Monthly archive September, 2011

This week in Facebook's expanding world, privacy was the word. Its announcement last week of new features that will make users' online activities more and more social was followed by news this week that the Silicon Read More →

Your Friday tech grab bag: • Is it just us, or does Amazon's rumored shopping cart seem to be nice and full? This time, VentureBeat is reporting, citing unidentified sources, that the online retailing giant is "the closest to Read More →

"IBM went beyond technology. They were early to recognize that computing was moving way beyond these boxes on our desks." — Ted Schadler, Forrester Research analyst, on IBM passing Microsoft in market value ($214 billion vs. $213.2 billion) yesterday, Read More →

This music video about people who became nouns — from Samuel Maverick to Charles Boycott — mentions some of the same people in a previous off-topic link. (via Flavorwire) Deciding which of NPR's Top 100 Science Read More →

Stock watching, and more, related to news about Amazon, RIM, Nokia and Netflix today. • Amid the broader stock-market surge, Amazon.com shares are down more than 5 percent to about $217.60 as of this post. This rapid cooling off Read More →

Considering what's going on at HP — it just replaced its CEO, it's trying to regain customer and investor confidence as it considers major changes in its business — fresh drama in its war with Oracle Read More →