Thursday: March 4, 2010
- Samsung pulls the curtain back on Internet-capable fridge.
A fancy new Internet-enabled refrigerator will set you back about two grand according to this Yahoo article. Your cold cuts can finally have their very own spot on the information superhighway. Welcome to the future.
Tuesday: March 2, 2010
- Hacking popular ticket sites may land you with several unfriendly charges.
What kind of charges you ask? Well there is conspiracy, wire fraud and unauthorized computer access for starters. According to the source article that wire fraud charge carries a twenty year prison sentence.
Monday: March 1, 2010
- Ten of the all-time greatest free downloads and services according to PC World.
I find it a little strange that Spybot: Search and Destroy isn't on this list. On almost every PC I've ever had to troubleshoot I usually start by running a scan of Spybot to get a quick glance at what's going on.
Thursday: February 25, 2010
- Apple would like you to know that they've hit the ten billionth download.
The downloader of said billionth song is the lucky recipient of a $10,000 iTunes gift card. Try not to spend it all one place (gift card is also good for app store purchases as well).
Wednesday: February 24, 2010
- Always wanted to know what your face reveals about your overall health?
According to Chinese medicine and this article, your face is a window to your health. Turns out that your face can provide subtle and not-so-subtle clues about all kinds of particular ailments.
Friday: February 19, 2010
- Ten year search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo finalized and approved by regulators.
Microsoft is hoping to give Google some viable competition with this new deal. Also, Yahoo's search will soon be powered by Microsoft perhaps spawning an even sillier name for a search engine like Bahoo or YaBing. One last point, both names are actually sounds (try it, YAHOO... BING!).
Tuesday: February 16, 2010
- Google decides to modify Buzz platform after some specific privacy issues come to light.
And before Google made the latest changes, who's in those circles could easily be exposed to others without the user even realizing it. Suddenly your boss could discover that you've been corresponding with a rival company that happens to have some job openings.
Monday: February 8, 2010
- Google will probably make over a billion via online advertising this year.
In display advertising, Google lags behind Yahoo!, which had revenue of $6.5 billion in 2009 that was generated largely from its display ads. Google has tried to catch up in part through acquisitions. Two of the biggest were aimed at the display ad market.
Friday: January 29, 2010
- Nintendo President not impressed with the new iPad at all.
Satoru Iwata would have liked more 'surprises' from Apple in regards to their latest product. Also, he doesn't think that 3D video gaming (a la Avatar) will ever catch on. Now go buy a Nintendo DS.
Tuesday: January 26, 2010
- AOL decides to acquire an Internet video firm for $36.5 million.
AOL is looking to do a stronger nationwide video push across their numerous web properties. I guess they are banking on this video thing really taking off on the Interwebs. Anything is possible right?
Monday: January 11, 2010
- LEGO announces forray into multiplayer online games in the near future.
'Think World of Warcraft, Second Life and Club Penguin all wrapped into one,' said lead producer Chris Sherland of NetDevil, the Colorado-based game development company behind Lego Universe.
Tuesday: December 29, 2009
- GPS device manages to strand couple in Oregon for three days.
In the town of Silver Lake, the unit told them to turn right on Forest Service Road 28, and they followed that and some spur roads nearly 35 miles before getting stuck in about 1 1/2 feet of snow near Thompson Reservoir, the sheriff said.
Thursday: December 10, 2009
- Variety to start charging for their online news in the very near future.
I'd like to consider myself a bit of a movie nerd so I'll check out Variety.com from time to time to see what's going on in tinsel town. I don't think I'll be handing over my credit card to them anytime soon to read their news though, sorry.
Tuesday: December 8, 2009
- Yahoo decides to launch an online privacy tool for all of us consumers
In the past, users were able to rejected targeted ads, but they weren't able to edit and modify their personal preferences — for instance, saying 'no' only to ads for video games or ads with a health focus.
Friday: November 13, 2009
- Intel decides to settle up with AMD to the tune of $1.25 billion.
But even before Thursday, AMD's complaints had their desired effect: Antitrust regulators in several countries have filed cases against Intel based on AMD's accusations — cases that won't disappear because of the settlement.
Monday: October 26, 2009
- So long, GeoCities. Yahoo closes up shop on the service for good.
Ah, GeoCities - one of the first places I went to for free web hosting when I was learning all about this thing called the world wide web many years ago. Thanks for the memories and that fine ad-supported hosting you once provided.
Tuesday: September 29, 2009
- CNN pulls the curtain back on their very own iPhone app.
All of the latest and greatest breaking news can be on your iPhone, but you'll have to pay $1.99 first.
Friday: September 18, 2009
- Coca-Cola and IBM take the titles for world's most valuable brands.
The remaining brands in the top five all lost value but retained their ranks from last year. Microsoft's brand value fell 4 percent to $56.64 billion to take third, while General Electric's value fell 10 percent to $47.77 billion for fourth. Nokia lost 3 percent to place fifth at $34.86 billion.
Wednesday: September 9, 2009
- Want to know why today's date is so special? Yahoo is here to help.
As the final numeral, the number nine holds special rank. It is associated with forgiveness, compassion and success on the positive side as well as arrogance and self-righteousness on the negative, according to numerologists.
Tuesday: September 8, 2009
- A handy list of America's most stressful cities just for you.
Chicago takes the cake for most stressful while Los Angeles gets the silver. New York City grabs third place.
Friday: September 4, 2009
- Some video games you can play that may help you relieve some unwanted stress.
I am a huge Peggle addict, there I admitted it. The iPhone version is a joy to play.
Tuesday: August 18, 2009
- Find out which search engine you really prefer with a blind taste test.
An neat experiment to see happens when you remove branding from popular search engines.
Thursday: August 6, 2009
- Microsoft decides to bring on 400 people over from Yahoo.
This little tidbit was part of their recent partnership. Good news for Yahoo employees, I guess.
Wednesday: August 5, 2009
- Turns out that Yahoo has an escape clause from Microsoft deal.
...Yahoo declined to comment on the exact number for revenue per search or market share that would trigger the escape clause. Microsoft is planning to guarantee Yahoo's revenue per search for 18 months following the completion of the deal...
Wednesday: July 29, 2009
- Details of new Microsoft Yahoo partnership to be announced in the near future.
According to the article, Yahoo keeps it's advertisers but their search engine might be powered by Bing.
Wednesday: July 22, 2009
- Yahoo's new homepage not as exciting as some would have hoped.
Users will notice a difference and there are features which will make life simpler. But there's nothing here to cause swarms of new users to Yahoo.
Tuesday: July 21, 2009
- Yahoo to pull the curtain back on a redesigned homepage tomorrow.
Screen shots of the redesign, which have been widely circulating on the Internet, show a customizable toolbar on the left of the page, which allows users to choose from their favorite third-party applications.
Thursday: July 16, 2009
- Yahoo still number one in some areas that aren't search engine related.
Good for them. There are also some interesting usage stats in the article as well.
Monday: July 6, 2009
- Yahoo's next data center to be powered by Niagara Falls?
Western New York has been courting big data centres thanks to the relatively cheap electricity it can generate from Niagara Falls, and was disappointed last year when HSBC pulled the plug on a $139m, 275,000 square foot data centre that was to open in nearby Cambria, New York.
Thursday: June 25, 2009
- Microsoft would like Yahoo to know that they are still open to the whole partnership thing.
If at first you don't succeed, try six thousand times.
