Yahoo!'s Board of Directors Responds to Latest Microsoft Letter
The Board of Directors of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today sent the following letter to Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation. — Dear Ste...
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine
Our live coverage of the Google App Engine launch event is here. — Google isn't just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more. Tonight at 9pm PT they're launching Google App Engine ...
Facebook to Settle Thorny Lawsuit Over Its Origins
Facebook is close to putting an uncomfortable and embarrassing legal episode behind it. — A person briefed on the status of dueling lawsuits between Facebook and the competing site ConnectU said on ...
Facebook Chat: Now We're Talking
This week marks the launch of Facebook Chat—a new way for you to communicate with your friends in real-time. The Wall and Inbox have been the primary ways to communicate, but when more immediacy is n...
Europe clears mobiles on aircraft
Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace under new European Commission rules. — The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of ...
The Frustratingly Unfulfilled Promise of Google Gears
Back on May 30th of last year, Google released Google Gears, a browser plug-in designed to help Web-based applications work even when they couldn't connect to the Internet. I was pretty jazzed up abo...
A Case Study In Personal Brand Destruction
A minor blogosphere tussle has turned ugly. That's nothing new; what's surprising about this particular fight is that one of the participants, Shel Israel, is a well known author and consultant who m...
Motorola and Carl Icahn Reach Agreement
Motorola Board to Nominate William Hambrecht and Keith Meister — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) and Carl Icahn today announced that they have reached an agreement under which William R. Hambrecht...
Imeem Confirms Snocap Acquisition
After a long search that turned up no other buyers, Sean Fanning's startup Snocap is being bought by music social network imeem. We first reported the deal in February. Imeem is officially announcin...
Aiming for a Virtual End to PC Headaches
So-called virtual machine software, which allows a computer to simultaneously run different operating systems and applications, is already having a big impact in corporate data centers. And the leade...
Should anonymous people be allowed to conduct business?
This particular post is going to be written leaving out specifics relating to what service this involves, since it's important to focus on the questions and issues at hand. For those of you that can ...
Cash scarcer for new technology firms
More Web start-ups are on the rocks as investors appear to be warier about their bets. — In recent months, some start-up technology companies have died or gone into comas after running out of money,...