» Naspers Could Be The Next Owner Of ICQ (And Why That Would Make Sense)
21/11/09 09:55 from TechCrunch
Last week, it was reported that AOL – amid restructuring efforts in the lead-up to the imminent Time Warner spin-off and IPO – was putting its instant messaging service unit ICQ on the block and had hired bankers Allen & C..
» 10 Geeky Things to Be Thankful For
20/11/09 14:06 from Wired: Culture
While you are giving thanks for the important things in your life next Thursday, mull these 10 geeky things for which we all have reason to be grateful.
» TechCrunch Interviews (The Very Happy) Skype CEO Josh Silverman
21/11/09 21:29 from TechCrunch
Skype CEO Josh Silverman can't stop smiling in this video interview we recorded in Menlo Park this morning. And no wonder – despite serious legal and spinoff drama , Silverman has managed to close his multi-billion dollar spinoff of ..
» Learn to Hack Barcodes With Your Brain
17/11/09 00:00 from Wired: Culture
Whiz kid Jonathan Washington showed he could read a barcode in about 15 seconds. Want to learn how? Break the mystery of barcodes by learning what those straight black lines mean, and then learn some practical ways to use them.
» RealTime CrunchUp: The Rise Of Geo Streams
21/11/09 00:36 from TechCrunch
Today at the RealTime CrunchUp , representatives from some of the top companies involved in location based services came together to talk about the current state and future of geo-based services. Participating in the panel were: Matt Galli..
» Thanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters
20/11/09 20:57 from Mashable!
Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable's sponsors are as social media savvy as our readers! Advertise with us and get noticed. Help us to help you. M..
» Art Basel Miami Faces Chanes
20/11/09 16:04 from ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News
Some "60 exhibitors from last year's Art Basel Miami Beach are not returning, including Berlin's Arndt & Partner, London galleries Waddington and Maureen Paley, and New York's Per Skarstedt. Fair organiser have added 65 new exhibitors, inc..
» Portraying the mafia
08/11/09 06:24 from we make money not art
Letizia Battaglia's pictures, because of the corruption, silence, violence and suffering they laid bare, played a crucial role in the anti-mafia campaign. They show anti-mafia Judge Cesare Terranova shot in his car, corpses of mafiosi foun..
» Don't Laos out on upcoming Thanksgiving fundraiser
18/11/09 23:04 from Pixel Vision
By Caitlin Donohue Villagers of war-ravaged Laos bathing on the river Nam Ou. All photos by Ariel Soto “I was in one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to, surrounded by incredibly friendly, honest and beautiful people and I found..
» Google Chrome Frame patches Microsoft-reported security bug
20/11/09 16:29 from Ars Technica
This week, Google released an update to Google Chrome Frame . Version 4.0.245.1 is available and all users should be updated automatically, according to Google Chrome Releases . The release fixes issues where the plugin would not follow re..
» Fishbowl Puts Facebook on Your Desktop
22/11/09 00:41 from Mashable!
If you're looking to bring Facebook to the Windows desktop and Twitter-centric update tools like Seesmic or TweetDeck are too limiting for you, you might want to take Fishbowl for a spin. The app, built on Microsoft Silverlight 4, features..
» Fido Factor Finds Dog-Friendly Places in Your City
21/11/09 03:31 from Mashable!
This post is part of Mashable's Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . The series is made possible by Microsoft ..
» Microsoft, Other Rivals Slam Google Chrome OS
21/11/09 21:43 from Slashdot
CWmike writes "Microsoft is, predictably, not all that impressed by Google Inc.'s demonstration of its upcoming Chrome OS, saying 'From what was shared, it appears to be in the early stages of development,' a Microsoft spokeswoman said. 'Fr..
» Man Arrested for Not Tweeting?
22/11/09 20:00 from Mashable!
In a bizarre case involving teen YouTube sensation Justin Bieber and a riotous crowd of his fans, a record exec from Island Def Jam Records was arrested Friday for, among other things, failing to Tweet when told to by authorities. When the..
» 2010: The Year Android Will Shake It’s Money Maker
21/11/09 21:31 from TechCrunch
Editor's note : More and more mobile app developers are deciding to make apps for Android, even though it still doesn't have the same reach as the iPhone. In this guest post Kevin Nakao , the VP of Mobile for Whitepages , makes the argumen..
» Simplicity in Design: John Maeda
02/06/09 19:24 from Everyone's Blog Posts - Digerati
John Maeda is a world-renowned graphic designer, visual artist, and computer scientist on the faculty at the MIT Media Lab, and now the President of RISD (Rhode Island College of Design) is a founding voice for “simplicity” in the digital ..
» Streaming the Arts: ClassicalTV as the past, present and future
09/10/09 19:47 from Technolgy in the Arts - Blog
I’m a little bit of an opera nut. While other people my age are psyched for the release of Saw VI, I’m anxiously awaiting the Met HD broadcast of Tosca.That’s why I was so excited to find out about ClassicalTV, which makes full-length..
» Top 10 Bad Messages From Good Movies
17/11/09 15:08 from Wired: Culture
Quality doesn’t generally come into play when it comes to messages in movies: There are plenty of bad movies whose messages are perfectly benign, and plenty of good movies that have messages you definitely wouldn’t want your kids to take to..