Does RockMelt (a new social browser coming tomorrow) have the right startup philosophy?
CEO Eric Vishria and CTO Tim Howes of RockMelt invited me over on Friday to see a new browser. Who is behind this? Marc Andreessen. The guy who started Netscape. He, and a bunch of other interesti...
Will Diapers.com buy prove taxing for Amazon.com?
Amazon.com is reportedly poised to buy household-goods retailer Quidsi, the parent of Diapers.com, on Monday for $540 million in cash and debt. — In so doing, the giant online retailer looks set to ...
Gap Promo Shows Location Deals Need Work
We wrote recently about a Pew Research Center report that showed how location-sharing “check in” services such as Foursquare still have a ways to go before they become anything close to mainstream, an...
Extendergate: What an obscure hardware glitch says about Microsoft's future
A few days ago, some Windows Media Center enthusiasts got a rude shock, as Linksys DMA2100 and DMA2200 extender devices suddenly stopped working. I read initial reports of this issue on Friday and co...
AOL hires advisers for options, eyes Yahoo: report
(Reuters) - AOL Inc is exploring strategic options, which include a possible tie-up with Yahoo Inc, and has retained financial advisers to do so, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing unn...
The Facebook Skeletons Come Out
AMONG the many firsts in the 2010 elections, it is safe to assume that the following words had never before been uttered about a future member of Congress, “This is a candidate who is probably best kn...
4chan Founder Is Not a Fan of ‘Chubbies’
This week, 4chan's 22-year-old founder, Christopher Poole (AKA “Moot"), held an extensive Q&A with users of 4chan's /b/ message board. The discussion ranged from technical details, to the rewards of ...
Dell Venue Pro To Launch Through Microsoft November 8th, Through Dell November 15th
Updated: Updated the post to include the internal image verifying the release dates! — The Dell Venue Pro will be available from Microsoft on November 8th and from Dell on November 15th according …
Oracle cooks up free and premium JVMs
Don't sweat the price. You'll pay in other ways — QCon San Francisco 2010 Oracle will deliver two Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) based on the OpenJDK project - one free and the other paid. — That's...
In Whitman and Fiorina, Candidacies That Did Not Compute
Jonathan Weber writes a column for The Bay Citizen. — The candidates from Silicon Valley lost big in the California elections Tuesday. Meg Whitman, the former eBay chief executive, was trounced in ...
National Unfriend Day: Jimmy Kimmel Announces New Holiday With William Shatner (VIDEO)
“Remember five years ago when no one had Facebook and you didn't know what the guy you took high school biology with was having for lunch?” Jimmy Kimmel asked the audience on his show last night.