AFP - Technorati announced on Tuesday that it was laying off six employees and cutting pay for the remaining members of the blog search engine company. ....... Read more 6 days ago
Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright'
(AP)
AP - Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising. ....... Read more 5 days ago
CNBC: Zune Phone Is Real, Codenamed "Pink" [Rumor]
One of those rumors that won't ever die—the Zune phone—is now being touted by a reputable, legitimate news organization, CNBC. Jim Goldman (the guy that interviews Steve Jobs on CNBC afte ....... Read more 6 days ago
Cisco plans 4-day shutdown to cut costs
(AP)
AP - Cisco Systems Inc. will close most of its U.S. and Canadian offices for 4 days over the holidays as part of a plan to cut $1 billion in costs in the current fiscal year, the company said Tuesday. ....... Read more 6 days ago
Facebook targeted Web 2.0 start-up Twitter: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Social networking company Facebook recently held acquisition talks with Twitter, the micro-blogging company, the Financial Times said. ....... Read more 7 days ago
Sony's Crackle.com set to roll out new Web shows
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Web site owned by Sony Corp is expected on Monday to unveil a slew of new Internet programs in the latest move by a division of a major media company to bolster online entertainment. ....... Read more 8 days ago
Sprint Nextel's CDMA exec John Garia steps down
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. mobile service provider Sprint Nextel Corp said on Friday that the president of its CDMA business unit, John Garcia, is leaving the company. ....... Read more 10 days ago
10 Things to Know About Salesforce.com
These are reflections from having spent a few days at the annual Salesforce.com event, Dreamforce. We hope they are valuable to people who need an executive summary-level understanding of the company ....... Read more 11 days ago
A future without programming
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A few years ago, self-proclaimed nondeveloper Kevin Smith worked for a software company that tried to build a project tracking tool using Microsoft .Net. Some 15 developers spent a year wi ....... Read more 12 days ago
RebateStatus.com Files For Chapter 11, Your Rebate May Be Affected [Rebates]
One of the nation's largest rebate processing firms, CPG (RebateStatus.com) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What does that mean for you? Well, if you happened to mail-in a rebate form ....... Read more 12 days ago
IBM Buys Virtualization-Software company Transitive
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - IBM plans to buy Transitive to help its customers cut costs. Big Blue announced Tuesday that it will acquire the Los Gatos, Calif.-based virtualization-software company for an undisclosed ....... Read more 12 days ago
5 Tips for Startups and Entrepreneur's
That's the message venture capitalists at the Dow Jones VentureWire Technology Showcase in Redwood City CA today, are offering to entrepreneurs and startups. In the midst of one of the worst econom ....... Read more 13 days ago
Is exit of Yahoo's Jerry Yang too little, too late?
At long, long last, Jerry Yang is out at Yahoo. The company announced tonight that the co-founder who last year took over as CEO will be gone just as soon as a replacement can be found. As anyone kn ....... Read more 14 days ago