YouTube Selling Ads Against Less Than 3% of Videos
2008-07-23
We know Google’s YouTube is a tough sell for advertisers. But video site’s sales team may be having an even tougher time than recent reports suggest. YouTube sales manager Brian Cusack says YouTube is able to sell ads against “less than 3%” of the total videos on the site. more...

Staying Power: The Case For Two Resilient Tech Stocks
2008-07-23
Attention, bargain hunters: Two technology darlings are on sale at steep summer discounts, Apple and Google . more...

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone
2008-07-23
The single best feature in Apple 's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the "App Store," a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone and on its close cousin, the iPod Touch. more...

Talk of Chief's Health Weighs on Apple's Share Price
2008-07-23
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Rumors of Steven P. Jobs ’s ill health have been greatly exaggerated. That is what Mr. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been telling a number of his associates, even as concerns about his health have weighed on the company’s stock price. more...

Phone Giants Fight to Keep Subscribers
2008-07-23
With millions of people snapping up the iPhone , AT&T , the exclusive carrier for the popular phone, should be quite pleased with the stream of revenue it can expect from customers. more...

Apple's Forecast Sets Off a Stock Slide
2008-07-23
News that Apple expects thinner profit margins sent shares of the consumer electronics maker plummeting on July 22. more...

Rockers' ode to Obama to hit internet
2008-07-23
WEB VIDEO | Star-studded project to hit Internet 'in about 10 days' more...

BSkyB tunes up for digital music battle with Apple
2008-07-23
BSkyB has unveiled plans to take on Apple's iTunes with a new subscription-based digital music service, with packages likely to be priced around £10 a month. more...

Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
2008-07-23
Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. more...

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone
2008-07-23
The single best feature in Apple 's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the "App Store," a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone and on its close cousin, the iPod Touch. more...

BSkyB tunes up for digital music battle with Apple
2008-07-23
BSkyB has unveiled plans to take on Apple's iTunes with a new subscription-based digital music service, with packages likely to be priced around £10 a month. more...

Network-Management Filings from Comcast, Free Press
2008-07-22
Free Press tells FCC Comcast waived arguments against commission's jurisdiction; Comcast says network-management practices not discriminatory. more...

Rambler Launching TV/Movie Downloads Site, A 'Russian Hulu'
2008-07-22
Russia’s third-placed search and portal operator Rambler is to launch a major TV and movie site - described to me as a “Russian Hulu” - as the basis of its video advertising effort, as Russia’s broadband population booms. more...

Groups urge FCC to keep the Internet open
2008-07-22
Seek support for net neutrality rules and an end to interference from broadband providers. more...

At FCC broadband hearing, speeches but no consensus
2008-07-22
Telecom regulators met in Pittsburgh but with few ground rules, causing the discussion to meander haphazardly from spam and porn to privacy, Net neutrality, computer prices, and copyright infringement. more...

The World's a Stage for Interactive Entertainment as Creativity Glows
2008-07-23
For a gamer or someone who is merely curious about the future of interactive entertainment, there is still no place better than E3, the annual game industry conference in Los Angeles. more...

Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
2008-07-23
Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. more...

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone
2008-07-23
The single best feature in Apple 's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the "App Store," a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone and on its close cousin, the iPod Touch. more...

Too blogged down to follow the crowd
2008-07-23
With each passing day, I am aware that I am 24 hours closer to death and 24 hours closer to blogging. more...

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone
2008-07-23
The single best feature in Apple 's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the "App Store," a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone and on its close cousin, the iPod Touch. more...

At Fortune Braintech Conference, Players Out toPlay
2008-07-22
One of the reasons my posting has been sporadic is because I am currently attending Fortune’s Braintech Conference, which is being held at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay. more...

San Francisco's Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network
2008-07-23
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the administrative passwords to the city's multimillion dollar wide area network. more...

Rambler Launching TV/Movie Downloads Site, A 'Russian Hulu'
2008-07-22
Russia’s third-placed search and portal operator Rambler is to launch a major TV and movie site - described to me as a “Russian Hulu” - as the basis of its video advertising effort, as Russia’s broadband population booms. more...

MPAA Doubletalk On FCC Request To Block DVR Recordings
2008-07-22
You may recall back in June we wrote about the MPAA's petition to the FCC to block DVR recordings of certain movies by removing a restriction on "Selectable Output Control" (SOC), allowing it to set rules that forbid recording. more...

Vodafone: A Bad Omen for Europe?
2008-07-23
When Finnish handset maker Nokia (NOK) came in with better than expected quarterly results on July 17, the telecom sector was encouraged. Sales and shipments of Nokia's handsets were up. Just as important, a big part of the Finnish company's growth in the quarter came from Nokia Siemens Networks, its joint venture in telecom equipment with Siemens (SI). Sales for the network business surged 18% in the quarter, to more than $6.34 billion. The market took that as an indication demand remained strong for mobile handsets, despite economic uncertainty, and telcos would still put money into building and upgrading wireless networks. more...

Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard
2008-07-23
Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. more...

Phone Giants Fight to Keep Subscribers
2008-07-23
With millions of people snapping up the iPhone , AT&T , the exclusive carrier for the popular phone, should be quite pleased with the stream of revenue it can expect from customers. more...

Analysts expect AT&T to offset land-line losses with wireless customers
2008-07-23
Can AT&T Inc. sign up enough cellphone customers to offset the loss of traditional telephone lines? more...

Talk of Chief's Health Weighs on Apple's Share Price
2008-07-23
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Rumors of Steven P. Jobs ’s ill health have been greatly exaggerated. That is what Mr. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been telling a number of his associates, even as concerns about his health have weighed on the company’s stock price. more...

Staying Power: The Case For Two Resilient Tech Stocks
2008-07-23
Attention, bargain hunters: Two technology darlings are on sale at steep summer discounts, Apple and Google . more...

A Shopping Trip To the App Store For Your iPhone
2008-07-23
The single best feature in Apple 's second-generation iPhone 3G isn't the increased speed or the GPS location-finding feature. It is something called the "App Store," a clever distribution mechanism for third-party programs that can run on the iPhone and on its close cousin, the iPod Touch. more...