- Report: eBay to end Live Auctions business
- CNET News - April 15, 2008
- As part of restructuring efforts, company plans to retire service enabling members to participate in real-world bidding, according to a Reuters article.
- Making magnetic particles by imitating bacteria
- CNET News - April 14, 2008
- Bacteria might not be able to drive a car or win at game shows, but they know how to make magnetic particles.
- Digital Trends Week In Review 04/11/08
- Digital Trends News - April 11, 2008
- Mitsubishi Intros New DLP and LCD TVs Mitsubish Digital Electronics America has announced a slew of new DLP and LCD high-definition televisions—seven new models in each category—and announced a nama for its new laser-powered televisi...
- EU Considers 6 Mo Data Retention Rule
- Digital Trends News - April 8, 2008
- The European Commission's Article 29 Data Protection working group has been examining how Internet search engine operators like Google, Yahoo, and WIndows Live search comply with European privacy regulations. The group's new report recommends that se...
- Can Sony get 50% market share for Blu-ray this year?
- CNET News - April 7, 2008
- According to an article in Digitimes, Sony is looking to capture 50 percent global market share for its Blu-ray products in 2008.
- RIAA: N.Y. judge's 'making available' ruling was no setback
- CNET News - April 3, 2008
- Recording Industry Association of America responds to my article from earlier this week, saying that a federal judge's recent ruling in New York was more of a win than a loss.
- 10 million Wikipedia articles, but missing China's contribution
- CNET News - March 31, 2008
- That's right, Wikipedia now has 10 million articles. But participation in this global brain-share is restricted in China.
- Wikipedia hits 10 million total articles
- CNET News - March 28, 2008
- Including entries in approximately 250 languages, user-created encyclopedia marks a milestone.
- Particle accelerator project sued on fears it will destroy the planet
- CNET News - March 28, 2008
- Europe's CERN laboratory is a defendant in a lawsuit that asks for more time to assess the safety of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest particle accelerator.
- Starbucks shocks by being too mainstream
- CNET News - March 19, 2008
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Starbucks shocks by being too mainstream -- Starbucks, mainstream? That's hard to believe.
Microformats (II): The limitations of microloans -- In an article in this week's New Yorker, James Surowiec...
- Wiki Boss In Money For Edit Furor
- Digital Trends News - March 13, 2008
- The BBC has reported that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has been accused by Jeffrey Merkey, the former chief scientist at Novell, of agreeing to edit Merkey’s Wikipedia page in exchange for a $5,000 donation to the Wikimedia Foundation.On a mai...
- Microsoft and Sony Getting Cozy on Blu-ray?
- Digital Trends News - March 7, 2008
- While a comment by a senior Sony executive set blogs alight Thursday afternoon with talk of Microsoft considering Blu-ray for the Xbox 360, Microsoft PR denied such plans later in the afternoon, casting doubt on when, or if, the console will move on ...
- 'Facebook music service' rumors start bubbling again
- CNET News - March 5, 2008
- An article in the Financial Times cites sources who say that Facebook is working towards a music retail system. Didn't we read this back in October?
- Fortune: Jobs hid cancer diagnosis for 9 months
- CNET News - March 4, 2008
- The thorny question of executive health and requirements for disclosure was raised this week by a Fortune article on Apple CEO Steve Jobs' decisions following a diagnosis of cancer in 2003.
- David Pogue downplays online safety challenges for kids and teens
- CNET News - March 3, 2008
- (parent.thesis) blogger Amy Tiemann critiques David Pogue's New York Times article "How Dangerous is the Internet for Children?" She asserts that his minimization of online risks is inaccurate and unhelpful.
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