Social media network Facebook is buying FriendFeed, a web service that gives users a view of what their friends are doing on all sorts of social media sites, including Facebook’s rivals.
According to FriendFeed co-founder Bret Taylor, the two social media giants will eventually merge, though FriendFeed will operate separately for now. He also added that FriendFeed was drawn to Facebook’s much larger base of 250 million users.
Denial of Service Attack
On this otherwise happy Thursday morning, Twitter is the target of a denial of service attack. Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment gateways, etc.
Will You Pay For News Online? Rupert Murdoch Says You Will
News Corporation isn’t doing so hot right now. The media conglomerate (and owner of MySpace) has seen huge losses in the last year as newspaper revenues have crumbled and the online ad market has been stung by the recession.
Samsung’s Eco-Friendly ‘Reclaim’ Phone Is Made of Corn
Made from 40-percent corn-derived bio-plastic and 80-percent biodegradable material in general, Samsung, along with service partner Sprint, just announced the ‘Reclaim,’ touted as the world’s first green phone.
Coffee shops limiting laptop users
For we e-bedouins, workers who use the local coffee shop as their office for the price of a café americano, an article in today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is bad news: some shops are beginning to crack down on such encampments.
Netbook + mouse = Newton Mogo Mouse for netbooks
Is this not the most impressive thing you have ever seen? It’s the Newton Mogo Mouse, a mouse for netbooks. Very fancy. So the mouse sits in a little holder-thing on the exterior of your netbook.
Is Cyber Warfare to Blame for Twitter Meltdown?
Everybody’s still regrouping after today’s Denial of Service attacks against Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and other social media websites.
NEWS: Panasonic Lumix GF1 fights back against Olympus E-P1
The Olympus E-P1 micro four thirds camera could be about to get a new challenger from Panasonic if images that have appeared on camera forums on the internet are real.
Why is Windows so expensive?
That’s right, the first result that shows up is a “Why are Mac’s So Expensive?” Yahoo Answers page. The person who created this page posted a question asking why Mac’s are so expensive, and that he was fed up of Windows.
Xbox 360 ‘Games on Demand’ priced between $20-30
Microsoft informed us this afternoon that its initial offerings of Games on Demand, the company’s selection of downloadable Xbox 360 titles, will be priced between 1600-2400 — that’s $20-30 in American credit card currency.
No Guitar Hero: Van Halen for Europe this year
We bring you sad tidings of yet another game’s delay into 2010 — but two elements of this particular delay may soothe your frayed nerves.
MySpace Helps News Corp Lose $363 Million
News Corp., which owns FOX, The New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, and other media outlets, hasn’t been doing so well in the last year.
Innovation in video on the web
Today, video is an important part of many people’s everyday activities on the Internet and a big part of many Google products.
Yahoo May Kill Microsoft Deal if it Fails to Match Google
Did you know that if the revenue per search, under a Microsoft/Yahoo partnership, fails to match Google’s estimated revenue, Yahoo can kill the deal?
Sony Reader Pocket and Touch editions lower cost of entry, online e-book store follows suit
As it turns out, those Sony Reader leaks from earlier this week were spot on. The company just went official with the PRS-300 and 600, which will more affectionately be known as the Pocket and Touch editions, respectively.
As Snow Leopard Lurks, OS X Leopard Gets One More Update
Apple has just pushed out the newest update to its OS X Leopard (10.5) operating system, with 10.5.8. This could potentially be the last Leopard update we see before Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) is released to the public sometime in the next couple of months.
T-Mobile myTouch 3G in stores today
Today marks the day that Android fans on T-Mobile have been waiting for. The carrier has officially launched its second, and highest-end Android-powered smartphone called the myTouch 3G.
BlogHer - Blogs Most Trusted Social Media
There’s no question that people are using social media to share information and opinions about products. Facebook, Twitter, blogs - they’re all full of product stories, complaints and recommendations.
Firefox Passes 1 Billion Downloads Mark
The BBC reports that Firefox recently passed its one billionth download. The BBC says Firefox has 31% of the worldwide browser marketshare and Microsoft’s Internet Exporer has 60%.
Scoot Coupe Debuts Three-Wheel Scooter
The Scoot Coupe three-wheel scooter suffers from the same ailment of their 2 wheeled scooter counterparts. Sure there probably fun to ride around in, but you don’t want any of your friends to see you out for a night on the town while driving one.
Windows 7 RTM To Begin Rollout… To A Few
To all TechNet and MSDN subscribers, not to mention all you independent software and hardware vendors: your ship will finally arrive tomorrow.
US Marines Banned From Using Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace
“These internet sites in general are a proven haven for malicious actors and content and are particularly high risk due to information exposure, user generated content and targeting by adversaries,” stated a Marine Corps order earlier this week.
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