Data Portability: It's The New Walled Garden
The scuffle today between Facebook and Google has very little to do with user privacy and everything to do with user control. A huge battle is underway between Google, MySpace and Facebook around con...
Mike Arrington is Right, Facebook is Wrong
Mike Arrington and I had a sometimes violent disagreement on today's Gillmor Gang. — The reason we were arguing? Because we both were arguing different things. — Mike Arrington was arguing that F...
MacBook upgrade set for Q3
Apple is moving toward the release of a redesigned MacBook, a new report emanating from the company's Asian Mac manufacturers claims. — AU Optronics Corp. and Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp. have been...
Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica
Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica (ranked #5 all time on the BloggerBoard), we've confirmed. The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet, ru...
Treo 800 Prototype picture
Someone stopped into our chat room today with this to show us: — Its a CDMA WM Treo 800, but according to our source in the Ukraine it is also known as the Palm Zeppelin. More details will follow, ...
Best Buy (BBY) Buying Netflix (NFLX) For $44?
A reader says there was chatter to that effect this afternoon, as Netflix (NFLX) pushed 6% higher on high volume. — Would this make sense? Only if Best Buy (BBY) has been persuaded that the Blockbu...
Google's Laser Logo
This is one of the weirder and more interesting logos to show on the Google homepage: in disco neon colors, Google today celebrates the anniversary of the first laser. Wikipedia explains (footnotes r...
Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer, r...
YAHOO! SEEKING OPEN ALLIANCE WITH GOOGLE
Yahoo! executives are scrambling to finalize a search-advertising pact with Google in the face of a fresh challenge to its independence from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, The Post has learned. — ...
Reality Check
I have this notion to write a series of columns from time to time under the title “Reality Check” — columns intended to explain how the world of Information Technology actually functions. Because lik...
Treo meets iPhone
There is soon to be a flood of new mobile phones to hit the street using Google's new open source Android OS platform. RKS design consultants of southern California have just introduced their entry i...
Experts Say MySpace Suicide Indictment Sets ‘Scary’ Legal Precedent
In their eagerness to visit justice on a 49-year-old woman involved in the Megan Meier MySpace suicide tragedy, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are resorting to a novel and dangerous interpretation...
Disqus - After 5 Days on Disqus, I'm Turning Back to Wordpress Comments
I'm an avid reader of Fred Wilson's blog and was tempted to test-drive Disqus when Fred first integrated it onto his site. I finally decided to install it on my blog (which is powered by Wordpress) a...