Firefox 3.5 and the potential of Web typography
In addition to new features such as support for HTML 5, geo-location, and a noticeably faster engine, Firefox 3.5 added a new CSS rule that makes Web typography much more attractive. — @font-face is...
The Reality Of PR: Smile, Dial, Name Drop, Pray.
One thing I hated about being a corporate lawyer at Wilson Sonsini back in the day - we got to work on really cool deals (the last deal I worked on before leaving for a startup was the AOL/Netscape me...
PC Invader Costs Ky. County $415,000
Cyber criminals based in Ukraine stole $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky this week. The crooks were aided by more than two dozen co-conspirators in the United States, as well as a...
IPhone 3GS owners bemoan its battery life
Buyers are finding that the device has trouble making it through a workday without a rest stop at the electrical outlet. — The new, high-octane iPhone 3GS is loaded with features that could light up...
Why is #moonfruit trending on Twitter? It's the rebirth of a startup
It's not often that Internet companies last 10 years, but Moonfruit in the UK has proved pretty resilient. It survived the dotcom boom the first time round, launching with VC-backing, growing to 65 s...
First Sony Ericsson Xperia (X5?) Android phone “Rachael”, and strange “Kiki” with transparent display
It is no secret that Sony Ericsson is working on at least one Android phone to be released later this year. — They told us about it themselves. And now the details start trickling out.
Short Is Sweet: Postcards Begat SMS Begat Twitter
Recently, I've noticed something. If you send me an email, the likelihood that I'm going to respond is pretty small. But if you send me a message on Twitter, the likelihood that I'll respond is much...
Survey: The iPhone is No. 1 in Japan
Gauging the iPhone's popularity in Japan is not easy. — Just ask Brian X. Chen. He wrote a piece for Wired.com last April called Why the Japanese Hate the iPhone suggesting that despite the long li...
How Government's Driving Cloud Computing Ahead
Federal agencies are testing use cases as well as pushing standards and definitions that could help the business world. — Cloud computing may still be emerging as an IT delivery model, but U.S. gove...
Lead Us to Tweet, and Forgive the Trespassers
Things went smoothly for the first hour of the Twitter experiment at Trinity Church in Manhattan on Good Friday in April. — While hundreds of worshipers watched the traditional dramatization of the ...
You've Got Blackmail: The AOL Account That Wouldn't Die
Jason Zweig writes the Intelligent Investor column that runs in Saturday's Journal. Today, he takes on customer service. — Back in 2000, I worked at a magazine published by Time Inc., a division of...
Amazon Wants To Put Ads Into Kindle Books?
Ads in culture are sort of jarring (image via www.studiolo.org) — You know what my favorite part of Moby Dick was? The part where I realized I wanted a Klondike bar. That experience may be expedit...
MJ OD
When Michael Jackson died, I wondered how quickly the conversation about him would fade online and how long it would persist on TV “news.” Well, it didn't take long to see the divergence: TV thinks w...
CompuServe Requiem
The original CompuServe service, first offered in 1979, was shut down this past week by its current owner, AOL. The service, which provided its users with addresses such as 73402,3633 and was the fir...
Open Source and the Cloud: Where's the LAMP?
“My challenge to everyone competing with Amazon, Google and Microsoft is to remember that you're competing with Amazon, Google and Microsoft. These are strong technology companies, and if you're goin...