Ballmer: ‘We are done’ with Yahoo acquisition idea
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threw his daily bucket of cold water on the notion that the software maker will return with a new bid for all of Yahoo. — “We are done with all acquisition discussions wi...
Spice up your inbox with colors and themes
Gmail fans have been building unofficial extensions to spice up their inboxes for a while, but up til now themes haven't been an integral part of Gmail. We wanted to go beyond simple color customizat...
Ziff Davis To Close PCMag Print; Focus on Online; Still Looking For Options For Gaming Division
Ziff Davis, the tech/gaming media company that recently exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is now taking the brave but inevitable step of closing down the print version of PCMag to focus its energy …
Sources: Apple, music labels talk DRM-free songs
A year after iTunes began offering music without copy protection software from EMI, Apple is in discussions with the other three top recording companies about acquiring DRM-free songs, according to tw...
Sustainability in Uncertain Times
Today we are posting our audited financial statements and tax form for 2007. As in past years, I'll use this event as an opportunity to review both our financial status and our overall effectiveness ...
Xbox Vs. PlayStation With Netflix Caught In The Middle
It's a big day for Netflix with the service going live on Microsoft's Xbox 360 platform. But there's one big thing lacking and you can thank the heated rivalry between Sony and Microsoft for it and I...
Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
A couple weeks ago on Twitter I said: “I still maintain the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web. Has been for years.” A few people agreed, but most didn't. Some thought it wa...
Confirmed: iPhone 3G coming to Wal-Mart on December 28th, select Sam's Club stores as well
Shortly after we posted about the iPhone coming to Wal-Mart this morning, it seemed like all of our ninjas came out of the woodwork to bombard us with info. Rather than post an update, we want to lay...
Hewlett-Packard Out-Touches Apple
Apple watchers assumed Jobs & Co. would be the first to offer a multitouch laptop, but Hewlett-Packard has beaten them to the punch — From the first time Steve Jobs demonstrated “the pinch”—the two-...
MMS coming to iPhone 3G!
Now, before you get all worked up in an MMS-frenzy, you should know that MMS is coming to iPhone 3G's on Telia's network. MacWorld has confirmed that the Scandinavian wireless carrier has the distinc...
SimCity for the iPhone may ruin my life (in a good way)
No game captured my imagination when I was growing up like SimCity. Certainly, a part of it was my God complex, but more it was the open-ended nature of a game with few rules that let you build a cit...
Updated: BNP member list mashed with Google maps creates a sea of red dots, but dangerously inaccurate
BREAKING NOW: — Creator of the Map, Ben Charlton, removes it from his site. Here's his post explaining why: … [More coverage on this story here and here.] — [Updated: Please see further updates b...
Nokia E71 coming to AT&T as E71x; live and in the flesh
There it is people, looking sexy as ever - we can only hope that the “X” doesn't stand for “Xtra crippled”. It looks like we're now pretty close to seeing AT&T formally announce the E71, rebranded as...
Intel to launch 65W desktop CPUs for all-in-one PCs
Intel is planning to launch three 65W low-power desktop CPUs targeting small form factor (SFF) PCs and all-in-one PCs in the middle of January next year, according to sources at PC vendors. — Intel ...
Behold the Power of google.com
What would you give for one day of Google eyeballs? What would it be worth to you to have one single ad running on Google's oh so sparse and much hailed homepage? My guess, that for better or worse,...
No One Expects... Monty Python on YouTube!
Break out the comfy chair — famed British comedy troupe Monty Python now has a channel on YouTube. And in a very Python-esque manner, they've kicked the whole thing off with an introductory video tha...
Konica Minolta develops a USB stick-sized projector
Not the real thing. — Konica Minolta (or its subsidiary Konica Minolta Opto, to be more exact) has developed what sounds like it's one of the smallest projectors around today. Measuring just 20×40x...
SnapTell: Instant Product Lookup From The iPhone. You Want This.
If you have an iPhone, you'll probably want to check out SnapTell Explorer, a free application now available on the App Store. The premise is simple: take a photo of the cover of any CD, DVD, book, o...
Searchme brings its Coverflow search to iPhone
Visual search engine Searchme has a sexy new iPhone app that brings its signature Coverflow-like interface to the phone's 3.5" display. Search results come in the form of large thumbnails with a shor...
Google Sync for BlackBerry: Now with contacts
You asked for it, so here it is. We're happy to announce that in the latest update to Google Sync for BlackBerry, we've added two-way contacts synchronization. This new functionality will enable you...
MLB.com's Switch To Flash Video Leaves More Questions Than Answers
Adobe got a big customer win this week when they announced that MLB.com would move from the Silverlight platform back to Flash for all their live and on-demand video. The two-year deal, which kicks o...
Insidious New SEO Ad Product Will Be Hard For Google To Detect (Updated With Google Response)
New York-based advertising firm MediaWhiz, never one to worry about gray areas when it comes to advertising, has launched a new product today called InLinks. — It's fairly straightforward …
Lively no more
In July we launched Lively in Google Labs because we wanted users to be able to interact with their friends and express themselves online in new ways. Google has always been supportive of this kind o...
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) Due in 1st Quarter of 2009?
Apple's Director of Engineering of Unix Technologies Jordan Hubbard spoke at LISA '08 last week. LISA (or Large Installation System Administration Conference) is a technical conference targeted at en...
iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents
LONDON (AFP) - A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wedne...
Apple TV: About Apple TV software updates
Products Affected — Apple TV — Refer the table below for Apple TV Software Update 2.3 features: — How To — AirTunes Streaming from Apple TV — Music can be streamed via AirTunes to Airport Ex...
Hands-On With the HP TouchSmart tx2z
When the Dell XT debuted with multi-touch drivers last spring we were excited about the ability to use multiple fingers on its capacitive touch screen to rotate pictures and pinch and zoom in on Web s...
Netflix Speaks Out On Sony Movies Disappearing From Xbox 360 Service — It's Not A Glitch
It's Not A Glitch — A week ago, I started watching “An Evening With Kevin Smith 2″ through the Netflix streaming service on my Xbox 360 but didn't finish. Now, I can't watch the rest.
Apptera gets more funding and a former Yahoo VP on its board
Voice and visual mobile ad network Apptera clearly doesn't think that mobile advertising is going to take as big a hit as other forms of online advertising. In fact, from its perspective, mobile adve...
Google, P&G Swap Workers
At Procter & Gamble Co., the corporate culture is so rigid, employees jokingly call themselves “Proctoids.” In contrast, Google Inc. staffers are urged to wander the halls on company-provided scooter...
Eye-Catcher
Sling Media goes up against YouTube and Hulu to grab eyeballs for online video. — That you are going to be watching a lot of video on the Web—that's something that everyone in Silicon Valley takes f...
Chip industry sales slowing due to financial turmoil
Worldwide semiconductor sales will decline in 2009 for the first time since 2001, the chip industry trade group reported this morning. The Semiconductor Industry Association predicted that worldwide ...
1 in 10 Brand Searches Led Away from the Brand Website
This week we are publishing a report on online brand protection. This issue is huge for marketers with our research showing that more than 1 in 10 US Internet searches for leading brands is led away ...
Main BBC channels go live on net
BBC shows including EastEnders, Heroes and Never Mind The Buzzcocks will be available to watch live online from next week, the BBC has announced. — BBC One and BBC Two will be streamed live, - just ...
National Geographic Society To Do Video Games
The successful science and educational organization The National Geographic Society, best known for their long-running magazine, has just made an interesting announcement. Their next venture in their...
November 2008 Web Server Survey
The November 2008 survey shows worldwide monthly growth of nearly three million websites, with responses now being received from a total of 185,167,897 sites. — Apache once again tops this month's g...
Configurator is live!
I'm extremely happy to say that Adobe Configurator 1.0 is now available for download from Adobe Labs. Configurator is a simple drag-and-drop tool for creating panels that extend Photoshop CS4. It's ...