AC/DC downloads hit 400,000 prior to physical only release

AC/DC has hit new highs this week, but their own stubbornness means that they may miss out from the record numbers. According to TorrentFreak, a leak of the forthcoming AC/DC album Black Ice, due to be released October ... continue

Artwitter.com offers an Arabic interface for Twitter

Twitter is popular outside the United States, but so far Twitter has been slack in offering true international support, at least outside of Japan. Character recognition isn't an issue for Twitter, but interface language and support for languages ... continue

Why Apple selling HD Televisions makes sense

CNet reported Friday a rumor from Jason Calacanis that Apple was working on networked televisions. The end result would be Apple's monitors with a television tuner and the functionality of the Apple TV built into the set ... continue

The Inquisitr is now in the Technorati Top 1000

I'm pleased to announce that at some stage in the last 24 hours, The Inquisitr has entered the top 1000 blogs on the planet according to Technorati. As I write this, The Inquisitr is ranked at 995th. ... continue

Fact check: bloggers divide into negative and positive camps

Hard economic times are already having a noticeable effect on the tech blogosphere, with bloggers dividing into camps split between negative (doom and gloom) and positive camps. We've been covering both sides here at The Inquisitr, sometimes ... continue

YouTube vs Hulu: Game On

YouTube is to start offering full length television shows in a direct challenge to the NBC/ News owned Hulu. The initial roll out will include shows from CBS, including The Young and the Restless, 90210, Dexter and ... continue

Mahalo now officially a blog

Jason Calacanis has relaunched "human search engine" Mahalo as a gigantic blog targeting news that drives traffic in any vertical. The new Mahalo adopts the magazine style layout currently popular in the blogosophere, aggregating news stories in a ... continue

Web advertising to continue growth during recession: analysts

Three sets of analysts reports out this week indicate that web advertising will continue to grow, despite the onset of a recession and the end of the second web bubble. The bad news in the reports is that ... continue

Seesmic lays off an additional seven employees

Tough times. Tough decisions.also read my blog post http://www.loiclemeur.com/english/2008/10/tough-times-tou.html Social video service Seesmic has announced further job cuts today, in what founder Loic LeMeur describes as a getting "Seesmic ready for what most are anticipating to be a ... continue

Angler catches Corpse-Eating Mutant Fish

A British angler investigating reports of a man eating fish has caught one in the wild. The goonch can grow to six foot (1.8m), and regularly weighs more than 160 pounds (70kg). The fish lives in the Great ... continue

Google Maps gets contextual text advertising

Google has quietly added contextual based text advertising to Google Maps. The ads appear at the base of the map after a search. CNet explains: Some searches, such as those for taxi, restaurant, or hotel, show a blue-background text ... continue

New Twilight Trailer

A new Twilight trailer has been released in the lead up to the much hyped film's debut in cinemas November 21. Twilight is an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's 2005 best-selling novel of the same name. Directed by ... continue