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| Europeana Goes Online and Is Then Overwhelmed |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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A new digital library of Europe’s cultural heritage crashed hours after it went online and will be out of operation for several weeks.
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Category: Computers and the Internet |
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| British Regulators Reject BBC Plan to Add Local Web Video News |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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The decision is a setback to the digital ambitions of the BBC, which has expanded aggressively on the Internet.
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Category: Computers and the Internet |
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| Cost Cutting Helps Dell Profit Exceed Forecasts |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Dell’s third quarter results showed just how challenging a restructuring can be in the middle of a severe economic slowdown.
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Category: Dell Inc|DELL|NASDAQ |
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| DVDs, Hollywood’s Profit Source, Are Sagging |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in Hollywood.
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Category: DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) |
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| Web Sites Wage Holiday Price Wars |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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As deserted malls and department stores struggle to court consumers with steep discounts, an even more ferocious price war is being waged online.
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Category: Computers and the Internet |
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| Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Hanging out online helps teenagers develop “technological skills and literacy,” a researcher on a new study said.
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Category: Social Networking (Internet) |
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| PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.
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Category: PC Magazine |
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| France Dominates Europe’s Digital Library |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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A new digital library, called Europeana, intends to showcase Europe’s history, literature, arts and science.
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Category: Libraries and Librarians |
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| Yahoo Bid Is Over, Microsoft Says |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Steven A. Ballmer’s stance may force Yahoo’s next chief executive to find another way to revive the company’s profit.
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Category: Yahoo Inc|YHOO|NASDAQ |
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| Arguments in Case Involving Net and Suicide |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Prosecutors began to present their side against a woman who they accuse of creating a phony account on MySpace to taunt a 13-year-old girl, in a highly unusual use of computer-fraud statutes.
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Category: Meier, Megan |
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| Domains | Will Wright: SimCity Living |
(Thu, 20 Nov 2008)
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Will Wright, designer of video games, including Spore and the best-selling PC game series ever, The Sims, lives in a 5,000-square-foot, two-story contemporary home in the Oakland Hills.
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Category: Wright, Will |
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| The Medium: Internet Man of Mystery |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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The cult hacker Virgil Griffith combines geekdom with a James Bond-like suaveness.
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Category: Griffith, Virgil |
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| The Screens Issue: If You Liked This, Sure to Love That |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Basement hackers and amateur mathematicians are competing to improve the program that Netflix uses to recommend DVDs — and to win $1 million in the process.
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Category: Netflix Incorporated|NFLX|NASDAQ |
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| Idea Lab: Becoming Screen Literate |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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How the moving image is upending the printed word.
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Category: Motion Pictures |
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| Now Comes the Hard Part as Yahoo Wrestles With a Question of Direction |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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Does Yahoo want to remain independent or should it sell some or all of itself to another Internet player?
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Category: Yahoo Inc|YHOO|NASDAQ |
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| DealBook: Another View: Mark Cuban Nabbed. So What? |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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The case shows that the “cop on the beat” is there to ensure the integrity of the markets. But is this something we should care about?
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| Hewlett-Packard Is Optimistic on Revenue and Profit |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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The company said business was not declining as quickly as it was at other tech companies, sending its shares up nearly 15 percent.
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Category: Hewlett-Packard Co|HPQ|NYSE |
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| Advertising: A Drink Backed by a Sports Hero (Wielding a Mean Game Controller) |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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Dr Pepper plans to announce that it will promote a video game player on bottles that it will distribute nationally.
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Category: Advertising and Marketing |
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| Exchange Rate Hurts Profit at Medtronic |
(Wed, 19 Nov 2008)
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Medtronic, the medical device maker, said that legal expenses and declining foreign exchange rates weighed down its quarterly profit.
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Category: Medtronic Inc|MDT|NYSE |
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| Bits: The Doctor Will See You Now - Online |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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American Well wants to re-invent the house call by allowing patients to visit doctors via Webcam.
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| Bits: What Yahoo Really Needs Is an Editor in Chief |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Instead of looking for the next Jack Welch, Yahoo would do better to find its Tina Brown or Clay Felker.
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| Bits: Google, the iPhone and Machines That Listen |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Google's voice search service for the iPhone may signify an inflection point -- speech recognition that is more useful than typing.
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