NYTimes and Wikipedia Save Reporter’s ...
This post was written by Gagan Biyani. Earlier this week, New York Times reporter David Rohde escaped from a Taliban prison. He had been a Taliban hostage for the last seven months, but the general public had absolutely no clue. In a joint effort by The New York Times and Wikipedia, the story was kept...
Digitalsmiths Launches VideoSense 2.0 Pl...
Digitalsmiths , the video distribution and analysis platform that powers TheWB.com , TMZ , and a number of other popular sites, is rolling out a new product suite today dubbed VideoSense 2.0. The new suite includes a number of features that will make it more appealing to content owners looking to distribute...
9-1-1 Should Never Give Me A Busy Signal...
This post is a bit different from the technology news that we generally cover here at TechCrunch. But it’s something that I think needs to be said. Last night I got word that my parents had witnessed a tragic accident while driving in Northern California. I won’t get into the details, but...
The Morality And Effectiveness Of Proces...
The New York Times Sunday edition team picks fights like no one else. The problem is they tend to pick the wrong fights. In December they wrote about Facebook revenue woes just, as it turned out, at the time that Facebook saw a huge spike in advertising dollars that will propel them to as much as $600...
Yes, Twitter is revolutionary–just...
Posted by admin in Internet on 06 5th, 2009 | No Comments
I thought Twitter hype had reached a fever pitch with the big Oprah appearance. Boy, was I ever wrong. If it isn’t Time magazine’s ” How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live ” cover story, it’s the widely-circulated Comedy Central clips of co-founder Biz Stone’s April...
MySpace Experimenting With Interactive A...
Posted by admin in Tech News on 06 1st, 2009 | No Comments
At this morning’s Conversational Marketing Summit in New York, SocialMedia.com CEO Seth Goldstein revealed that the advertising company had been working with MySpace to develop and deploy ‘Interaction Ads’ - an advertising product that can prompt a MySpace member for input and use...
Kindle e-paper makers PVI buy E Ink for ...
Posted by admin in Geek Zone on 06 1st, 2009 | No Comments
E Ink, the e-paper specialists behind the displays used in Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader, Sony’s Reader, the keyboard of the Samsung Alias 2 cellphone and various other devices, has been acquired by Prime View International (PVI). The deal, which valued E Ink at $215m, sees the e-paper...
ASUS Eee PC 1101HA Seashell 11.6-inch ne...
Posted by admin in Geek Zone on 06 1st, 2009 | No Comments
Details of a new ASUS Eee PC have been snapped at Computex 2009 , ahead of the netbook’s official debut which is expected tomorrow. The ASUS Eee PC 1101HA slots into the company’s Seashell range, but offers an 11.6-inch 1,366 x 768 display versus the 10-inch screen of the 1008HA . There’s...
Panasonic DMP-B15 portable Blu-ray playe...
Panasonic have announced pricing and availability for their portable Blu-ray player, the DMP-B15. Complete with an 8.9-inch WSVGA LCD, HDMI output and BD Live support, the DMP-B15 also features Panasonic’s VIERA CAST internet access via an ethernet port; that means, as on the company’s...
What Just Happened? Thursday Was Suppose...
Everyone knew today was the day that Microsoft was going to launch their new search engine. Everyone’s been talking about it for months, and the press and marketing efforts were carefully tailored to maximize the impact. Thursday, May 28, 2009 was supposed to be Microsoft Bing Day. A little after...
Political Pundit Tucker Carlson To Launc...
Posted by admin in Tech News on 05 26th, 2009 | No Comments
Conservative political pundit Tucker Carlson is planning to launch a political news competitor to the Huffington Post, reports The Hill today. The site will be called TheDailyCaller.com and will be focused on reporting news about the Obama Administration but will add “facts to the conversation.”...
Dropio taps Facebook Connect for privacy...
Posted by admin in Internet on 05 26th, 2009 | No Comments
Web storage and collaboration tool Drop.io has just put out a useful new way to control who can access files by using Facebook Connect . Called “friend lock,” the system uses your list of Facebook friends as a simple directory that you can pick and choose from to create a white list of approved...
Gadgets- Understanding and Controlling MotorsDriving motors from a microcontroller will be required for a project eventually. This video by NerdKits will go over some of the basics that are needed. Thanks Humberto. "Electric motors are a key way of converting electrical power (voltage and current) into mechanical power (torque and speed), and because electric motors are simple and reliable […]