In the modern media equivalent of a Greek myth, the Gawker empire was hit hard over the weekend when it was revealed that a hacker group had infiltra... read more »
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It&'s been a really bad day at Yahoo. Today, the company handed out over 500 pink slips to employees, laying off 4% of its workforce less than two wee... read more »
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The Motorola-Microsoft battle has escalated even further. Many of you may have heard about the lawsuit Microsoft filed against Motorola over royalties... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Coda aims to sell 50,000 electric cars by 2015 &8212' The clean-wheeling startup rec... read more »
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Back in April of this year, I put up a post with a simple question: Why Doesn&'t Facebook Look Like This The post contained screenshots of a Facebook... read more »
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A team of former MySpace executives is launching a new company on-stage at the Web 2.0 Summit today in San Francisco. Chief executive Amit Kapur said ... read more »
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Secret identities are pretty valuable. Street-artist Banksy knows that pretty well, having never revealed his (or her) own.But not all things can stay... read more »
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There&'s a growing movement to figure out how to squeeze more energy savings out of homes. The big question: Do you do it by working with consumers, o... read more »
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Zynga said moments ago that it has acquired Texas-based mobile game company Newtoy, the maker of games such as Words with Friends on the iPhone.The pr... read more »
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Since French artist Alexandre Oudin took advantage of the new Facebook design to express himself, we&'ve been seeing some creative ways to mess with... read more »
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Just ahead of today&'s midterm election, California regulators established a preliminary model for a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system. The system ... read more »
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GE wants a slice of the burgeoning green-data-centers pie &8212' and ita4‚¬a4„s willing to spend half a billion dollars to get it.The company, which m... 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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TV is coming to the Web and there is nothing that can stop it. Just ask Avner Ronen, the CEO of Web TV startup Boxee. Later tonight, he will announ... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat today:GE will acquire Lineage Power for $520 million &8212' GE is purchasing the company f... read more »
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Baidu CEO Robin Li made a rare appearance at the Web 2.0 Summit this afternoon and revealed some interesting information on the extent of his compan... read more »
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Yes, as Steve Jobs likes to point out, Android has at least one third-party App Store that is dedicated to pornography and other &8216'adult&' content... read more »
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Seemingly out of nowhere, the content guide and copy protection specialist Rovi announced tonight that it intends to acquire digital media company Son... read more »
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The Le Web startup competition filtered over 400 startups down to a final 16. We covered a few of the companies here, here, here and here. Today the l... read more »
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With Web 2.0 Summit now over, looking back, in my mind, easily the best panel was the one entitled Point of Control: Finance. It featured venture ca... read more »
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