Import your mail and contacts from other accounts
Gmail users can be a passionate bunch. Many of us have, at one time or another, encouraged or cajoled friends and family to join us @gmail.com. But switching email accounts can be pretty painful. I...
RealNetworks Sues Studios on Antitrust Grounds
Escalating its already simmering court battle with Hollywood, RealNetworks has expanded its lawsuit against the six major Hollywood movie studios and the DVD Copy Control Association, a cross-industry...
Kindle Publishing Now Open To All Blogs
One of the neat little sub-features of Amazon's Kindle is being able to subscribe to blogs on it. You have to pay for the privilege, but for heavy Kindle users, it makes sense as you can get the cont...
New ‘WSJ’ Conduct Rules Target Twitter, Facebook
NEW YORK Staffers at The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday were given a newly compiled list of rules for “professional conduct,” which included a lengthy guide for use of online outlets, noting cautions ...
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference to Kick Off with Keynote Address on Monday, June 8
Apple® will kick off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. A team of Apple executives, led by Philip Schiller …
Import your mail and contacts from other accounts
Gmail users can be a passionate bunch. Many of us have, at one time or another, encouraged or cajoled friends and family to join us @gmail.com. But switching email accounts can be pretty painful. I...
Small Settings Update
We've updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we've learned most people want to see when someone...
Europe Fines Intel a Record $1.45 Billion in Antitrust Case
BRUSSELS — The European Commission fined Intel a record €1.06 billion on Wednesday for abusing its dominance in the computer chip market to exclude its only serious rival, Advanced Micro Devices.
New Apple Ad Mocks Microsoft Laptop Hunters In Usual Smarmy Way
Apple's new ad takes solid aim at Microsoft's recent much-talked-about Laptop Hunters ad series with the Apple style fully intact. In other words, it's really, really smug. — The ad has a Lauren-ty...
Verizon to Divest Wireline Businesses in 14 States; Significant Benefits to Verizon Shareholders
Frontier to Provide Seamless Transition for Customers and Employees, and Target Increased Broadband Penetration — NEW YORK - In a move that will further accelerate the company's focus on wireless …
Exclusive: BlogHer Nabs $7 Million in New Funding
BlogHer, which bills itself as “the community for women who blog,” has gotten $7 million more in a Series C funding, which will bring the total investment in the site to about $15.5 million. — The n...
Oracle's Latest Acquisition Is Virtual Iron
Oracle purchased Virtual Iron, a designer of server virtualization software, after months of rumors. The acquisition will allow Oracle to compete more fully within the virtualization market against V...
Skydeck Mashed Up With Google Voice Could Be The Perfect Combination
One of the few necessary evils that accompanies the uber-cool and recently launched Google Voice service (which was officially released in March) is the necessity to convert all of your numbers (cell,...
Can Microsoft stop IE's market share slide?
The Web browser market has been undergoing tectonic shifts for the past six years, with Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) dropping 10 percentage points in market share every two years while Mozilla's...
Twitter Deletes Fake Kanye West Account After Kanye Freaks Out
Twitter has suspended a fake Kanye West profile after the music star complained loudly on his blog. — As TechCrunch's MG Siegler reported earlier, Kanye was apparently angry at Twitter over a fake a...
Apple snags ex-OLPC security chief
Former director of security architecture at One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Ivan Krstic has joined Apple to help thwart hacker attacks against the Mac operating system. — Krstic, a well-respected innova...
Obnoxious Newspaper Bailout Begins
Senator Kerry isn't cutting Arthur Sulzburger a fat check or anything so obvious, but make no mistake: the newspaper bailout is on. — Washington Governor Chris Gregoire today approved a 40% tax cut ...
Ill. AG: Craigslist dropping ‘erotic services’ ads
CHICAGO (AP) — Online classified ads service Craigslist will get rid of its “erotic services” category that critics called a front for prostitution, replacing it with an adult category that will be re...
Clearwire selects Cisco to help build 4G network
Clearwire named networking equipment maker Cisco Systems as a key supplier to help it build its nationwide 4G wireless network, the companies announced Wednesday. — As part of the new strategic part...