Archive for September 24th, 2008

‘Mad Men’ star leads Yahoo’s pitch to Madison Avenue

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Actor Jon Hamm joined CEO Jerry Yang and president Sue Decker in the launch of the “APT by Yahoo” ad platform, which promises to clean up the display advertising process for advertisers, publishers, and agencies.

Ning closes in on 500,000 social networks

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Ning co-founder and CEO Gina Bianchini said that her company is gaining traction, minting a new social network every 30 seconds.

The Android era begins with T-Mobile’s G1

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

T-Mobile’s unveiling of the first phone powered by Google’s Android software will be only the beginning of a long effort to rewrite the rules of the mobile communications industry.

Google releases final Android programming kit

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The new software developer kit can be used to produce software for T-Mobile’s G1 and other Android phones to come later.

Skyfire mobile browser bulks up for open beta

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Skyfire releases its beta to all Windows Mobile users and upgrades it with features grown-up enough to rival Opera Mobile browser.

Senator warns of DTV-transition ‘crisis’

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

At the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the DTV transition from analog to digital, a powerful senator warns of a potential crisis.

Oh it’s on: Amazon MP3 vs. iTunes

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

Oh it’s on: Amazon MP3 vs. iTunes–Amazon.com’s DRM-free store is coming to T-Mobile’s G1. And now that Amazon is starting to expand its presence, Don Reisinger thinks the real battle is about to begin with iTunes.

Qualcomm CEO discusses genesis of Google phone–Paul Jacobs talks about how his company’s chip got into the first Google phone.

Son of NASA astronaut happy to blast off with the Russians–A video game developer from Austin says he’s not afraid of a Soyuz bumpy landing.

A second router protects adults from kids

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Installing a second router on your home network can segment the adult computers from those used by children.

Skype spam on the rise

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Perhaps enterprise instant-messaging services will bring enterprise-level protection to public IM networks.

Need to leave Silicon Valley? Here are some options

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

For those who need to leave California for any reason, recent research suggests that there are plenty of other great places to live in the United States.