Kindle Personal Documents
For anyone who has recently sent personal documents to your Kindle, we'd like to let you know about some updates to our Personal Document Service (via Whispernet). — Starting May 4, in addition to t...
Flickr Co-Founder Butterfield and Chief Architect Henderson Working on Stealth Start-Up
Yesterday, several Flickr engineers posted news of their layoffs from the Yahoo photo-sharing unit on Twitter, which caused GigaOm's Om Malik to notice that Flickr architect Cal Henderson (pictured he...
Some Thoughts on Cablevision's 101 Mbps Speed
Verizon first demonstrated the ability to deliver 100 Mbps to the home over our FiOS system nearly two years ago. Now Cablevision is offering that speed - oh, yeah, 101 Mbps — over its DOCSIS cable s...
Web tool ‘as important as Google’
A web tool that “could be as important as Google”, according to some experts, has been shown off to the public. — Wolfram Alpha is the brainchild of British-born physicist Stephen Wolfram. — The f...
Google Could Have Caught Swine Flu Early
Google's search data may have been able to provide an early warning of the swine flu outbreak — if the company had been looking in the right place. — Last week, at the request of the Centers for Dis...
FACE(BOOK) VALUE
SOCIAL NETWORK CAN'T GET FRIENDLY FUNDING NUMBERS — Facebook has been holding exploratory meetings with private-equity firms about raising another round of funding, but the two sides are $3 billion ...
Flip Video Ultra HD video review
What better way to give you a look at Flip Video's new Ultra HD camcorder than by reviewing it on video... shot with the Ultra HD. The specs are simple: 720p / 30 FPS, 8GB of storage on-board, HDMI o...
I don't believe this guy has 6 friends
I'm not saying the MacBook Air isn't popular, but I have yet to see one in the wild, nor do I even know a guy who knows a guy who owns one. So forgive me if I don't believe that not only does this gu...
Eucalyptus in the cloud: researchers commercialize OSS project
The researchers behind the open source Eucalyptus project have launched a company to commercialize the technology. They plan to offer services and support to companies that want to use Eucalyptus to ...
A Look Inside the Twitter Admin Panel
According to French blog Nowhere Else, someone has been able to access Twitter's administration area, and they've got a bunch of screenshots to prove it. — The URL which leads to Twitter's admin pag...
Peewee PC Launches Today- Convertible Netbook for Kids
I thoroughly enjoyed the time I had to play with the Intel Classmate Convertible, and that was timely as the folks at Peewee PC today are launching their commercial version of this netbook. The Peewe...
Finally: Disney, Hulu Deal Announced
Took ' em long enough. — After weeks of rumor and speculation Walt Disney Co. (DIS) has finally taken a stake in Hulu, the video streaming site operated by NBC Universal, News Corporation and Provid...
Making Movies: The Next Big Thing in iPhones?
Think back to a time before iPods. Back then, digital music was such a hassle that few people bothered to buy portable MP3 players. Until Apple made it easy. Then came photos. Other than using sna...
Death to Windows AutoRun!
The economy might be in ruins, and swine flu might put us all in pine boxes, but there are still things that we can be happy about. One thing that has put a broad grin on my face over the past day or...
Madison Avenue feels the squeeze
Duck Phillips! Thou should'st be living at this hour. — Phillips was the alcoholic account executive in the television series Mad Men who lost out after failing to marginalise his advertising agenc...
Filing confirms Apple exploring carbon fiber Mac enclosures
A new patent filing discovered by AppleInsider provides some of the first public evidence that Apple is indeed exploring carbon fiber-like enclosures for future product designs, corroborating an earli...
Motorola Q1 Revs Come Up Short; Handset Units Tumble
The troubles continue at Motorola (MOT). — For the first quarter, the company posted revenue of $5.4 billion, down from $7.4 billion a year ago and $7.14 billion in Q4, and below the Street consensu...
A New Breed of Netbook?
Google's operating system could help usher in an era of ultra-cheap laptops. — Just a few years ago, many pundits expected consumers to shun netbooks. With less power than traditional laptops, a ti...
IBM Launches World's Geekiest Social Network, My developerWorks
Many a neutech hipster looked askance at the huge IBM-plex situated front and center at this year's Web 2.0 conference. — No one could deny the hardware/software/services giant's place in tech histo...
Google's PR Campaign
The search giant hopes to counter charges of monopoly abuse with a charm offensive — Google (GOOG) is facing a rising tide of discontent about its market dominance. Take the ongoing lawsuit over it...
Social Gaming Scores in the Recession
Zynga, the company behind Texas Hold 'Em on Facebook, and other game makers are attracting millions of users. Will the shine wear off? — Gaming goes gangbusters in a downturn. In 2001, the Nasdaq ...