Google to Acquire On2 Technologies
CLIFTON PARK, NY and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (August 5, 2009) - On2 Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ONT) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive ag...
I didn't know that was there!
Here at Google Maps we're always looking for new ways to allow people to easily explore the world's information. Well, what could be easier than putting things right on the map? We've now added icon...
Apple launching iPhone 3GS 8GB soon?
We've had a number of unconfirmed tips over the last few days about this so we figured we'd post it... apparently it seems that Rogers in Canada is in the process of shipping iPhone 3GS 8GB flavor han...
Zune HD hands-on, impressions, tears of joy
Do you believe in miracles? — (Credit: Donald Bell/CNET Networks) — I'll admit right off the bat that I've been a pretty big fan of the Zune ever since I bought my first one back in 2007. I've al...
A New Beta: Why slow down when you can speed up?
There's a brand new beta for you to try out today. As always, we continue to focus on speed, and this beta release shows over 30% improvement on both the V8 and SunSpider benchmarks over our current ...
Closed Deal: WideOrbit Acquires Google Radio Assets
Google Radio, the Internet search and advertising giant's online radio ad buying service, has been sold to online ad and media management software firm WideOrbit for an undisclosed sum. The acquisiti...
Goodbye iPod, hello iPhone
Apple passed an important milestone last quarter that nobody on Wall Street seems to have noticed: the iPod, once Apple's (AAPL) No. 1 source of revenue, fell into third place after the Mac (No. 1) an...
Windows 7: Tested in depth
Deserved or not, Microsoft had dug itself a cold, deep, dark hole with Windows Vista. Users demanding that Redmond extend the life of Windows XP wasn't exactly something they could be proud of, eithe...
I love my Mac. And so does Ovi Files.
Like many of us at Nokia, I lead a double life. I'm a Thinkpad guy by day and a MacBook guy by night. — So you ask, how do you, Mister Ovi Files product manager, update that Word document you were ...
T-Mobile myTouch 3G storming retail stores today for $199.99 on contract
You knew good and well this day was coming, but if you're sick and tired of lusting after your proactive neighbor's myTouch 3G, today's your lucky day. The highly customizable HTC handset will be wid...
iPhone Claims 32 Percent of Handset Industry Operating Profits
With the iPhone, Apple is doing to the handset industry what it has done to the PC industry with the Mac: Claiming an inordinate share of profits relative to revenue. — Bernstein Research analyst To...
Other Companies Should Have To Read This Internal Netflix Presentation
Ever since Netflix's awesome vacation policy was revealed to the public (basically, there is no policy, it's take the time you think you need), the company's work policies have been of interest to peo...
Yahoo May Terminate Microsoft Search Ad Deal if Revenue per Search Lags Google
Yahoo may quash the Microsoft search ad deal if search engine giant Google's revenue-per-search query rate is higher than both Microsoft's and Yahoo's RPS rates. Microsoft will also hire 400 Yahoo em...
Here Come The Twitter Patent Lawsuits. TechRadium Files The First One.
Twitter is being sued again, and this time it isn't some angry baseball manager who doesn't like people impersonating him on the service. This time it is a little more serious. Twitter is being sued...
The Pirate Bay to be Traded on NASDAQ
Ever since Global Gaming Factory (GGF) announced that it would acquire The Pirate Bay and turn it into a legal file-sharing site, exact details on what will happen after the sale is completed have bee...
New in Labs: Hide labels, see subject lines on netbooks
Some time ago I bought a netbook. It's perfect in terms of portability, weight and space usage, but the natural drawback is the size of the screen. It's so small that sometimes I find it hard to rea...
Hot Story to Has-Been: Tracking News via Cyberspace
Like a lot of new ideas, Media Cloud started with a long-running argument among friends. Ethan Zuckerman and a handful of his colleagues at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law ...
RIM files for hybrid capacitive/ resistive Blackberry touchscreen patent
In the minds of hardcore touch phone fans the answer about which - resistive or capacitive - touchscreen technology is better, is already answered. And the clear winner is capacitive screen.
ESPN's Memo on Social Networking: Smells Like They're Cooking Up Some Changes
The kind folks at ESPN PR just passed along - without us even asking! - ESPN's ‘additional guidelines for social networking.’ The rules are printed after the jump. Guess our homework tonight is to f...
What Does KUTGW Mean?
The confusion has given rise to a number of resources that provide English translations for terms like WRUD ("What are you doing?") and TTYL ("Talk to you later")—among them independent Web sites like...
Banned App Store Developer Had Been Trying to Auction Off Business
Yesterday we reported on a MobileCrunch story about developer Khalid Shaikh, whose developer status was terminated by Apple over third-party intellectual property complaints, resulting in the removal ...
Open-Xchange Tries To Liberate Your Contact List
Hear that? It's the sound of servers in Switzerland sucking down information from social networking sites. — Open-Xchange, an open-source e-mail and collaboration software maker, has set up a test ...
Yang Is Gorilla in Room on Yahoo-Microsoft: Rich Jaroslovsky
Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) — Wall Street is jeering Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz for the deal she cut with Microsoft Corp. last week. The blame is misplaced. — Yahoo shares plummeted 12 ...
Google to Acquire On2 Technologies
CLIFTON PARK, NY and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (August 5, 2009) - On2 Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: ONT) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive ag...
Murdoch plans charge for all news websites by next summer
Times and Sun readers to pay as loss-making Murdoch declares end to free-for-all — The billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch suffered the indignity of seeing his global empire make a huge financial...
About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update
The Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update is recommended for Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard users and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. For detaile...
I didn't know that was there!
Here at Google Maps we're always looking for new ways to allow people to easily explore the world's information. Well, what could be easier than putting things right on the map? We've now added icon...
New in Labs: Hide labels, see subject lines on netbooks
Some time ago I bought a netbook. It's perfect in terms of portability, weight and space usage, but the natural drawback is the size of the screen. It's so small that sometimes I find it hard to rea...
Why consumers won't buy tablets
Rumors have it Apple is a month away from announcing a tablet computer. Another tablet, the Crunchpad, is also due for imminent release. These and other fine keyboardless computers get great play on...
Inside Twitter
An In-Depth Look at the 5% of Most Active Users — When Sysomos published its initial “Inside Twitter” report last month that looked at the people on Twitter and how it was being used, we discovered ...
You are SO unfollowed!
Whew, it's been a while since I've done a good old fashioned blog. I've been busy, though. Posting tons of videos, both on my personal site on Blip.tv as well as professional videos over on building...
Bad Apple?
By keeping tight-fisted control over its products, Apple has produced stellar results - but now it may be going too far. — During a trip to Silicon Valley on August 3, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowsk...
Why I believe in the link economy
The following is a guest column by Chris Ahearn, President, Media at Thomson Reuters. — “Do unto others” — It's a simple standard my mom taught me when I was a kid - yours probably taught it too. ...
Famed Choreographer Dies... Intellectual Property Lawyers Take Over?
A few years back, we wrote about the guy who claimed to have invented The Electric Slide sending DMCA takedown notices to people who put up videos of people (at weddings, for example) dancing the danc...
Handmark beats Microsoft to mobile app store
The countdown is well under way for Microsoft's Windows Mobile app store, called Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which is slated to arrive in early fall alongside the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating syst...
Arrington's CrunchPad Will Be ‘A Real Hit’, Says Best Buy Marketing Boss
Best Buy (BBY) chief marketing officer Barry Judge just met with the “chief blogger” at TechCrunch. Presumably, that's Michael Arrington. — Judge also took a peek at the CrunchPad, Arrington's Web-...
A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no
The blogosphere is abuzz over a newly publicized bug in Windows 7. I read about it yesterday on Chris123NT's blog, where it was described as a “critical bug in Windows 7 RTM.” The story picked up mo...