Jul 30, 2009

readwriteweb EBay is working on software to replace the guts of Skype but is worried that it may not succeed, may lose a court battle with Skype's founders over rights to the core technology and may need to do something drastic some time over the next few years. The company said in a regulatory filing yesterday that if the company fail (Read More)

May 07, 2009

ReadWriteWeb 1. Is this your first venture?2. Are you really an entrepreneur?3. Does your venture involve something you understand really well?4. Can your mother understand the value proposition?5. Can you see the right wave?6. What does your startup want to be when it grows up?7. Starting a company is hard and uncertain.8. Get a partne (Read More)

May 06, 2009

digg.com: Stories / Technology / Popular Today we’re rolling out the long-awaited release of Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect allows Facebook’s 200+ million members to login and start Digging and commenting right away. -Kevin. (Read More)

May 06, 2009

ReadWriteWeb A little startup called Bit.ly has unseated TinyURL as the default link shortening service on Twitter. This isn't just about shortening links, though. "The truth about Bit.ly," enterprise software analyst James Governor said today, "is that its not a URL shortener, its a trend management and metrics platform."The key idea (Read More)

May 02, 2009

FriendFeed pjbeyer i agree completely with my cousin... i hope the #savechuck campaign worked! - RT @renagerie: BTW, Heroes finale? Lame. Chuck finale? Rocked. (Read More)

Apr 27, 2009

FriendFeed pjbeyer i really love the NBC show #Chuck ... great geek culture references... join the #savechuck campaign and watch tonight... http://bit.ly/di0LJ. (Read More)

Apr 27, 2009

Submitted by Solacetech: This just might be unprecedented. Have we’ve seen anybody else use their own site To keep their paycheck alive?. (Read More)

Apr 03, 2009

Engadget We've been tracking MIT professor Angela Belcher's attempt to build batteries and nano-electronics from viruses since 2006. Scientifically speaking, the so-called "virus" is actually a bacteriophage, a virus that preys only on bacteria while leaving humans of diminishing scientific knowledge alone to doubt that claim. Now, (Read More)

Apr 02, 2009

ReadWriteWeb Can you believe that using social networking sites at work can increase your workplace productivity? A new study just published by Australian scientists found that taking time to visit websites of personal interest, including news sites and YouTube, provided workers a mental break that ultimately increased their ability to (Read More)

Apr 03, 2009

TechCrunch Here’s a heck of a rumor that we’ve sourced from two separate people close to the negotiations: Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter. We don’t know the price but can assume its well, well north of the $250 million valuation that they saw in their recent funding. Twitter turned down an offer to be bought b (Read More)

Apr 02, 2009

Digg spuds Brevity is the soul of wit. At least, that's what Shakespeare tried to teach us - and he wasn't particularly brief about it. What would the poet have thought of Twitter, where every joke is 140 characters or less? We'll take a look at the funniest people on Twitter, the folks who put the "wit" in "twit," and the people larg (Read More)

Apr 02, 2009

webworkerdaily Written by Eric Berlin.Whether you help run a web-based startup, are a member of an online production team, or earn your living in part by understanding how things get done on the web, it’s important to get a sense of how the most innovative Internet companies create their products and build their businesses today.Even thou (Read More)

Apr 01, 2009

PC World Community : All Content - News Discussion These tech products and services may be forgotten, but they're far from gone. How have these geezers managed to hang on for so long?. (Read More)

Mar 30, 2009

Engadget Though not quite as extravagant as checking into a space motel, booking a stay in the Hotelicopter is pretty stupendous. Hailed as the world's first flying hotel, the Soviet-made Mil V-12 has been extended and completely renovated since being purchased in 2004, and starting this summer, it'll host 18 decidedly affluent indi (Read More)

Mar 20, 2009

Profy.Com Today CampaignMonitor has published results of their latest initiative - survey of email clients usage. To make it possible they simply tracked all the emails generated by their users and how recipients opened such emails. The results are rather interesting: while I knew that Outlook was supposed to have the largest share, (Read More)

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