Will Amazon make a tablet? ‘Stay tuned,’ says Jeff Bezos
Asked today about the possibility of Amazon launching a multipurpose tablet device, the company's president and CEO Jeff Bezos said to “stay tuned” on the company's plans. In an interview at Consumer...
Hulu, Networks Close To New Deal
Hulu and its network TV owners are close to a new deal that will keep programs from NBC, Fox and ABC on the Web video site. — An agreement to extend the content licenses that owners News Corp., Disn...
The Ballmer Days Are Over
Disclaimer: I own Microsoft stock. Yes, this is not pro-Microsoft but I feel the need to be very open about this. — He's employee number 30 and has been with Microsoft since mid-1980. In 2000, aft...
Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google
THE DAILY BEAST ON: — The social network secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about the search giant, The Daily Beast's Dan Lyons reveals—a caper that is blowing up in their face, and ...
Why Facebook Needs Sheryl Sandberg
Mark Zuckerberg's No. 2 provides “adult supervision” at the company, trying to keep growth at an optimum level — On a Tuesday afternoon in late April, 30 managers of Facebook's various business unit...
Twitter Updates Mac Client With Multiple Timelines, Cleaner Design, Auto-Complete And More
Twitter for Mac, which launched earlier this year with the rollout of Apple's Mac App Store, is getting its first major update today. — Besides a design update, you can now see multiple timelines …
Is Comcast blocking the Pirate Bay? (updated: it isn't just Comcast)
We've received numerous reports this morning from users indicating that good 'ol Comcast is at it again. Word on the web is that Comcast ISP subscribers are unable to access torrent site the Pirate B...
Cloud computing pioneer Martin Odersky takes wraps off his new company Typesafe
Eight years ago, German programmer Martin Odersky developed a new computer language he hoped would be an alternative to the venerable Java — one that would let applications scale easily to handle huge...
How Amazon Controls Ecommerce (Slides)
When you think about ecommerce, you think about Amazon. But how did a company that started with online books come to dominate an estimated one third of ecommerce in the U.S.? In the 72 slides above,...
Intel working on new Atom chip architecture
Intel is working on a new Atom chip architecture that goes beyond the 3D transistors announced last week as the chip giant accelerates development of its most power-efficient chip design. — The new ...
Long antitrust saga ends for Microsoft
Microsoft has spent 21 years — more than half its lifetime — fighting antitrust battles with the U.S. government. Both sides will finally be at peace Thursday, when an antitrust consent decree expire...
Apple Explores Keyboards using an Advanced Air Feedback System
This appears to be the year of the keyboard. Apple began the year working on several keyboard projects including one involving a leap to a next generation virtual keyboard system for desktops while w...
Group Commerce Raises More Funding to Ramp Up Daily Deals Platform for Publishers
New York-based Group Commerce, which came out of stealth only two months ago, has raised an additional $10 million in funding to help quickly ramp up a platform that enables publishers and media partn...
Facebook adds new user security features
Facebook is launching several new security features today designed to protect users from malware and from getting their accounts hijacked. — First, the site will display warnings when users are abou...
WikiLeaks Threatens Its Own Leakers With $20 Million Penalty
Julian Assange. Photo: Wikimedia Commons — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange now makes his associates sign a draconian nondisclosure agreement that, among other things, asserts that the organization...
New York Times' Share of Newspaper Sites' Traffic Hits 12-Month Low
April Was a Quieter Month for News Than March, but Other Newspaper Sites Maintained Traffic Better — The paywall introduced by The New York Times at the end of March is hurting traffic to its websit...
CBSNews.com to debut social show 'What's Trending'
Next week, CBSNews.com will debut a new show called “What's Trending” that bridges a live, weekly webcast with social media interaction. “What's Trending fills the gap as a broadcast show for the int...