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The EFF tracks companies and their changing TOS agreements

The one document that just about everyone dreads reading, and most don’t,…

Steven Hodson

You want cyber security hire a top notch hacker

I use to tell software and web clients who where concerned about…

Steven Hodson

Homeless shoe shine man gets a break and social media had nothing to do with it.

On Thursday there was a story going around about a homeless shoe…

Steven Hodson

YouTube takes its first feature film presentation live

The movie “Home” is a 90 minute exploration of our world and…

Steven Hodson

This tweet brought to you by…

The usefulness of Twitter now stands to be further comprimised by new…

Kim LaCapria

Another who cares Hulu post – this time get your wallet ready

Over the last couple of days I’ve been seeing a couple of…

Steven Hodson

Intel acquires Wind River Systems for $844 million

Intel has announced that it will acquire Wind River Systems for $884…

Duncan Riley

Wanna buy some missile guidance chips or how about some nuke gear?

No this isn’t another Craigslist post but you’d never know it from…

Steven Hodson

From the “if it ain’t broke” files: Google Squared

Met with much head scratching, search engine king Google released a new…

Kim LaCapria

Microsoft’s Bing ads and the logic of a decision engine

It would seem that a part of that massive $100 million that…

Steven Hodson

Intel goes shopping, drops $884m on Wind River Systems

In a corporate-speak heavy press release this morning, Intel announced a “definitive…

Kim LaCapria

Any problems today? On Twitter #blamedrewscancer

Drew Olanoff, well known in the social media community through his work…

Duncan Riley

Digg’s new social advertising platform prices ads based on popularity

If you’ve got a Facebook account, you may have noticed the option…

Kim LaCapria

Google Squared: a reasonable start

Google has launched Google Squared, a rich search feature that is meant…

Duncan Riley

The New York Times tells staff … “Please don’t use TweetDeck”

As most hardcore Twitter users know, there is a very strong third…

Steven Hodson

Twitter from Windows Media Center

It seems these days there isn’t anything that you can’t post messages…

Steven Hodson

The straight scoop on how they came up with Bing

So everyone has had a chance to kick the tires of Microsoft’s…

Steven Hodson

Last.fm again denies snitching on us, CBS disses blogs

Sounding vaguely like a bunch of sleazy boyfriends, Last.fm & CBS want…

Kim LaCapria

Confirmed: Eminem Bruno Stunt was Staged

Although it made for some wildassed comedy, it’s been confirmed by one…

Duncan Riley

Twitter breaks the 80/20 rule, and other fun stats

So, Harvard Business did some Twitter number crunching and managed to slice…

Kim LaCapria

Sweet: YouTube coming to your TV!

In a small gathering of press this morning, YouTube unveiled YouTube XL…

Kim LaCapria

YouTube: 1 – UK’s PRS: 0 and kissing a lot of butt

Back in March Duncan wrote a post about how U.K’s Performing Rights…

Steven Hodson

Sweet: Sugar Inc raises $16 million Series C

Sugar Inc, the company behind a range of blogs including the popular…

Duncan Riley

Project Natal: Microsoft’s Playstation Killer

Microsoft has announced Project Natal, a Wii like sensing tool on steroids.…

Duncan Riley

Two men enter, one man leaves: Google promises e-book service by end of 2009

Today, Google announced plans to launch an e-book service by the end…

Kim LaCapria

Microsoft Bing: first impressions

Finally Microsoft’s latest foray into search, Bing, is live. Coming into the…

Duncan Riley

Grassroots crowdsourcing of pop culture

There is a lot written about the concept of crowdsourcing or as…

Steven Hodson

Sadly we bid a fond farewell to JR Raphael

Apparently the older you get, the quicker time flies. In that regard…

Duncan Riley

Church of Scientology kicked off of Wikipedia

In what The Register is calling an exclusive they are reporting that…

Steven Hodson

Microsoft Bing: Nice Legs, Shame about the Name

Microsoft has finally announced its worst kept secret: its new search engine…

Duncan Riley

Who cares what Hulu is doing…

I’ve been watching the fuss being made over the fact that Hulu…

Steven Hodson

There’s a tsunami coming to the web – Google Wave

After being involved with computers, software and the web for the better…

Steven Hodson

Topsy: a Twitter search engine that’s a good idea in theory only

Topsy is a new Twitter search engine/ meme tracker that offers Twitter…

Duncan Riley