Firefox 3: New front in the browser war
Mozilla plans to release Firefox 3 on Tuesday, and the open-source project is opening a new front in the browser wars. — As the Web transforms from a static repository of content into a foundation f...
Flickr Co-founders Join Mass Exodus From Yahoo
Photo sharing site Flickr is one of the leading lights of Yahoo - but cofounders (and husband/wife team) Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield won't be around to keep driving the product forward. The...
BoomTown's Short List of Yahoo CEOs (Sorry Jerry, but Fortune Favors the Prepared)
Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has asked for it, although he has gone all kittenish now, after realizing his scheme to get Microsoft (MSFT) to buy Yahoo (YHOO) was over, once Yahoo signed on...
At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply
SAN FRANCISCO — For a Web site, it could hardly look less exciting. Its pages are heavy with text, much of it a flat blue, and there are few photos and absolutely no videos. — But LinkedIn, the soc...
To avoid Flash lock-in, Apple looks at SproutCore
Apple, continuing its reliance on open-source technologies, is using an open-source project called SproutCore to provide rich Internet applications like its new MobileMe service. — The idea is to us...
Technorati Launches Blog Ad Network, Technorati Media
Blog-focused advertising networks are all the rage right now, with both Federated Media and Glam pulling down big valuation financing rounds in the last few months based on very early growth metrics. ...
Sony Ericsson brings out the photographer
17 June 2008 The new C905 Cyber-shot™ and S302 Snapshot camera phones from Sony Ericsson allow consumers around the world to capture and share vivid photos whatever …
Microsoft to Build Search Technology Center in Europe
Ever since the Yahoo! acquisition deal fell through, many have wondered what Microsoft will do to make headway in the search market. Shortly after, they launched Cashback, which seemed to indicate a ...
EA Still Trying To Wait Out Take-Two. It May Be Working
Electronic Arts' most recent deadline for Take-Two shareholders to accept its $2 billion offer expired yesterday. Which means, of course, that EA (ERTS) has extended its offer yet again. This new de...
Brightcove refreshes with brand new service and new focus
Today Brightcove, one of the first RIA companies and one of the first to use Flex, announced that they've overhauled their service and dubbed it Brightcove 3. The primary goal of the new Brightcove i...
Glam Media to Announce Acquisition
Glam Media, the largest U.S. Web property aimed at women, plans to announce Tuesday that it has acquired London-based digital-marketing firm Monetise Ltd. to jumpstart its global ad-selling. Within a...
DJ Arrested For Selling Pre-Release Promo CDs On eBay
Just days after a US court ruled that selling promo CDs sent out by the recording industry is perfectly legal, Techdirt reader cram writes in to let us know of a DJ and music reviewer in London who wa...