ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we report on President Obama's (non)-use of Twitter, take a look at the past decade in the media industry, review the latest stat (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
It appears that the time for freemium music services in the US has passed. Earlier this week streaming music site Imeem sold to MySpace for under $10 million dollars while laying off a large number of staff. For a company wit (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Windows only: Most people use torrent sites like Mininova or The Pirate Bay to search for torrents online, but free program TorrentFetcher lets you search straight from a desktop program and quickly start the transfer in your (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Editor's note: we offer our long-term sponsors the opportunity to write 'Sponsor Posts' and tell their story. These posts are clearly marked as written by sponsors, but we also want them to be useful and interesting to our re (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In the wake of a leak of an international trade agreement on online file-sharing and copyright violation, U.S. House representatives are introducing legislation to curtail the greatest of American freedoms: the illegal downlo (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
HP Labs has joined the race to build an infrastructure for the emerging Internet of Things. The giant computing and IT services company has announced a project that aims to be a "Central Nervous System for the Earth" (CeNSE). (Read More)
Environment - stories: popular:
NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to launch an interactive research website called "Be A Martian" that allows users to explore Mars online. Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program that is run by...read more. (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Windows only: We've talked about ways to portscan your computer before, but if you're looking for a simpler solution to secure your connection, free utility MyPorts shows you what open ports are being actively used and which (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Windows only: We've talked about ways to portscan your computer before, but if you're looking for a simpler solution to secure your connection, free utility MyPorts shows you what open ports are being actively used and which (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Windows only: If you're a fan of Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus (and many of you are) but not a fan of the pesky Windows Update, MSE Update Utility will keep your virus definitions up to date without Windows' unwante (Read More)
Environment - stories: popular:
Wu Feng, associate professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech, is one of 38 recipients worldwide to receive the NVIDIA Professor Partnership Program Award.NVIDIA Research explores c (Read More)
TechCrunch:
[Spain] Though I’m dying to browse around and mingle at FICOD, “Feria Internacional de Contenidos Digitales”, or International Digital Content Fair for you, a friend told me it would be nearly criminal not to at least mention (Read More)
Microsoft Silverlight content:
Introducing the Silverlight Podcast series, which we’ll use to go deep on features and projects. In this first installment, Silverlight Senior Product Manager David Sayed and IIS Senior Program Manager Chris Knowlton talk abo (Read More)
Tech & Biz - stories: popular:
Microsoft Office 2003 is a very diverse program since it contains so many different elements, from word processing to mail management. And since it is so diverse it can be somewhat difficult to learn to use all of it in a rea (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Time and time again, people tell me that they've bought an external hard drive to backup their pictures, music, and documents. Great, right? Sadly, that's not always the case. There's one simple rule about backups that everyb (Read More)
readwriteweb:
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has embarked on a trip through Africa on behalf of the non-profit Web Foundation - which today announced two new projects. The Web Foundation exists to bridge the 'digital divide' (Read More)
TechCrunch:
This guest post was written by Steve Poland, a former TechCrunch writer working on his soon-to-launch start-up InSeconds that allows sites to easily customize each visitor’s experience, resulting in optimized revenue for each (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
We've added a couple of more events to this week's events guide. You can download the entire event calendar in iCal format or import it into your Google Calendar. You can also import individual events using the link beside ea (Read More)
Lifehacker:
Mac only: A few weeks ago we detailed how to add Facebook events to your Google Calendar, but if you're an iCal user, free utility EventSync is a good alternative, especially if you want to filter which events are synced. Upo (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, and internet marketing nerd. He currently runs a seed-stage investme (Read More)