For anyone who is beginning to tire of the three-months-and-counting Microhoo buyout drama, get those “thank you” cards prepped for six key people, should a deal get done this weekend, say sources familiar with the negotiations.
Some of these folks you’d expect to be heavily involved in wooing Yahoo’s investor base …
(Credit: Zune.net)A reader of a site dedicated to Zune news has posted photos of what are claimed to be new features at Zune’s Marketplace, including flash animation and a new video section.
The photos were posted at Zunerama.com and are said to be of flash animation …
NEW YORK–Verizon Wireless wants to make music.
Or at least it wants to help record labels and artists make music. More importantly, it wants to provide new, innovative ways for them to make money from the music they create.
Ed Ruth, director of digital music for Verizon, gives a tour …
The ease with which holes in antivirus software can be discovered and the insidiousness of invisible scripts that can track your Web surfing were two of the notable talks at the BlueHat hacker sessions Microsoft held Friday on its Redmond, Wash., campus, according to a veteran attendee.
The invitation-only event, …
Congratulations, Larry Ellison, you’re No. 1!
Forbes, as it does every year, has released its list of top executive salaries. In the overall list as well as the technology category, Ellison, the Oracle chief exec and billionaire yachtsman, was tops with total 2007 compensation at $192.9 million.
2007 …
The Wii Fit, when it made its debut last year: There was no mention of moms in the demo.
(Credit: Caroline McCarthy/CNET Networks)
If this report is true, then some marketing executives are even more out of touch with reality than we thought. And that’s saying a lot.
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Personal data for more than 6,000 UCSF patients was exposed online for more than three months last year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The news is troubling on multiple levels. First off, it poses the risk that sensitive health information could be used against those patients by employers, …
The Federal Communications Commission capped a subsidy program that helps fund cell phone coverage in rural areas.
In a 3-2 vote on Thursday, the FCC said it would limit payments to wireless carriers seeking funds from the Universal Service Fund to help subsidize the cost of providing cell phone service …
The flat-panel TV industry is coming of age in the U.S. at a less-than-desirable time.
As energy costs, food prices, and mortgage defaults are on the rise, the first things to go for many consumers are luxury buys. Tightening one’s budget can mean ruling out the purchase of …
Is this the BlackBerry Kickstart?
(Credit: Boy Genius Report)
Hey now! There’s an interesting story coming out the Boy Genius Report (BGR) that’s creating a lot of buzz among the cell phone community. According to BGR, Research in Motion will release a BlackBerry, codenamed “Kickstart,” with a flip …