Circuit City to shutter 155 stores, locations to go public tomorrow
According to a slew of tips we've received, Circuit City will be closing down 155 of its retail locations, possibly even before Black Friday. Right now details are sketchy, but it seems that the comp...
Microsoft's Manhattan Project
This week Microsoft gave evidence that it will continue to be a major force for at least the next decade. The company outlined its products and strategies that more fully embrace the “cloud,” such as...
Try Netflix Watch Instantly on your Mac right now
Netflix is in the process of beta testing its Watch Instantly feature for Mac computers, and now it's opened up the test for all users who wish to opt-in. Simply follow this link and you'll be good t...
Hacking Education
I spent a lot of time on this blog in the past month exhorting everyone to give teaching tools to the neediest public schools. I did that because education is possibly the most important thing we can...
Sprint HTC Touch Pro Now Available Online!
Sprint customers will be overjoyed at the news that the Sprint HTC Touch Pro is now available online! The QWERTY slider can be snapped up at the Sprint site for $299.99 with free shipping and free ac...
MySpace, MTV Networks team with Auditude to profit from online video
It just goes to show that you can teach old media new tricks. — Television networks and Hollywood studios used to try to prevent people from uploading copyrighted content on the Internet. Now they ...
Salesforce.com CEO's head is still in a ‘cloud’
Despite the economic downturn, Salesforce.com in San Francisco is one company that's still growing. — Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff co-founded Salesforce.com in an apartment in San Francisco in 1999...
Internet collaboration still in infancy: Wikipedia founder
LONDON (AFP) — The age of public collaboration over the Internet is still only in its infancy, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told AFP in an interview. — The 42-year-old web guru, in an effort to sho...
Renamed WiFi Networks Guilt Freeloaders Into Buying Coffee
This is truly brilliant. With free WiFi popping up at cafes the world over, the number of people impolitely “stealing” it without so much as buying a simple coffee has increased as well. To both rep...
Is the MacBook Air overpriced?
Is the MacBook Air overpriced? Competitive offerings from Dell and Toshiba reveal that the MacBook Air may not be so extortionately expensive. — Of course, it all depends on your perspective: $2,49...