Microsoft said Monday that it is adding a new licensing option, this one dubbed Select Plus and targeted largely at midsize firms.
The program’s two main attractions are the fact that it is not tied to a specific term and it makes it easier for different subsidiaries of a …
Original post by Ina Fried and software […]
FriendFeed's new iPhone app is now hand and eye-friendly.
(Credit: FriendFeed)
Here are some news tidbits from today that were too small to fill out entire posts. We’ve grouped together three that are worth your time.
FriendFeed puts out an iPhone app. Social aggregator FriendFeed has launched an iPhone-friendly version of its news feed (http://friendfeed.com/i). Previously users had […]
In the wee hours of August 1, the moon and the sun will pass each other for a breathtaking full solar eclipse, but U.S. residents won’t be able to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon because of their location on the planet.
San Francisco’s Exploratorium science museum …
Original post by Holly Jackson and software by Elliott […]
The Gateway notebook roll-out is official. Sony’s is not. Gateway Computer announced three lines of notebook PCs on Monday, while Circuit City prematurely posted images of upcoming Sony notebooks.
Gateway 14-inch T6836
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Gateway rolled out three notebooks targeted at students. The P series desktop replacement comes with …
Original post by Brooke […]
Warner Music Group, the third largest music label, will license music to Nokia’s Comes With Music service, a Warner Music spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
Nokia now only lacks EMI’s participation in the service, which offers unlimited free access to music for a full year.
During that time, users will …
Original post by Greg Sandoval and software by Elliott […]
Warner Music Group, the third largest music label, will license music to Nokia’s Comes With Music Service, a Warner Music spokeswoman confirmed Monday
Nokia now only lacks EMI’s participation in the service, which offers unlimited free access to music for a full year.
During that time, users will
…
Original post by Greg Sandoval and software by Elliott […]
A site that’s slipped through the cracks of our coverage is Time Inc.’s upcoming service Maghound. It’s best described as a cross between a beer-of-the-month club and Netflix.
For a relatively low monthly fee, you’ll be able to pick out certain magazines you want to receive, and they’ll show up on your doorstep for you […]
A few months ago, spam came to Google Calendar. Now, phishing has arrived.
Intrepid Google watcher Philipp Lenssen wrote late last week about being the target of a phishing attempt via Google Calendar.
He received an e-mail to his Gmail account with a reference to a legitimate event from his …
Original post by Elinor Mills […]
The Yamaha YSP-3050 boasts a small–but important–upgrade to the YSP-3000
(Credit: Yamaaha)
When CNET reviewed the Yamaha YSP-3000 Digital Sound Projector, we singled out its “limited video capabilities” as one of the main shortfalls of the virtual surround speaker system. Yamaha must have listened, because the company has just unveiled an upgraded version that addresses that very […]
The makers of World of Warcraft are offering players of the online role-playing game an optional layer of security in the form of an electronic token device called Blizzard Authenticator designed to prevent unauthorized access to an account.
The lightweight device, which fits on a keyring, provides a unique, one-time …
Original post by Elinor Mills […]
The makers of World of Warcraft are offering players of the online role-playing game an optional layer of security in the form of an electronic token device called Blizzard Authenticator designed to prevent unauthorized access to an account.
The lightweight device, which fits on a keyring, provides a unique, one-time …
Original post by Elinor Mills […]
As has been repeatedly rumored, Silicon Valley legend Marc Andreessen will be taking a seat on Facebook’s board of directors. In a press release issued Monday afternoon, the veteran entrepreneur–co-founder of Netscape, former CTO of AOL, and now co-founder of social site Ning–was announced as the board’s fourth member. He’ll join Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg […]
Is Sprint Nextel on the comeback trail?
That’s the buzz on various Web sites like The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com, as rumors fly that Verizon Wireless and AT&T executives say they are seeing fewer numbers ported from the struggling Sprint to their own networks.
The rumors …
Original post by Marguerite Reardon and software by Elliott Back
The people have spoken: Netflix will not be eliminating user profiles, the account feature that lets you split movie rentals among separate queues for a household. The company had announced the removal of profiles earlier this month, much to user dismay.
“As someone who enjoys helping his 4-year-old daughter manage her one-DVD-at-a-time, G-rated sub-account, I identified […]
Who said you couldn’t bring the Web to TV? Slide’s absurdly popular social-network application “SuperPoke” is coming to a new platform: MTV Networks’ VH1, as part of a promotion for its new reality show, “I Love Money.”
In a cross-promotional advertising deal, “actions” related to VH1’s schlocky reality shows “Flavor of Love,” “Rock of Love,” and […]
CBS announced Monday it completed its $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET Networks, setting the stage for expanding its CBS Interactive division into five categories.
Under the acquisition, CBS Interactive will include such categories as technology, entertainment, sports, news, and business. The division will be headed up by Quincy Smith, …
Original post by Dawn Kawamoto and […]
The fact that both California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom have added their names to the Tesla Roadster waiting list shows a serious Golden State commitment to the green technology behind the $100,000 sports car. On Monday, the company returned some of the love by …
Original post by Kara Tsuboi and […]
This week social news site Digg is launching a new way for users to find new stories by adding a new recommendation engine that will suggest things for users to read in the upcoming story section based on past site usage. It will take into account what other people similar to yourself are digging on […]
Apture is a new tool for bloggers to add a little more context to their posts. Like Yahoo’s Shortcuts it will go over what you’ve written and add little pop-ups in places where you link to other sites or media items from around the Web. The big difference is that Apture can either do all […]
A follow-up to my previous post on Qbox: they fixed whatever was preventing the player from playing songs embedded in MySpace pages, and I can now happily recommend it anybody who frequently listens to music on MySpace, Bebo, or YouTube.
As the Qplayer plays this Sigur Ros video from YouTube, I can conduct a search for […]
