Archive for September 2007
Normally losing a wheel slows a car down, but when it comes to electric vehicles, running on just three might actually speed up their time to market. Two freshly funded vehicle startups — Aptera and Venture Vehicles — want to bring hybrid and electric … Read More »
Small-and medium-sized businesses are the hot target markets right now, whether it’s voice and broadband or web services. The biggest opportunity, however, seems to be in hosted email, as Yahoo’s (YHOO) $350 million bet on Zimbra and Google’s (GOOG) Apps initiative demonstrate. … Read More »
Small- and medium-sized businesses are the hot target markets right now, whether it’s voice and broadband or web services. The biggest opportunity, however, seems to be in hosted email, as Yahoo’s (YHOO) $350 million bet on Zimbra and Google’s (GOOG) Apps initiative demonstrate.
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Apple has officially announced the 2007 Insomnia Film Festival.
On Saturday, October 13 at promptly 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time), Apple will open the floodgates for all high school and college students to create a 3-minute film (using some parameters provided by Apple). The kicker? You have … Read More »
After being in beta for a long time, Peer-to-Peer TV sharing service, Joost is all set to go live. With over 50,000 beta downloads a week, Joost is hoping to achieve 2-to-3 million unique users by end of 2007, CEO Michael Volpi told Liz Gannes, … Read More »
Joost, the impeccably pedigreed, funded, and hyped Internet TV platform is releasing its software to the general public on Monday. For those of you beta testers (like us) who’ve griped about the reliability and usability of the application, the company promises a significantly upgraded client, … Read More »
Greg Linden, the founder of news aggregation service Findory is shutting down the service on November 1, 2007, according to a blog post on his personal blog. It is a shame!
Findory was riding the “information personalization” trend that is only going to gain importance … Read More »
Today has found some much needed down time so the lack of posting is to give Kevin and I some much needed rest. RestfuIl day aside I couldn’t … Read More »
When will American’s learn to stop worrying and love robots? That question must be echoing inside consumer robotics company iRobot (IRBT).
The Burlington, Mass., company went public nearly two years ago and its share price has spent much of last year below the $24 … Read More »
Google Earth’s bird’s-eye view of the globe is being used by environmentalists, concerned citizens, and yes, eco-bloggers, to map the effects of climate change, tag renewable energy plants, and point out environmental degradations of the land. Scientists, such as Dr. Jon Blower … Read More »
More Must Reads
The mess that Vista SP1 made of Miyagi, my Fujitsu P1610, just got worse and worse. I was getting a BSOD every 10 minutes or so and Miyagi was totally unusable as a result. It was evident I was going to have to rebuild the … Read More »
By Wagner James Au
Sep. 29, 2007, 9:15am PT
Forget about Zombies, Ninjas, or even Texas Hold ‘Em– if you’re looking for the Facebook game with the numbers that matter most, think more old school.
Facebook developers recently added a Daily Active Users metric to their Applications page, and those numbers drastically changed my thinking … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Sep. 29, 2007, 9:03am PT
A Long Wait is Over – The Chandler project, which has been building an open-source PIM with group collaboration and GTD baked in for quite a while, is out with their preview release, which they say is stable enough to trust your data to. … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Sep. 29, 2007, 2:00am PT
The world has a better glimpse into the bloody skirmishes between pro-democracy protesters and the military government in Myanmar, thanks to video sharing sites like YouTube.
Despite a reported government block on Internet access, people are getting pictures and video taken with mobile phones … Read More »
By Carleen Hawn
Sep. 28, 2007, 8:29pm PT
There are new data out on “pre-money” startup valuations, and it indicates that now is the time to raise money if your young company needs it. Why? Because “pre-money” valuations of startups — the base line value used by VCs to determine the smallest amount of … Read More »
Hayden Black, creator and star of nightly news satire Goodnight Burbank, has developed a wildly divergent series called Abigail’s “X-Rated” Teen Diary. This is the show we reported Black was developing for HBO, but the current incarnation does not appear to be affiliated with HBO. … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 28, 2007, 6:02pm PT
Guess who stopped by to give Yahooligans a little pep talk? Steve Jobs! He told the gathering of 300-odd Yahoo (YHOO) vice presidents that they can do anything. The company with one of the largest Internet user bases can do and achieve anything, he apparently … Read More »
The estimated shipping date of the HP 2710p Tablet PC was today but i received an email from HP today saying that the order might be delayed. A quick call to HP confirmed that they are now showing they won’t receive any 2710p’s until 10/3 next … Read More »
By Samuel Dean
Sep. 28, 2007, 4:00pm PT
A few posts back I made the point that many computer users, including lots of web workers, reach for Microsoft Excel to do much more than just standard spreadsheets. Many people reach for it as their preferred way to produce charts and graphics, or do … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Sep. 28, 2007, 2:57pm PT
Google Earth’s bird’s-eye view of the globe is not just a way to check out satellite pics of your crush’s apartment building (though we’re guilty of that one). The virtual space is being used by environmentalists, concerned citizens, and yes, eco-bloggers, to map the effects … Read More »
CBS today launched its EyeLab initiative, which will make more short clips of its popular TV shows available for people to watch and create mashups. On the one hand, CBS (CBS) should be applauded for its continued ballsy take on the web, which in addition … Read More »
By Adena DeMonte
Sep. 28, 2007, 1:26pm PT
On the road and need a wake-up call? Have no fear, Wakerupper is here! This free site lets you choose the date and time of your call; you can even type … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 28, 2007, 11:37am PT
By Stephanie Guertin
Sep. 28, 2007, 11:10am PT
I have a vintage 800MHz iMac G4. There, I’ve said it, and wow, does that sound strange and unpleasant to me. I love my iMac – remember those commercials where it stuck its ‘tongue’ out at the guy on the sidewalk? – … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Sep. 28, 2007, 11:00am PT
As you enter a career of being an independent web worker, you can hardly avoid negotiating contracts with potential clients. Inevitably, the first questions that will come up are “how much is this going to cost?” and the closely-related “how long is it going to take?” … Read More »
Quantics Partners with CinemaNow for PC-to-TV Streaming; customers of the video download service will be able to wirelessly stream content to TVs without buffering. (release)
“Will it Blend?” Moves Product; charming viral videos spur fivefold increase in blender sales for Blendtec. (Information Week)
The Podcast Network … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 28, 2007, 9:48am PT
For AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), it has become impossible to ignore one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets: India. The Wall Street Journal reports on a recent trip AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson took to India, in which he was looking to make a … Read More »
The camera has redefined humanity’s understanding of war. It all started with the hiring of Eadweard Muybridge by the U.S. Army to photograph the Lava Beds War against the Native American Modocs in 1872. Nearly a hundred years later, film footage from the front in Vietnam … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Sep. 28, 2007, 9:10am PT
By Om Malik
Sep. 28, 2007, 9:00am PT
While you can’t track individual stocks with this free app, STQ Lite 1.0 does show the major stock indices right on your home screen. If you’ve got room … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 28, 2007, 8:25am PT
There is supposed to be a big meeting today at Yahoo (YHOO) headquarters today, where the entire management will meet and discuss the company’s “grand plan.”
About 300-odd folks with titles that say vice president or something equally elevated will get into a room and … Read More »
You can’t say I didn’t give my Zune a fair shake. I bought it not long after launch, last November. Honestly, it’s a nice player but in reality, … Read More »
By Matt Radel
Sep. 28, 2007, 7:18am PT
It appears that Apple may have been telling the truth about unlocked iPhones and the software update not playing nice together. Jonathan Seff over at iPhone Central shares his tale – in which even a new SIM card couldn’t resurrect is iBrick. Even though some … Read More »
By Georgia Flight
Sep. 28, 2007, 6:45am PT
By Leo Babauta
Sep. 28, 2007, 6:06am PT
The Asus R2H UMPC has always been one of the most full-featured UMPCs out their even though its horsepower wasn’t that great. It was one of the first UMPCs with integrated GPS and the innovative design has always been a hit. Asus announced the refresh of … Read More »
Allan Horii, a reader and physician, sent me an email last night pointing me to a new Doctor in NYC who is set up to be a totally … Read More »
Is PowerPC Doomed? Nahhhh
apple.com, 9 May 1998 [via] Noted blogger and podcaster Daniel Eran Dilger writes today at Roughly Drafted on Leopard and the History and Future of Mac OS X on PowerPC. For those of you, like our own … Read More »