Genentech's (And Apple Board Member) Arthur Levinson Leaves Google Board
Genentech chairman Arthur D. Levinson is resigning from Google's Board of Directors, the Mountain View company announced earlier this morning. His departure comes shortly after Google Chairman and CE...
Apple acknowledges Snow Leopard data loss issue
For the past month, some Mac OS X users have been reporting their personal data missing after logging into their guest accounts, and Apple now says it's working on finding a fix. — “We are aware of ...
Spotify competitor Deezer raises €6.5 million Series B round
[France] - Music search and discovery engine Deezer has raised €6.5 million in a second round of financing, bringing the total amount invested in the French upstart to approx. €12.2 million.
Next Firefox can detect computer orientation
(Credit: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET — The upcoming version 3.6 of Firefox will be able to tell if you're listing to starboard—and pass that information along to applications running in the...
Windows Vista: A Review Recap
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't so sure about how folks are going to respond to Windows 7. As Mary-Jo Foley says in a ZDNet blog post, Ballmer told Bloomberg that “The test feedback (on Windows 7) ...
Why Email No Longer Rules...
Services like Twitter, Facebook and Google Wave create a constant stream of interaction among users—for better or worse. — Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.
Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize
On Sunday night Larry Ellison took the stage at his annual event, Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, and came out swinging like a samurai warrior with a newly-sharpened sword. His main target: IBM.
Posterous Catches Friendfeed
Since it was acquired, I have basically abandoned Friendfeed. I love the service, but I am waiting to see how the team integrates it into Facebook. — Unsurprisingly, traffic to the Friendfeed site ...
Only 17 venture capital firms raise money in Q3 — fewest in 15 years
fewest in 15 years — Venture capitalists are a breed in decline. — Just 17 venture capital firms raised new funds in the third quarter of 2009, the smallest number of number of firms in any quarter...
Glam steals Yahoo's head of display advertising, Josh Jacobs
Glam, the fast growing content and ad network for women, has hired away Josh Jacobs, a top advertising executive from Yahoo. — The move is significant because Jacobs was Yahoo's top executive for on...
‘Amateur’ IBM brings down Air New Zealand
Mainframe power failure strands thousands — The boss of Air New Zealand has launched an astonishing attack on IBM after a catastrophic system crash crippled the airline and left passengers stranded....
The $1.5 billion scramble for Vente Privee by Gilt, eBay and Amazon
[France] On stage at last year's Le Web an argument broke out between co-founder Loic Le Meur and TechCrunch's Michael Arrington over whether Europe was capable of producing a ‘big win’ Web company ...
Training to Climb an Everest of Digital Data
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — It is a rare criticism of elite American university students that they do not think big enough. But that is exactly the complaint from some of the largest technology companies...
T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Ditch Their Contracts for Free
T-Mobile's initial apologia to Sidekick users grieving their lost data was a joke. A month of free data service? To access what? Now they've manned up, giving affected customers something they migh...
LG Unveils Solar Powered E-Book Reader
If we were stuck on a desert island with only one book, this recently unveiled solar e-book would be at the top of our list! Designed by LG Display, the sleek reader features a wafer-fin photovoltaic...
100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words
in its own words — It's almost a truism in the tech world that copyright owners reflexively oppose new inventions that do (or might) disrupt existing business models. But how many techies actually k...
Microsoft's Ad Blitz Targets Wrong Enemy
REDMOND, Wash. (TheStreet) — Within the last year, Microsoft(MSFT Quote) has been Jerry Seinfeld's pal, a PC, a party planner and a four-year-old girl. It has been a costly identity crisis. — It ha...
Industry heavyweights demand fewer standards bodies
The CTOs of some of the word's leading IT&T vendors - including Cisco and Microsoft - and some of the largest telcos - including BT, NTT and Telstra - have joined forces in a bid to rationalise what t...