Brad Stone / Bits:
BitTorrent Sacks Half Its Staff — As an open-source technology protocol, the file-sharing system BitTorrent is going strong, representing about half the world's Internet traffic by some measures. But the San Francisco company, BitTorrent, is showing signs of serious trouble while it tries to commercialize the technology.
A new study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reports bullies may enjoy seeing someone else in pain. Dr. Benjamin Lahey, a psychologist at the University of Chicago was the lead researcher in a study published...
Web 2.0 conference organizer John Battelle asked MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe if MySpace Music planned to would build a digital music player to rival the iPod. "It's possible,"said DeWolfe.
Macworld Lab tests the new top-of-the-line MacBook Air to see if its upgraded internals really make a difference when it comes to speed.
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. (Credit: Eric Risberg/AP) Forget about swapping party pictures on Facebook and other “gee-whiz stuff,” says former Vice President Al Gore. “The...
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Friday, November 7, 2008 Source: Langley Research Center - Comments More than 150 Mars atmosphere experts from the U.S., Canada and Europe will be in Williamsburg, Va., for a NASA sponsored...
It only took Google about three days to recognize, examine and fix the vulnerability that allowed Android phones to be 'jailbroken', and users should see the fix (update RC30) pushed to their phones ...
ODF Toolkit Announced - by Soulskill (40% noise) View Skip Sweetshark writes “IBM and Sun joined at the 2008 OpenOffice.org conference in Beijing to announce the ODF Toolkit Union. The ODF Toolkit project will be independent of...
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract — Mark Papermaster says in court papers that the two tech vendors are not direct competitors. — Apple's newly appointed chief of iPod and iPhone engineering said his move to Cupertino does not violate a non-compete contract he signed …
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc plans to buy rural phone company Centennial Communications Corp for $944 million in cash to expand its wireless network in Puerto Rico and other regions of the United States.
Company to provide support for systems used in new generation of rockets WASHINGTON - NASA said Friday it awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $667.3 million contract to provide support for systems used in its new generation of...
Every one of us knows someone with cancer. Somehow scientists just havent been able to find out what causes this terrible disease, until now. Some scientists have decoded all the genes of a person with cancer and found a set of...
Microsoft Channel Chief Allison Watson says partners will have plenty of opportunties to add value around Windows 7, and moving their customers to Vista now will offer the best route to the next version of Windows.
A judge has granted IBM's preliminary injunction aimed at preventing former executive Mark Papermaster from reporting for duty as Apple's new iPhone leader. Apple hired Papermaster as the new head of iPhone and iPod development...
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Barclays Cuts FY Q1 iPhone Forecast; Sees Ultra-Portable Macbook, Possible Phone Price Cuts In 2009 — The latest cautionary comment from the Street on the prospects for Apple (AAPL) iPhone sales for the December quarter comes from Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
The Cash Panic Sweeping The VC Industry — Why have VC firms and PE firms clamped down on investments so fast? Why are they shouting from the rooftops that portfolio companies had better start cutting costs immediately? — Well, for one thing, because they're not boneheads.
Here’s a brief rundown of the week that was from your friendly family of bloggers in Ottawa, Canada. Below you’ll find news from our WinMo and mobile entertainment blogs, with a bunch of great BlackBerry Cool content after the...
Paleontologists say there are no signs of dinosaur tracks at a remote spot along the Utah-Arizona border that was previously described by University of Utah geologists as a "dinosaur dance floor" for its density of tracks.
Much has been said about the masterful use of social media by the Obama campaign.
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