Microsoft's first iPhone app: Live Labs releases Seadragon Mobile viewer
Given the popularity of the iPhone, this was bound to happen sometime, and here it is: Microsoft Live Labs today becomes the first group inside the Redmond company to release an application for Apple'...
Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on the Web
The celebrated openness of the Internet — network providers are not supposed to give preferential treatment to any traffic — is quietly losing powerful defenders. — Google Inc. has approached major ...
Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites
FOR some time, Procter & Gamble, the world's largest advertiser, has been dipping its big toes into the vast pool of Facebook, now the world's largest social network. I recently knocked on the doors ...
SwissCom Tries To Deflect Criticism Of Le Web Internet Failure
I'm going to put aside my differences with the Le Web conference and organizer Loic Le Meur for a moment to address another issue at the event: the complete lack of Internet connectivity, both days. ...
Sony's PS3 Virtual World “Home” Plagued By Sex Fiends (Video) (SNE)
Back in October, when Sony (SNE) changed the “Terms of Use” for the PS3 to allow the company to eavesdrop on and censor its users, we applauded the move. Why? Because we know the truth about virtual...
A Software Secretary That Takes Charge
SHOULDN'T your computer know a reasonable amount about your likes and dislikes? Wouldn't it be great if it could anticipate your needs and take action without you pressing a key? — Booking travel a...
Myst Online to be released fully open-source
Cyan Worlds has decided to release all of Myst Online URU Live's assets to the public as open source. This includes the client and server architecture. Cyan will also hold one Myst Online server sha...
Canada Increases ‘Music Industry Subsidy’ on Blank CDs
Canadian users again face an increase in the cost of blank CDs, as the Copyright Board has increased levies on them by 38%. The raise was authorized in response to rises in music compression and incr...
A Bleak Future for Telecom
The future of the telecom industry is looking rather bleak these days. The news out this week alone is enough to paint a particularly stark picture: — Alcatel-Lucent is cutting jobs, which might not...
Music stars' digital strategies still in flux
DENVER (Billboard) - It's been more than five years since Apple's iTunes store changed music retail by introducing single-track digital downloads. But it wasn't until 2008 that most musicians and lab...