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Three years ago today, Steve and I stood out in front of our offices and jokingly crowned ourselves the burger kings of media. We'd just made headlines by joining with Google in our shared goal of or...
Sex, conference calls, and outdated FCC rules
Last month AT&T complained to the FCC about our policy of restricting outbound Google Voice calls to phone numbers in a small number of “rural” areas, just as other Internet applications do. — The r...
A Library to Last Forever
“THE fundamental reasons why the electric car has not attained the popularity it deserves are (1) The failure of the manufacturers to properly educate the general public regarding the wonderful utilit...
Netflix boss says DVD has two years left
Buzz up! — The days of building your precious DVD collection may be coming to an end sooner than you think. If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' comments are any guide, the DVD era may be set to come to a...
Yahoo vigorously denies charges that it turned over user names to Iran
Oct. 9, 8:08 am PST - Further details on the sources of this story: My source informs me that this information was obtained by the Iranian Student Solidarity Organization, a group of 30,000 (according...
New in Google Squared: quality improvements, sorting and exporting
Today we're launching a number of improvements to the amount and quality of information you can find with Google Squared, as well as new tools to sort and export the data. — As we explained when we ...
Snow Leopard bug threatens user data, reports claim
Warning, warning: The latest Snow Leopard bug seems to threaten all your data, and it seems back-up has become essential, while Apple explores if the bug is just an isolated outbreak or a more serious...
What The Associated Press is saying to Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo
“I'm not saying Google's an enemy, all right?” the chief executive of The Associated Press, Tom Curley, was telling a few people in Hong Kong on Tuesday. “I'm saying they were brilliant, and we didn'...
The “WiFi At Conferences” Problem
Why does WiFi work so poorly at tech conferences? — Marcus GriepI assume that WiFi wasn't really designed to handle a big ballroom with 2000 people, all trying to connect with their laptops and cell...
Facebook ‘poke’ leads to woman's arrest
A Hendersonville woman was arrested for virtually “poking” someone on the social networking site Facebook. — Shannon D. Jackson, 36, was arrested Friday, Sept. 25 for allegedly violating an order of...
Wikileaks plans to make the Web a leakier place
IDG News Service - Wikileaks.org, the online clearinghouse for leaked documents, is working on a plan to make the Web leakier by enabling newspapers, human rights organizations, criminal investigators...
Gates Foundation mulls nationwide fiber-optic wiring
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has estimated it would cost $5 billion to $10 billion to wire the nation's “anchor institutions” with fiber-optic cable. — The Seattle-based charity filed an anal...
Ray Ozzie's New Social Lab: What It Means For Enterprise 2.0
Now that Ray Ozzie has stepped into the ring with the news that Microsoft is launching a full on social lab, it's clear that the Enterprise 2.0 movement is moving into a new phase. — Now comes the q...
Retraction: Yahoo and Iran
Overnight one of our bloggers, Richard Koman, reported that Yahoo handed over user names to the Iranian government. We're retracting the blog post. Here's what went wrong. — First, the post was ba...
A Central Place for All Your Google Files
Google Sites added some new features: integration with Picasa Web Albums, feeds, custom templates. — The “insert” dialog from Google Sites is Google's first attempt to aggregate the user generated d...
Unboxing the Windows 7 Launch Party kit
My Windows 7 Launch Party kit is finally here! As you may recall, I was selected to host one of these Windows 7 Launch Parties. I'm so lucky. — Oh, man, look at all this stuff. Streamers, balloon...
Comcast Set To Launch ‘HomePoint’ - Integrated VoIP, router and handset
Insiders at Comcast inform Broadband Reports that the cable giant is gearing up to launch a new VoIP phone handset system dubbed Homepoint. While the website for the service is already available …
Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The Semantic Web Has Arrived and the Obama Administration is “Onboard”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has been on a quest for several years for the adoption of something he has coined the semantic Web — a data-rich, interconne...
TomTom iPhone Car Kit returns to UK Apple Store, awaits drama
It's back. After making a horrendous false start with the early promise of iPod touch support and the inclusion of the iPhone App in its £100 price tag, the TomTom Car Kit has returned to the Apple S...
Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat
Vulnerability identifier: APSB09-15 — Platform: All — Adobe is planning to release an update for Adobe Reader 9.1.3 and Acrobat 9.1.3, Adobe Reader 8.1.6 and Acrobat 8.1.6 for Windows, Macintosh a...
Spammers Newest Tactic: YouTube Video Spam
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have recorded a mass mailing of spam emails containing a link to a video advertisement on YouTube. Although in the past, spammers have have attempted to lure people into ...
Nokia announces official Qt port to Maemo 5
Developers will be able to target the Nokia N900 and upcoming Maemo and Symbian devices. — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the creation of the official Qt port to Maemo 5 and published an ini...
J.D. Power: iPhone is No. 1, again
Consumers and business users alike prefer it over the BlackBerry — Here's a bullet point you can expect to see at Steve Jobs' next keynote. — Apple's (AAPL) iPhone has once again come in first in...
Hearst Launches Web Aggregation Site, Too: “Let Me Know”
Hearst is launching a new aggregation site today, LMK.com (Let Me Know), which aims to be a comprehensive source of information for a number of topics. — The first focus is college football. Next u...
Taiwan memory module makers brace for NAND flash shortage
Taiwan-based memory module houses are moving to diversify their NAND flash suppliers to minimize procurement risk, according to industry sources. NAND flash supply has reportedly become tighter as ma...