Things are getting exciting and the mud-slinging continues. Nothing like big companies going at each other to make a Friday more exciting. Google intends to be a bidder in wireless auctions for the 700 MHz spectrum, and their new proposal doesn’t sit well with … Read More »
Archive for July 2007
Prerollr Now Revlayer, the technology that allows people to put ads on embedded videos still controversial with no mechanism to pay creators. (VentureBeat) YouTube Updates Player, allows for creators and programmers to plug in a series of favorites to run in sequence as well as the … Read More »
I can’t help it. Even though Safari has a nicer looking UI, and the most recent Windows update is leaking memory like a sieve, I keep running Firefox as my primary Web browser. Why? Because no other browser has managed to give me anything like the … Read More »
At 12:01 a.m. on Saturday the last in the Harry Potter heptalogy will be released. And it looks like they might catch the guy who supposedly leaked the latest Harry Potter installment online. I for one am planning on reading Deathly Hallows … Read More »
In response to some of the *valuable feedback* you’ve given us since our “3-month report card”:http://gigaom.com/view/give-found-read-a, we’d like to begin producing a week-long serial on Found|READ. Each Friday, we’ll promote a topic and ask for RfPs–a.ka. submissions–on a particular topic. Readers can submit … Read More »
When I say "happy" that’s just a guess on my part. Craig Pringle mentions a recent situation where he and his friend Lee had one too many pints. … Read More »
If you have been following the drama around the 700 MHz wireless spectrums, then you know a lot of mud has been flung around by all parties involved: FCC’s Kevin Martin, The Google Camp, Frontline Wireless, and of course the incumbents, … Read More »
The past couple of weeks I’ve been really missing the Sony U71 (don’t worry Ron, I’m not going to ask for it back). I have spent quite some time trying to … Read More »
Not since Purple Rain has Minnesota been so artfully chronicled in motion pictures as it is on Minnesota Stories, which celebrated its second blogiversary this week. A daily videoblog, it features all sorts of great content from, in, and about the Land of Ten … Read More »
In an apparent attempt to earn even less money than they do now, Hollywood writers, long at loggerheads with studio execs over contract terms, might start jumping into the notoriously fickle online media marketplace once their contract terms expire. Hello frying pan. Meet the fire. Screenwriters … Read More »
BusinessWeek put together a fantastic and informative article on Nokia yesterday: what a great read this morning. Although I’ve used the loaner N80 and N800, I really don’t know much … Read More »
If you’ve been waiting for a cheaper way to become one of the UMPC anointed you better hit Woot! up pretty fast. They have refurbished Samsung Q1s up for grabs for just $650. These refurbished units come with a 90 day warranty and have these … Read More »