Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) — A fake Internet report that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack was posted by a teenager, and investigators haven't found evidence he tried ...
Big Day for Amazon EC2: Production, SLA, Windows, and 4 New Capabilities
My colleagues and I have spent the week building up anticipation for this post on Twitter. After you read this post I am sure that you will agree that the wait was worthwhile. — The hallways at Ama...
Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby
TOKYO - A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband's digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, poli...
Sun Loses Co-Founder to Start-Up
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Andreas von Bechtolsheim, a brilliant billionaire who has created some of the best-selling computer systems in the industry, is resigning as chief architect of Sun Microsystems to...
Video: Side by Side - BlackBerry Storm, Bold & iPhone 3G!
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth a million... or something like that. Anyways, I'm pretty sure this is one of the first videos out there that compares the BlackBerry...
Confirmed: Apple Can Enable Dual GPU and On-the-Fly Switching in MacBook Pro
Nvidia dropped by today to demo some of the awesome things that the GeForce 9400M in the new MacBooks can do that Intel's integrated graphics just can't touch, and to discuss a few technical points.
Interview: AP Execs Explain Strategic Change—And What It Might Cost The Co-Op And Its Members
And What It Might Cost The Co-Op And Its Members — Soon after the Associated Press announced its plans to reverse course on newspaper rate increases and to review its structure, I spoke separatel...
TechNet Webcast: Information Regarding an Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Release (Level 200)
Event ID: 1032393978 … English. — Product(s): — Security. — Audience(s): — IT Professional. — Duration: — 60 Minutes — Start Date: Event Overview
Three Places To Shop For Android Apps? How Confusing!
Yesterday, T-Mobile stocked their stores with G1 handset, the first smartphone to feature Google's mobile operating system “Android.” Along with the device itself, the Google Android Market also went...
LinkedIn Announces $22.7 Million Infusion From SAP, Goldman Sachs, and McGraw Hill
Business networking startup LinkedIn is announcing today that it has raised another $22.7 million, on top of the $53 million D round it closed last June at a $1 billion valuation.
Apple Polishes Popular MacBook for a Higher Price
Apple's MacBook laptop, the company's low-end portable computer aimed at average consumers, isn't just any old product. It's the best-selling Macintosh in history, at a time when Mac sales are growin...
Russian Antimonopoly Service Bans Google Acquisition of Begun
Back in July we reported on acquisition of a Russian contextual advertising company Begun (one of the largest companies working in the field in Russia) by Google. At the time we suggested that a comb...
Inquisitor Expands to Firefox and IE
Earlier this year, we launched Inquisitor 3 for Safari. Since then, users have been asking (demanding) that we make Inquisitor available on other browser platforms. This evening, we're doing just th...
Weblogs, Inc. Three Years Later: Impressive Page View And Revenue Growth
Earlier this month News Corp. celebrated the three year anniversary of the acquisition of MySpace. Today, AOL does the same for the Weblogs, Inc. blog network they acquired in October 2005.
How to avoid being an IT layoff casualty
During this period of downturn, the unadulterated waste caused by failed IT will drive layoffs as organizations cancel poorly performing projects. Although these marginal projects might have escaped ...
Who's to blame for jumping votes on WV touchscreen machines?
“I know what box I pushed,” insisted an audibly miffed Calvin Thomas. The West Virginia retiree is one of several residents who have reported problems in early voting on the state's iVotronic touchsc...
Windows 7 before 2010? Magic 8 Ball says “don't count on it”
Last week Microsoft announced that product codenamed Windows 7 would retail with that same name. At the time, the company refrained from announcing a ship date, with current predictions ranging from ...
EU thinks of the children, launches safe Internet initiative
The European Parliament voted today to launch a new version of its Safer Internet Programme that will run from 2009-2013. The updated Safer Internet program “will... promote safer use of the Internet...
Tough times, unoriginal blog posts
Mahalo founder: “Tough times, hard decisions.” Zillow founder: “Difficult times, difficult decisions.” Seesmic founder: “Tough times. Tough decisions.” The only thing easy in these times is what t...
Q&A with Jeff Lanctot, Chief Strategy Officer for Interactive Ad Agency Razorfish
Earlier today, I spoke with Jeff Lanctot, chief strategy officer for Razorfish, one of the world's biggest interactive agencies, about advertisers' mentality in the face of a prolonged downturn.
Moblyng Lets You Build Slideshows On Your iPhone
Moblyng, the company formerly known as FlipTrack that is focused on taking Flash-based slideshows to mobile platforms, has released an application on Apple's App Store that allows users to create ente...
Comcast Doubles Internet Speed, Sells Premium Service
Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) — Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable provider, will double the speed of its Internet service for current subscribers and offer even faster connections at additional cost to impr...