fox to FCC: your analysts' sexual fantasies not our problem
Fox Television has informed the Federal Communications Commission that it will not pay the agency's proposed $91,000 fine for a pixelated strip show on Married in America, broadcast in 2003. “FOX bel...
Is DoubleClick a profit margin killer for Google?
Google has its display advertising beachhead with its acquisition of DoubleClick, but now the real fun begins: The integration and the profit margin risk. — In a research note Tuesday, UBS analyst B...
Yahoo Redesign With Centered Logo
The last time the Yahoo homepage saw a major overhaul was in May 2006. Now, another redesign moves the logo from the left side back into the middle again (Martin in the comments notes this was alread...