Monthly Archives: May 2008
Live from Berkman@10: The Future of the Internet
Here I am live at the Berkman@10 conference at Harvard, an event that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Berkman Center for Internet and...
CBS to Buy Web Publisher CNET for $1.8B
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS said on Thursday it would buy web media company CNET Networks for about $1.8 billion to boost the television...
Yahoo Search Security Beta Draws Complaints
The beta version of Yahoo's SearchScan security feature has come under fire for false positives and other mistakes.SearchScan is the result of a partnership...
SEC to Propose XBRL Mandate
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted May 14 to formally propose requiring U.S. public companies to file their financial reports using Extensible Business Reporting...
Icahn Pledges Proxy Fight for Yahoo-Microsoft Merger
Carl Icahn is once again coming to wrest control of a public company from its leaders.The billionaire investor, a hero to investors who feel...
HP Fixing XP SP3 Problems
Hewlett-Packard is working to fix the problems that affected customers who attempted to install Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 on desktops based on...
Adobe Delivers Flash Player 10 Beta
Adobe Systems has released a public beta of Flash Player 10, the next release of the company's Flash Player rich Internet technology, code-named Astro.San...
Why Are There So Few Women Tech Entrepreneurs?
In a March 26 report, BusinessWeek showcased the best young entrepreneurs in tech, all aged 30 and under and considered the "most likely to...
Cox, Comcast Accused of More BitTorrent Blocking
Comcast and Cox Communications are blocking BitTorrent traffic throughout all hours of the day, according to a report by Germany's Max Planck Institute. The...
RedPrairie Facilitates End-to-End Flow of Goods
RedPrairie, which makes supply chain optimization technology, is launching its E2e supply chain execution suite.The company announced the suite May 7 at its RedShift...