Google execs out of sight
THEY spend their days devising technology that eats away at privacy but when it comes to disclosing their own personal information the people behind Google's prying mapping systems are less than co-op...
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That's Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen
Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience yesterday that Microsoft's Windows product is collapsing and must make radical changes to its operating system or risk bec...
Hacker News Bans Valleywag
Hacker News, a small but influential digg/reddit-like tech news site hosted at Y Combinator, is asking its users if stories from Silicon Valley gossip site Valleywag should be banned from the service....
New chip will let an iPod store 500,000 songs
A new storage technology will pave the way for MP3 players and other gadgets to store a hundred times more information — Mobile phones, iPods and other consumer devices may soon be able to hold a hu...
Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?
If you need to reach Jan Chipchase, the best, and sometimes only, way to get him is on his cellphone. The first time I spoke to him last fall, he was at home in his apartment in Tokyo. The next time...
The New Release of Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D is now Live!
I'm so glad to finally announce that the latest version of Live Maps is online and ready for you to play with. This ended up being a much bigger release than originally planned including three full s...
On the Menu at the Yahoo Top Managers Lunch Yesterday: Fear and AOL-oathing
For some reason, none of the half-dozen SVPs and EVPs I spoke to, who attended a lunch that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang held yesterday for several dozen top-level execs, wanted to tell me exactly what was on...
Google Launching ToDo List Product?
TechCrunch reader Nicolas Hoizey noticed a blog post on the official Google Docs Blog today written by Andrew Cheng, a Google Marketing Manager. Hoizey sent us the NetNewsWire screen shot above (clic...
Nike+ coming to iPhone and iPod Touch
I'm in Nike's HQ in Oregon where, apart from checking out the footwear it's fashioned for all 32 Olympic events (yes, including horse riding), I've had a chinwag with a Nike+ spokeperson to see where ...
The Top 10 Made Up Words of Web 3.0
You won't find these in Wikipedia. But someone had to write them down. Inspired by Web jargon and making their first appearence on Twitter, I give you the Top 10 made up words of Web 3.0: — 1. Soc...
Devices That Track Every Precious Need
IT'S 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are? How about your pets? And your car? — It is possible to get answers to all these questions instantly over your cellphone or computer, using the sam...
Twitter: A two-way social computer?
Ok, not Twitter but something Twitter-like. Twitter is nice because it strips everything away and focuses 100% on people and the economy of interaction (140 characters in a box, the end). — Twitter...
Oracle Warns of Critical DB Server Vulnerabilities
The database server giant plans to issue patches for at least 41 vulnerabilities across hundreds of product lines. — Database server giant Oracle Corp. plans to ship a major security update on Tuesd...
Earnings: GE Q1 Earnings Down 8 Percent; NBC Revs Up 3 Percent; Stock Slides On Outlook
Yes, we're getting close to that time again... GE, the parent company of NBCU, has announced surprisingly weak Q1 results with continuing income sliding 8 percent to $4.36 billion from $4.9 billion.