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Vodafone acquires contact management service ZYB

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:58:00 PDT

The European mobile phone giant plans to integrate the Plaxo-like ZYB, which it acquired for $48.7 million, into its Internet service offerings.

Why Sega should release a new console

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:27:00 PDT

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Why Sega should release a new console--In an environment where we're seeing a significant push towards consolidation, the company really only has two options: sell the company to the highest bidder or develop a console.

A phase approach for open-source businesses--MySQL is essentially saying, "We've spent a decade planting. We'd like to reap a little of what we've sown now.

End of Intel, AMD duopoly near? Via readies Isaiah chip--Via's first high-performance x86 chip will be targeted at the mainstream PC market--another first for the Taipei-based chip supplier.

Add MP3 clips to your Web page with Amazon widget--The company released a new MP3 Clips Widget that lets you build playlists with 30-second samples from any of the 5 million plus songs on Amazon's MP3 store

Charter's Web monitoring draws intervention from Capitol Hill

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:06:00 PDT

Two members of Congress ask Charter Communications to "not move forward" with its plans to track customers' Web browsing and display relevant advertisements.

Yahoo teams up with ad powerhouse WPP Group

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:09:00 PDT

Three of WPP's subsidiaries will have access to Yahoo ad inventory and will connect to its Right Media exchange platform.

Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo

Fri, 16 May 2008 05:16:00 PDT

What Yahoo has, Microsoft wants. But talks break down, and the software giant says a proxy battle isn't worth it. Tune in here for the latest.

RIAA defendant Jammie Thomas may get new trial

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:41:00 PDT

Federal judge who presided over first RIAA peer-to-peer trial says he may grant new trial because of possibly flawed jury instruction.

Hey Facebook: No beer pong for you

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:12:00 PDT

Now-corporate social network reportedly pulls plug on a New York office beer pong tournament against InterActiveCorp's CollegeHumor for "legal and PR" reasons.

Q&A with Charter VP: Your Web activity, logged and loaded

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Charter exec Ted Schremp talks about the ISP's plan to "model" your online interests for ad purposes and also protect your privacy.

Facebook suspends participation in Google's Friend Connect

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:13:00 PDT

Citing a terms-of-service violation and concerns about user privacy, social network opts to pull out of the data portability project until further developments are in place.

Bubble 2.0 Watch: Aggregation site Brijit shuts down

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:00 PDT

Apparently, a destination site for 100-word abstracts of news stories wasn't a viable business plan. The site closes its doors after running "out of money."

Google Maps lets loose a Flash-y API

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:28:00 PDT

Developers of applications using Adobe Systems' Flash technology can now include Google Maps data, thanks to a new application-programming interface.

Report: Digg walked away from $100 million offer from Al Gore

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:42:00 PDT

Executives Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson took issue with the level of control they'd have over their social news site if it were acquired, writer Sarah Lacy says in her new book.

The who, what, and why of Where 2.0

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:33:00 PDT

The ongoing conference maps out the ever-maturing market for geo-enabled Web applications.

Zoho now accepts Google and Yahoo logins

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:23:00 PDT

Online productivity suite has syncs up with two of the biggest names in Web 2.0 user accounts--even though Google operates rival Google Docs.

Kluster launches social-news site

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:55:00 PDT

Giving users a cut of the Knewsroom ad revenue is an interesting new take on social news, but Kluster is a small site without the eyes to pull in that revenue.

Facebook Chat to work on Jabber IM clients

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:49:00 PDT

After launching with few features and very little developer support, the social network's internal IM client is already announcing future upgrades.

For developers, the Facebook hype machine is slowing down

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 PDT

As one developer points out on his blog that platform activity is slowing, Facebook and the people making a living off it will have to adapt to a more crowded market.

Online advertising showing signs of economic wear?

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:31:00 PDT

Research from data analysis firm PubMatic says that between March and April, online ad monetization rates dropped 23 percent across the Web.

Facebook pulls 'stalker list' tool after Gawker exposes it

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:07:00 PDT

Some users of the popular social-networking site panicked when the media gossip blog claimed it would show a list of the five people who visited a given member's profile most frequently.

In a crowded market, Wetpaint's colors look solid

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:14:00 PDT

One blogger theorizes that the small wiki-building start-up could be positioning itself to take on niche social site creators like Ning.

StumbleUpon's Stumble Video adds new content partners

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:01:00 PDT

CollegeHumor, DailyMotion, Vimeo, and a handful of other video content and hosting sites now turn up in the "discovery" site's video section.