Myspace today released a statement confirming yesterdaya4a4s reports that it plans to lay off a large percentage of its workforce &8212' specifica... read more »
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Therea4a4s no rest for the weary cyberbrain. IBMa4a4s Watson supercomputer, which soundly trounced its human competitors after a three-night Jeo... read more »
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Apparently, there&'s still money to be made in text messaging. ReplyBuy, a startup launching today that uses text messaging to deliver Groupon-like da... read more »
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At the close of the Consumer Electronics Show, Monster Cable always throws a huge concert with a marquee band. This year, Earth Wind &' Fire gave a... read more »
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Apple is reportedly planning to introduce new MacBook Pro laptops this week, based on stories leaking from retailers. The company may also use a new h... read more »
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When VentureBeat first reported on Silicon Valley investor Marc Bodnick&'s departure from Elevation Partners, the private-equity firm he cofounded, I... read more »
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As 2010 comes to a close, social news aggregator Reddit.com is celebrating another success in what has been a year full of them.A &''secret santa&'' p... read more »
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Today&'s funding announcements include software to streamline movie-making and transportation of goods:Scenechronize grabs $5M to bring efficiency to ... read more »
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The Department of Energy has finalized a $343 million loan guarantee to develop a 500-kilovolt transmission line in northern Nevada that will connect ... read more »
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Two days after Internet whistleblower WikiLeaks released 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables to major media organizations including the New York Times and... read more »
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Last week, Tim Wu challenged me to another, longer debate about the future of the Web. His new book, The Master Switch, argues that every time there i... read more »
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A recurring refrain in my Twitter feed is the coded question, &''11 or 13&'' Despite it&'s religious overtones, this is not a reference to passages ... read more »
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During Applea4a4s press event for the iPad 2 today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed some impressive new statistics: Apple has sold 100 million iPho... read more »
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Graphics chipmaker Nvidia announced today that it will have &''the world&'s first quad-core&'' mobile processor out today. That means its latest offer... read more »
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The U.S. Department of Argiculture today awarded $405 million in loan guarantees for biofuel refineries.All three recipients, Coskata, Enerkem and Ine... read more »
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Need something to do while waiting for your copy of Farmville for Dummies to arrive Isle of Tune is the latest in viral web distraction, built on the... read more »
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Looks like it isna4a4t just employees who are cashing out on their Facebook shares. TechCrunch reported earlier today that Accel Partners sold a4... read more »
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Notorious content farm Demand Media announced today that it has purchased CoveritLive, a popular &''liveblogging&'' tool used to cover events as they ... read more »
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Herea4a4s the latest action wea4a4re following on the GreenBeat:Cleantech investing hit $4 billion in 2010 a4a4 Investments in cleantech comp... read more »
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If Pablo Picasso or Belgian surrealist, RenƂ Magritte, were alive and on Facebook, their profiles would probably be a terrific work of art. Yes, th... read more »
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