Posted about 20 hours ago on The Official Google Blog
Whenever we release a product in beta as we just did with Google Chrome, we can always count on our users to come up with ways to improve it. This week's example: several eagle-eyed users and bloggers have expressed concern that Section 11 of…
Posted about 22 hours ago on TechCrunch
As online advertising spending continues its meteoric rise -- the Wall Street Journal is reporting a healthy gain of 20 percent in the second quarter alone -- not every form of advertising is enjoying such success. In fact, as economic tro…
Posted about 18 hours ago on TechCrunch
Until today Google was saying Google Analytics would not track Chrome usage for some time. Today they added Chrome tracking, allowing site owners to see how many of their users are coming to the site from the Chrome Browser. Clicky continue…
Posted about 19 hours ago on CNET
Ever wanted to put your documents in the cloud without having to do all the heavy lifting? Docstoc now offers a way to sync your local docs with what's online.
Posted about 23 hours ago on Hardware 2.0
Important news for Sony VAIO TZ owners:
Posted about 23 hours ago on Reflections of a Newsosaur
Total newspaper advertising revenues fell by $3 billion in the first six months of this year to $18.8 billion, the lowest level in a dozen years, according to data published today by the Newspaper Association of America. The record 14% sales…
Posted about 10 hours ago on CNET
Filmmaker plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical release.
Posted about 22 hours ago on Boy Genius Report
Literally, on fire. Sony, along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a recall on its TZ-Series laptop. The TZ100 series, Z200 series, TZ300 and TZ2000 series bought from July 2007- August 2008, to be exact. No overhea…
Posted about 20 hours ago on Apple 2.0
One of the unintended consequences of the success of the iPhone is that it has rendered the classic iPod and its diminutive sisters — the nano and the shuffle — nearly irrelevant. What do you need a second MP3 player for if you’ve already got…
Posted about 13 hours ago on VentureBeat
The Holodeck is a holographic simulation room made popular by the show Star Trek: The Next Generation. Basically, it allowed humans to interact with virtual environments in the ways we interact with the real world: Our senses. While we’re now…
Posted about 13 hours ago on Gizmodo
Besides the slick and probably expensive editing designed to make Jerry Seinfeld look like the more awkward of the pair, there's not a whole lot of special effects in this clip. In fact, there's not really a whole lot of anything, including l…
Posted about 2 hours ago on Wall Street Journal
Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell its factories world-wide.
Posted about 10 hours ago on TechCrunch
So the tech and geek crowd is a little underwhelmed by the new $300 million Microsoft advertising campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld that kicked off tonight. It's mostly content free, with just one mention of Microsoft near the end. It's a far…
Posted about 21 hours ago on TechCrunch
280 North, the Y Combinator-backed startup that brought you slideshow maker 280 Slides, has released a programming language and set of frameworks collectively known as Cappuccino that can be used to create rich web applications in the same …
Posted about 18 hours ago on TechCrunch
Yahoo's already crushed stock price has fallen further today - its down 8.36% since this morning, bringing it to a nearly five year low of $17.75. Yahoo has been as high as $34 in the last year (thanks to that Microsoft takeover bid), which m…