Facebook Isn't A Social Network. And Stop Trying to Make New Friends There
A controversy is brewing over a popular Facebook application called PackRat, where users collect sets of illustrated cards for points and levels. The company behind the application, Alamofire …
Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit
Folks are waking up Monday to a Wall Street meltdown as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch and companies ranging from Washington Mutual to AIG are on the rope...
The Next Chapter: Best Buy To Acquire Napster For $121 Million
Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) has fallen into the arms of a surprise buyer: Best Buy. The big-box electronics giant will pay $121 million or $2.65 per share. Shares of Napster closed at $1.36 on Friday, so t...
Newspapers Around World Oppose Yahoo-Google Ad Deal
The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) this morning asked the US Department of Justice, the European Commission and the Competition Bureau of Canada to block the deal under which Google will supply...
Web ‘must separate rumour’ from science
The internet needs a way to help people separate rumour from real science, says the creator of the World Wide Web. — Talking to BBC News Sir Tim Berners-Lee said he was increasingly worried about th...
VMware (and Citrix) get cloud friendly
Updated: VMware said Monday that it will launch a cloud computing initiative to bring enterprise class service to customers with more than 100 partners. — The effort, called vCloud Initiative, will ...
Link by Link: Don't Buy That Textbook, Download It Free
SQUINT hard, and textbook publishers can look a lot like drug makers. They both make money from doing obvious good — healing, educating — and they both have customers who may be willing to sacrifice ...
Apple's Latest iPhone Sees Slow Japan Sales
Two months after its launch, the latest version of Apple Inc.'s iPhone is showing strong sales around the world — except in Japan. — Apple's partnership with Japan's third-largest mobile operator, S...
Everyone but Apple joins new “buy once, play anywhere” group
Buying a movie online is simple; it's watching it on the device you want that's hard. The movie studios have been reluctant to allow DVD burning from online stores (and when they do, it doesn't alway...
Google Chrome Q&A
Via email, I've asked Google group product manager Brian Rakowski a couple of questions in regards to Google's web browser. Chrome has been in development for 2 years... did the initial designs resem...
Podcaster Developer Uses Little-Known “Ad Hoc” Mode To Distribute Banned iPhone App
Over the weekend, a debate raged across the tech blogosphere concerning the risks involved in developing for the iPhone platform. — What prompted the debate in the first place was Apple's decision …