Michael Jackson tops Yahoo’s search charts in 2009
November 30, 2009
AP - Michael Jackson’s stunning death made him Yahoo’s biggest star this year.
Media execs make case for online fees at FTC panel
November 30, 2009
AP - Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers’ resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored journalism conference.
Lawsuit over Time Warner-AOL merger dismissed
November 30, 2009
Reuters - The last in a wave of hundreds of shareholder lawsuits over the 2001 AOL-Time Warner merger was dismissed on Monday by a New York judge who found the claim was filed too late and failed to link investor losses to statements made by AOL’s auditor, Ernst Young.
Google boosts Chrome dev tools
November 30, 2009
InfoWorld - Google on Monday detailed recent improvements to its Google Chrome developer tools, which include the addition of a heap profiler for JavaScript and a timeline tab offering overviews of where time is spent when loading a Web application.
IBM Offers Tivoli Monitoring for Amazon Cloud Deployments
November 30, 2009
PC World - Companies running applications on Amazon Web Services can now monitor their environments using IBM’s Tivoli Monitoring software.
Yahoo’s Head of Mobile Takes on New Duties
November 30, 2009
PC World - Yahoo has given the head of its mobile division broader responsibilities, in a sign that the search provider plans to focus even more on mobile opportunities.
Is the 27-inch iMac all it’s cracked up to be?
November 30, 2009
Macworld.com - The quad-core iMac may among the fastest Mac models. But the 27-inch all-in-one desktop might be at risk for a feature that Mac users will not find as impressiveâa cracked display.
App Developer Reports Fourth-Generation iPhone in Use
November 30, 2009
NewsFactor - No one outside Apple knows what it looks like or any of its newest features. But news that a fourth-generation iPhone may already be in use fueled a buzz Monday on when the must-have device will debut.
Google Phone: Another Day, Another Sighting
November 30, 2009
PC World - A second report of a Google-branded mobile phone has emerged online, possibly vindicating TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, who made a similar claim in mid-November, not to mention earlier whispers from other sources. The latest rumor is courtesy of Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson, who reported Monday that a new Google Phone will run a new and improved version of the Android operating system:
‘Greed’ Brings Down CrunchPad Amid Lawsuit Threats
November 30, 2009
NewsFactor - It’s a sad day over at Michael Arrington’s TechCrunch blog. In a posting Monday, Arrington announced that development of the CrunchPad, a 12-inch touchscreen Internet-connected tablet, has officially ended. It was so close I could taste it, Arrington wrote. Two weeks ago we were ready to publicly launch the CrunchPad. The device was stable enough for a demo. It went hours without crashing.
