A total of 19 Japanese startups were given the chance to show their services at TokyoCamp, a demo event held by TechCrunch Japan (one of the country’s biggest blogs) this Friday. The event, which was co-organized by hosting company KDDI Web Communications , was a blast and attracted over 200 people...

Google Trends is a great tool to get an overview on terms people are searching for with the largest search engine in the world. It also shows interesting trends. And something is definitely going on with searches for a few large social networks using Google. At some point in mid January, a group of...

This morning, Google is hosting an event at its Mountain View, CA headquarters to show off a new social product it has been working on. Google VP of Product Management Bradley Horowitz , VP of Engineering Vic Gundotra , and product manager Todd Jackson are on hand to show it off. Below, follow our live...

DotNetNuke Corporation , the owner and maintainer of the open source web application framework that goes by the same name, has raised $8 Million Series B funding from new investor UV Partners and prior backers August Capital and Sierra Ventures. The company had earlier raised an undisclosed amount of...

Tonight after the Crunchies is an after-party taking place at City Hall in San Francisco. Staff members of TechCrunch will be there with a couple of iPhone/iPod touches to accept donations on behalf of UCSF Foundation using Square , the new startup founded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey . These donations...

I think it’s safe to assume their Twitter account has been hacked. Update : Yep. Now suspended . Update 2 : MSNBC is now saying that the account was never in their control in the first place. It was previously sending out MSNBC headlines, but then today went off the deep end, obviously. So I guess...

So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content – at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe’s biggest newspaper, BILD-Zeitung , intends to use, in effect, brute force to compel users buy its new iPhone app. The paper tabloid is to block anyone using an iPhone browser...

(Credit: gDial Pro) Back in September, we tested out a Google Voice app for Palm WebOS phones called gDial Pro . The free gDial Pro just recently updated to version 0.8.9 , and is available now in Palm’s App Catalog. While gDial Pro still isn’t quite as integrated … Originally posted...

(Credit: TerraCycle) A New Jersey-based environmental firm has developed audio player speakers made from recycled chips and candy bar packages. TerraCycle is using its large waste-collection program to turn Doritos and Cheetos bags, as wells as Mars candy wrappers, into funky, foldable speakers. The...

CNET News' Caroline McCarthy gets to test out a Taser T3 device, but much to her chagrin, she wasn't allowed to shoot it at a live human. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) DUBLIN, Calif.–Don’t tase me, bro. Really. CNET News took a trip to the Alameda … Go here to see the original: Firing...

The PortableApps Suite is a storehouse and management system for “portable” versions of some of the most popular freeware around. That collection used to be limited only to open-source programs. But on Wednesday it started making portable versions of closed-source freeware to users. The...

Generally, I’ve been a big fan of Windows 7. From the beta to the release candidate to the release-to-manufacturing “official” release, upgrading has been a stable, sane experience. Except for two repeated problems, that is. From the Devices and Printers window, you can see that double-clicking...