The Right Words: How to Ask for More Money
Data Portability: It's The New Walled Garden (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
The scuffle today between Facebook and Google has very little to do with user privacy and everything to do with user control. A huge battle is underway between Google, MySpace and Facebook around control of user profiles and, therefore, users themselves.
CBS to Purchase Online News Site CNet for $1.8 Billion
Microsoft joins '$100 laptop' project
Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first (Bruce Schneier/Guardian)
Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days.
Data Portability: It's The New Walled Garden
The scuffle today between Facebook and Google has very little to do with user privacy and everything to do with user control. A huge battle is underway between Google, MySpace and Facebook around control of user profiles and, therefore, users themselves. ...
Verizon chooses Linux over Google
Samsung's 12.1-inch OLED laptop concept makes us swoon
Filed under: Displays , Laptops As much as we would loath typing on that touch-sensitive, rigid keyboard, we're definitely geek-smitten by this ultra-thin, AMOLED laptop concept from Samsung SDI -- Sammy's display division. ...
Facebook has a point where it comes to your privacy (Robert Scoble/Scobleizer)
My ex-boss, John Furrier, goes after Facebook after Facebook blocked Google's Friend Connect from using its API to inport friends from Facebook into Google's Friend Connect. — I saw Dave Morin, who runs Facebook's developer platform, at Google's event Monday night.
Todd Bishop on Microsoft: Consoles: Xbox 360 tops PS3, but just barely
Disqus - After 5 Days on Disqus, I'm Turning Back to Wordpress Comments (Ryan Spoon)
I'm an avid reader of Fred Wilson's blog and was tempted to test-drive Disqus when Fred first integrated it onto his site. I finally decided to install it on my blog (which is powered by Wordpress) after Fred wrote his post “Three Reasons to Use Disqus”.
Google Translate adds 10 new languages... (Jeff Chin/Official Google Blog)
Jeff Chin / Official Google Blog:Google Translate adds 10 new languages... ...and that's great news any way you say it. Language is one of the biggest challenges we have in making information universally accessible. As part of the machine translation team within Google Research, I'm happy to report we've been hard at work to overcome this challenge.
MPC Corporation Announces First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Mom indicted in deadly MySpace hoax
Growing up online
Palm Treo 800w CDMA live pic shows up
An image purporting to be a prototype Palm Treo 800w in the wild has turned up , together with the news that the handset is also going under the moniker "Zeppelin". While little of the hardware has been confirmed, bar the fact that it's CDMA and that there's a microUSB plug (rather than miniUSB), ...
Rotary-Style iPhone
Jailbreaking your iPhone is the norm nowadays. I'm pretty sure no one with an iPhone would be caught dead without some sort of third-party application installed. If you're a fan of keeping it simple or kicking it old school, check out iDial, a rotary phone application for Apple's Jesus Phone. ...
CBS Logs In To CNET
Microsoft is joining low-cost laptop project
Lockheed beats Boeing to win $3.57B GPS contract
Structure 08 Schedule
The new field of Cloud Computing promises dramatic changes in how we do business. What technologies is the IT industry working on to solve this catch 22? We bring together a panel of experts from the best in database and data analytic companies to give you takeaways as to how best maximize your organizations ...
Video gaming sales up 47 pct, hitting $1.23 billion in April, fueled by Nintendo, GTA IV
Big Business Starts to Sour on Vista
Yahoo! Responds to Carl Icahn's Intention to Nominate Candidates ... (Business Wire)
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - News), a leading global Internet company, today sent the following letter in response to Carl Icahn's announcement regarding …
Treo 800 Prototype picture
Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
After a years-long dispute, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child said Thursday that they had reached an agreement to offer Windows on the organization's computers. — Microsoft long resisted joining …
Microsoft Joins Effort for Laptops for Children
Why Twitter Matters
It's easy to laugh at nonsense on Twitter, the microblogging rage. Market researchers look to it to scope out minute-by-minute trends. New crowds learned to communicate in haiku-length blog posts, even throwing in Web links with abbreviated addresses.
Responds to Carl Icahn's Intention to Nominate Candidates for Election to Yahoo!'s Board of Directors
Responds to Carl Icahn's Intention to Nominate Candidates for Election to Yahoo! Responds to Carl Icahn's Intention to Nominate Candidates for Election to Yahoo! Responds to Carl Icahn's Intention to Nominate Candidates for Election to Yahoo! We are in receipt of your letter with regard to your intention ...
BoomTown Decodes Carl Icahn's Letter to Yahoo! (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)
BoomTown's most favorite part of the Yahoo takeover circus? — The dueling letters, of course! How the lovely practice of missives has fallen out of favor, as soulless emails have grown in use. — Well, not in the land of hostile takeovers!
Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB SAS Hard Drive
Let's talk about SCSI for a moment. The disk interface which was once ubiquitous with high-end workstations and servers is now on the verge of obsolescence. With the influx of inexpensive and reliable Serial ATA hard disks and hardware SATA RAID controllers (which can provide excellent performance at ...
we won't be able to make OLED TVs in 2009, sorry
Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7
BitTorrent throttling is not a new phenomenon, but it is getting more attention lately, because the number of people who use BitTorrent keeps growing. Up until today however, there has been no reliable data that revealed the scope of it. ...
A Truck That Runs on Coffee Grounds (and How Wood-Gas Powers Cars With Garbage
A commenter on Ben's wood-powered truck post pointed us to a similar car hack. The truck above is also powered by a wood gas generator, except this one runs on coffee grounds. The gas is filtered on its way to the engine and, Viola, a caffeine-powered truck.
Amazon Kindle a $750 Million iPod-Like Business By 2010 (AMZN) (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)
The Kindle could contribute 3% of Amazon's overall revenue in two years, argues Citi analyst Mark Mahaney, who has a born-again relationship with the device. Combining device and book sales in an iPod/iTunes-like model …
The Promise and Peril of Ubiquitous Community
The following is also my column in next week's AdAge. Over the last five years I have been asked countless times: "Steve, what's the next hot online community?" It seems as though everybody is on the lookout for the successor to MySpace, Twitter or Facebook. ...
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked (Peter Svensson/Associated Press)
NEW YORK (AP) — Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.
The Social Network Wars Begin In Earnest: Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
Update: More details here. — Facebook is all about openness and data portability, as long as that doesn't involve openness or portability of data, it seems. — Today they wrote a long 7 paragraph blog post …
Anatomy of a rumor: The Atom-powered Newton iPhone (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 2.0)
As Winston Churchill might have put it, an Apple rumor can fly halfway around the world before truth has a chance to get its boots on. — Case in point: the iPhone mini-tablet story that broke Wednesday afternoon in Germany.
Thoughts on Privacy - As developers, you're probably curious ... (Charlie Cheever/Facebook Developers)
As developers, you're probably curious about the recent initiatives we and other companies in the industry have taken to help you build applications that let users take their information around the web. We wanted to give you a little more information on how we're thinking …
Text of Icahn's Letter to Yahoo Board
Dear Yahoo: You're Fired (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)
As expected, Carl Icahn presented an alternate slate of directors for the upcoming Yahoo shareholder meeting. The letter to Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock says it all: — Carl C. Icahn — ICAHN CAPITAL LP — 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor — New York, NY 10153
Comcast Lied to FCC, Blocks BitTorrent Traffic 24/7 (Ernesto/TorrentFreak)
BitTorrent throttling is not a new phenomenon, but it is getting more attention lately, because the number of people who use BitTorrent keeps growing. Up until today however, there has been no reliable data that revealed the scope of it.
How Apple is changing DRM (Guardian)
As more stores and record labels abandon digital rights management, Apple may have an alternative plan for subscription services, writes Tim Anderson — When Apple approached record companies about selling their music digitally five years ago, they …
Yahoo: I have seen the future of search, and it's ... a monkey? (Anthony Ha/VentureBeat)
As the corporate battle for control of Yahoo continues, the company's search team is working busily to make the target of all the backroom shenanigans (namely, Yahoo's search technology and web portal) more powerful by opening it up to third-party developers.
Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked
Of the 788 Comcast subscribers who participated in the study, 491, or 62 percent, had their connections blocked. Legislation also has been introduced in Congress to guarantee "Net Neutrality," or equal treatment of traffic by Internet service providers. "To ensure the best possible online experience ...
The Monkey is Out and the Challenge is On
Announcing the SearchMonkey Developer Challenge To foster innovation and creativity on the SearchMonkey platform, we're hosting a good old-fashioned competition. The SearchMonkey Developer Challenge will recognize innovative applications within four categories: Best Enhanced Result, Best Infobar, Most Innovative Use of Structured Data, Best Data Service, and Grand Prize (best over all categories). You have until June 14th to submit your applications for a chance to win up to $10,000. And don't forget to come kick things off with us this evening at the SearchMonkey Developer Launch Party .
Dear Yahoo: You're Fired
Update: Yahoo Responds As expected , Carl Icahn presented an alternate slate of directors for the upcoming Yahoo shareholder meeting. The letter to Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock says it all: Carl C. ...
Icahn Sends Open Letter to Board of Directors of Yahoo
It is irresponsible to hide behind management's more than overly optimistic financial forecasts. It is unconscionable that you have not allowed your shareholders to choose to accept an offer that represented a 72% premium over Yahoo's closing price of $19. I believe that a combination between Microsoft ...
Icahn Sends Open Letter to Board of Directors of Yahoo! (PR Newswire)
SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY Carl C. Icahn AND HIS AFFILIATES FROM THE STOCKHOLDERS OF YAHOO! INC. FOR USE AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING …
Amazon Kindle a $750 Million iPod-Like Business By 2010 (AMZN
The Kindle could contribute 3% of Amazon's overall revenue in two years, argues Citi analyst Mark Mahaney, who has a born-again relationship with the device. Combining device and book sales in an iPod/iTunes-like model, Mark says, the Kindle could add $750 million to Amazon's top line in 2010. The Kindle's ...
Demographics now available in YouTube Insight
Demographics now available in YouTube Insight
CBS To Acquire CNET For $1.8 Billion
"The core businesses of CNET Networks and CBS Interactive represent near perfect category symmetry in premium online content," Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive. And that symmetry is apparently worth about $1. ...
Icahn Proposes Dissident Yahoo Board
Ask.com Buying Lexico, Owner Of Dictionary.com (Greg Sterling/Search Engine Land)
In a move that is interesting and perhaps even surprising for several reasons, IAC/Ask is buying Lexico Publishing Group, which owns and operates “iconic” domains Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com.
CBS to buy CNET Networks
CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks in a deal valued at $1. The acquisition will make CBS one of the 10 most popular Internet companies in the United States, with a combined 54 million unique users per month, and about 200 million users worldwide, the companies said. It Would be nice to click on ...
Icahn Moves to Oust Yahoo Board (Lauren Pollock/Wall Street Journal)
Billionaire Hopes to Revive a Deal with Microsoft — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn officially launched a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo Inc.'s board, writing in a letter to Chairman Roy Bostock “the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally …
CBS-CNET: Interview: Leslie Moonves, CEO, CBS: 'Right Opportunity, Right Time, Right Price'
Just got off the phone with CBS CEO Leslie Moonves in his first interview following the announcement that CBS ( NYSE: CBS ) will acquire CNET ( NSDQ: CNET ) for $1.8 billion in cash. Moonves said CBS had looked at CNET for more than a year but initiated discussions only six-eight weeks ago. ...
Intel disclaims ZDNet report over larger iPhone or internet tablet (Jack Schofield/Guardian Unlimited)
The Mac rumour sites have been buzzing about the idea of a MID (Mobile Internet Device) that could be considered an ultramobile Mac or large iPhone, especially since it was apparently “confirmed” by Hannes Schwaderer from Intel Germany.
Why Twitter Matters
It's easy to laugh at nonsense on Twitter, the microblogging rage. Market researchers look to it to scope out minute-by-minute trends. New crowds learned to communicate in haiku-length blog posts, even throwing in Web links with abbreviated addresses.
PS3 Sales Top 12M Units, Compared to Wii and X360; Sony's Game Division Posts $1.24M Loss
The PlayStation 3 hardware has sold over 12.85 million units worldwide since its 2006 debut, Sony has revealed. The figures were included within its results for the 2007 fiscal year, which concluded on March 31, 2008. ...
CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. (PR Newswire)
CBS to Become a Top Ten U.S. Internet Company with Unparalleled Content and Reach, Boasting Approximately 200 Million Monthly Unique Users Worldwide — CNET Networks' CNET, ZDNet, GameSpot.com, TV.com, CNET News, UrbanBaby, BNET …
CBS to buy CNET Networks (Margaret Kane/CNET News.com)
CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks in a deal valued at $1.8 billion, the companies said Thursday. — The purchase price comes to $11.50 per share, representing a 44 percent premium over Wednesday's closing price of $7.95.
BREAKING: CBS Acquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion; 44.6 Percent Premium
CBS ( NYSE: CBS ) is acquiring CNET ( NSDQ: CNET ) for $1.8 billion in cash. The purchase price comes to $11.50 per share, representing a 44.6 percent premium over last night's closing price of $7.95. This is that big acquisition we've been waiting for from Quincy Smith's CBS Interactive, and from CNET's ...
CBS Buying CNET For $1.8 Billion; CBS Predicts $1 Billion Interactive ... (Peter Kafka/Silicon Alley Insider)
CBS will pay $11.50 a share for CNET. The all-cash deal represents a premium of 44% above the $7.95 CNET closed at yesterday. Will it be enough to satisfy JANA et al?
Fujitsu announces Intel Atom-based UMPC
Fujitsu has showcased its second generation 5.6-inch UMPC U2010 with Intel's 45nm Atom processor. The UMPC will focus on the high-end market with a price of NT$40,000 (US$1295.34) and will be launched in Taiwan in July. ...
CBS Acquiring CNET For $1.8 Billion; 44.6 Percent Premium (Joseph Weisenthal/paidContent.org)
CBS (NYSE: CBS) is acquiring CNET (NSDQ: CNET) for $1.8 billion in cash. The purchase price comes to $11.50 per share, representing a 44.6 percent premium over last night's closing price of $7.95.
Be sure to hide all your data first
This article appeared in the Guardian on Thursday May 15 2008 on p2 of the Technology news & features section. Last month a US court ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. Customs and Border Patrol has not published ...
