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Kazaa Announces HD Movie Sharing Service for Palm Pre

in P2P File Sharing, on July 9, 2009

...s like documents, photos, and other content without restriction with the service." "Now owned by Brilliant Digital Entertainment , the company has issued a frankly puzzling press release...

Neverland's future: up for grabs

in Sox First, on July 4, 2009

...chael Jackson from bankruptcy was his half ownership of the copyrights to The Beatles catalogue. He owned them in a joint venture with record company Sony. But with his liabilities overshadowing his a...

Satellite Hopes To Make Deadzones a Thing of the Past

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on July 3, 2009

...ith the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" all across North America. Owned by Reston, Va.-based TerreStar, the satellite is designed to pick up and relay signals from mo...

What VCs Are Worrying About

in Wangtam, on July 1, 2009

...antic web index • FAIL Blog: Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments • Make: Online • Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: July 2009 • Brightkite Now Available in the Android Market! • Tw...

New Bertone BAT Will Fly High at Concorso Italiano

in Classical Drives, on July 1, 2009

...t is the BAT 11 concept from the Bertone studios, a modern rendering of the historic design icon. Owned by Gary Kaberle of Michigan and based on the Maserati Gran Turismo platform, itself a long-whe...

GM Stands For... General Mess. But PT Cruiser Cruises On

in carzz.org, on July 1, 2009

...na International Inc and its Russian partner Sberbank . Meanwhile the Nummi California plant co-owned by GM and Toyota is being abandoned by General Motors. In recent years it had been producing T...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in The Dating Weblog, on June 30, 2009

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a dating website and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether they're reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 30, 2009

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of hotel and airline booking services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major c...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 30, 2009

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of banking and financial services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether they're reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major co...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 30, 2009

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a name-your-own-price travel reservation service and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major ...

Classic Bentley Tour Arrives on My Doorstep

in Classical Drives, on June 29, 2009

...ographers. It seems as though no two Bentleys were alike, hence this beautiful 1939 4.25 liter, owned by David & Adele Cohen. I especially liked the crisp, creased cabin design. And thoug...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Da Lat, Vietnam

in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 24, 2009

Da Lat is the honeymoon capital of Vietnam. It is a romantic French Provincial town snuggled into the cool hills of Southeast Asia. Detailed day-by-day weather records are not available for Da Lat, but the temperature in the city is consistent throughout the summer months: lows drop into the upp...

Wanted: Oldest Pontiac Plus Oldest Pontiac With Original Owner

in Classical Drives, on June 24, 2009

...but I hope that someone appears with a 1934 Pontiac 8-cylinder sedan similar to what my mother once owned. It was just another old car then but it contributed to my earliest driving experiences. And w...

Verizon Wireless Intros USB1000 Global Modem

in The Wireless Weblog, on June 20, 2009

...twork switching comes thanks to a Qualcomm MDM 1000 Gobi chipset." "Verizon is partly owned by Vodafone and is leveraging this relationship to provide mobile broadband access across th...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in Bizinformer, on June 20, 2009

© chrisdlugosz Whether it's online commerce, advertising or trading in Internet properties and domain names, the Web has come to play an important role in 21st Century business. With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ability to ...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in Web 2.0, on June 19, 2009

© chrisdlugosz You've found a new interactive website that you really like. It allows you to post information about your hobby or business and it lets other users build on what you post, adding to the content. But you're not sure how much traffic it actually gets and, more importantly, ...

Porsche's Affordable 912s to Gather in California

in Classical Drives, on June 19, 2009

...arge gathering but apparently more than 2,500 owners continue to restore and drive them. As one who owned and raced a 356B I have great respect for the Porsche air-cooled four and so the combination o...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 19, 2009

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering a variety of Web hosting services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether its bandwidth will adequately serve your clients. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has ...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

in The Social Networking Weblog, on June 19, 2009

© chrisdlugosz You're looking at a new social network. You've been invited to join it, but you're not very familiar with it. Is it safe? How do you find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ability to find out just...

Apple 公布 iPhone 3G S 和 iPhone OS 3.0

in Wangtam, on June 9, 2009

在刚刚结束的 WWDC 2009 开幕演讲上,Apple 全球营销高级副总裁 Phil Schiller 发布了第三代 iPhone 手机,名字就叫做iPhone 3G S。其中,字母"S"代表了 Speed 速度。顾名思义,Apple 这一次将注意力放在了提升系统性能方面。 iPhone 3G S的外观设计和上一代产品iPhone 3G完全相同,整机、屏幕尺寸没有进行任何修改,重量从133g略微增加到135g。而在内部,iPhone 3G S对硬件配置进行了全面升级。根据苹果在发布会上的说法,iPhone 3G S启动短信应用程序的速度是iPhone 3G的2.1...

Dorfman Sterling Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 5, 2009

...of style. And through sons Jonathan and Douglas , they are continuing that vision today - family-owned and still committed to the best. ...

Eve Sperling Jewelry 2009

in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 3, 2009

...rs the New York jewelry district her second home. At the age of 15, she began working in the family owned gem company, Precious Gem Resources , alongside her father, Jack Abraham, who is one of the w...

What the GM bankruptcy means

in Sox First, on June 1, 2009

...oyees, many of whom are likely to lose their jobs. And what of the US auto industry? How will a GM owned by the US taxpayer emerge out of this? It's doubtful whether it will return to profitabili...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 5: 1934 Aston Martin Mk II

in Classical Drives, on May 27, 2009

... drive in the Aston Clinton hillclimb. During the 1920s and 1930s, Aston Martin sports cars were renowned for their competition successes at Le Mans and in the Ulster Tourist Trophy races and noted, t...

Vera Wang Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 27, 2009

...an 200 people and manufacturers the majority of its bridal collection in company-owned workrooms in the United States. ...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 4: Sunbeam Alpine Mk 1

in Classical Drives, on May 25, 2009

...year I wasn't disappointed, for there were two to admire, including the 1953 Mk I in our photo, owned by Peter and Karen Woodall. With Sunbeam Alpines being a featured marque, there were a gre...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 1: Morgan Three-Wheeler

in Classical Drives, on May 18, 2009

...indicator of the future. The car in our photo is a 1934 Morgan Super Sports with a J.A.P. engine, owned by Ken Douch. It kicks off our coverage of the annual All British event, one of the best in No...

Bankroll blues

in Sox First, on May 7, 2009

...op 25 originators of subprime loans, the $1 trillion worth of assets that created the meltdown were owned and financed by investment banks now receiving bailout money. Investment banks owning and fina...

Coming: The Best British Car Show This Side of Britain

in Classical Drives, on May 6, 2009

... Mini, little can be added that hasn't already been written about this classic icon. Though now owned by BMW, the Mini is a survivor. Incidentally, as a journalist I test drove the original before...

The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson

in Sox First, on April 29, 2009

...ercilessly slaughter those who resisted them, they were turfed out or marooned. Because the pirates owned and operated the ship, which they had stolen, they put in a system of checks and balances whic...

GM Drops Pontiac, Journalists Miss the Point

in carzz.org, on April 29, 2009

...agree. There were many great Pontiacs long before it acquired a performance image. My mother once owned a 1934 Pontiac Eight during a time when it was just another old car, and sometimes let me driv...

Porsche Panamera Makes World Debut in China

in carzz.org, on April 22, 2009

...r era, my job was to publicise the German automaker and its racing activities in Canada. And that I owned and raced a Porsche. To me it was a pur sang sports car and ought to remain so, thus you can i...

How Does Free Mobile TV Sound to You?

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 20, 2009

...ill start in late summer from local affiliates of CBS, NBC, PBS and Ion and one independent station owned by Fox. Mobile devices are main candidates for the technology since carriers have seen littl...

Sony Ericsson Delays Android Phones

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 17, 2009

...t it would slash 2,000 more jobs after it posted a $387 million loss in the first quarter. Jointly owned by Sweden's Ericsson and Japan's Sony, the company said sales in the January-March qua...

Classic Motorcycles to Appear at Pebble Beach

in Classical Drives, on April 15, 2009

...ubsequently called Black Lightning and a similarly named series of race bikes was introduced. First owned by racing enthusiast John Edgar and now by Herb Harris of Austin, Texas, it had just two legal...

Jewelry Sale at BlueFly.com

in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 5, 2009

...reative, enjoyable and just slightly unpredictable...and thus, Bluefly was born. Bluefly.com is owned by Bluefly, Inc., a publicly traded company that had its initial public offering on May 21, 19...

Radio Announcer Misses Historic Moment With Automotive Aristocracy

in Classical Drives, on April 1, 2009

... CKFH was a Toronto radio station owned by Foster Hewitt, hockey's original and greatest play-by-play announcer. For a little over a year I was one of the station's staff announcers, working...

Sony Bets on Digital Cameras to Move Phones

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 20, 2009

... in exchange for the discount. The phone could work on the networks of either AT&T or T-Mobile, owned by Deutsche Telekom. Interestingly enough, Sony's also announced a 12-megapixle-camer...

The Future of Electric Car Maker Th!nk

in IfEnergy, on March 14, 2009

...ding Michigan, on a site for the facility that would initially employ about 300 workers. Th!nk is owned by private equity group Novus Energy Partners. © Groonn ...

Apple 发布新款 iPod shuffle

in Wangtam, on March 12, 2009

Apple 刚刚发布 了新款的 iPod shuffle,容量更大,而体积更为小巧。此次的更新比较彻底,操控键都转移到了配套的耳机上,整个机体几乎就是一片小巧的夹子。更有意思的是,为了解决没有显示屏的问题,这一次的 iPod shuffle 更新有了一些功能上的革新:Voice Over。该功能可以在不打搅正常收听的情况下,以背景音的方式提示当前收听的音乐名称,支持 14 种语言的识别,包括中文在内。 新 iPod shuffle 外壳采用磨砂金属设计,颜色方面有银色和深灰色可选,背面的夹子采用不锈钢材料。存储容量则为 4GB,售价 79 美元: • 4GB or 1,000 So...

BMW and Mercedes to Merge?

in carzz.org, on March 11, 2009

...ded profits until, in 1959, BMW was on the brink of being sold to Mercedes. The Quandts family, who owned some 46% of BMW stock, objected and the deal was never consumated. Today it is the Quandts who...

Not Quite Your Everyday Rolls-Royce, Sheik's Ride Wins Award

in Classical Drives, on March 10, 2009

...ich country. The 1966 Rolls-Royce Phantom V State Landaulette, with body by Mulliner Park Ward, was owned by His Highness Sheik Issa Bin Sulima Al-Khalite, ruler of Bahrain. One of just five made excl...

Gregg Ruth Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 5, 2009

... Designer Fine Jewelry Gregg Ruth & Company is a privately owned, Malibu, California-based jewelry design and manufacturing company founded in 1981. With over 600 bench jewelers and 750 ne...

Marching towards the Yorkie!

in WebKinzBlog, on February 26, 2009

...s born in 1865 in the town of Huddersfield, county of Yorkshire. The very public life of this dog, owned by M.A. Foster, did much to popularize the breed in England. Ben died in an accident at the age...

Dubai bailout

in Sox First, on February 23, 2009

...scernible, Moody's stands ready to reduce its high support assumptions for banks and government-owned companies in other emirates outside Abu Dhabi," it said. The worrying part about this tr...

Pontiac, Great Indian and GM Chief, Soon to be Buried

in carzz.org, on February 18, 2009

... Pontiac, it's sad to see you go. You were a renowned American marque with a history that includes many distinguished models since your 20s inception as a replacement for the Oakland. Unfortunat... ...cutive's Oldsmobile. Later, it became the performance division. So what went wrong? In the late 1980s GM's marketing people decided Pontiac should become America's answer to BMW . Note th...

The Return of Depression Economics and Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman

in Sox First, on February 14, 2009

..., all at once: a bursting real estate bubble comparable to what happened in Japan at the end of the 1980s; a wave of bank runs comparable to those of the early 1930s (albeit mainly involving the shado...

Compliance and Outsourcing

in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009

...fficult to finely manage once a business process has been outsourced. When particular processes are owned in-house, compliance risk is considered on a near-real-time basis as business processes evolve...

Using Biotechnology in Cultural Heritage Conservation

in The Biotech Weblog, on February 10, 2009

...n Italy subjected to well-intentioned but ill-advised restoration and preservation attempts in the 1980s. Similarly, Sofía Borrego Alonso of the Archivo Nacional de la República de Cuba, says usi...

Bugatti Barn Story Part 2: Sold! $4,408,575!

in Classical Drives, on February 9, 2009

...phews divided the proceeds with a minimum of family disagreement. The rare Bugatti was originally owned by Earl Howe , first president of the British Racing Drivers' Club and a renowned competi...

Kwiat Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 26, 2009

...nd industry, Kwiat has developed a reputation as a progressive leader in diamond jewelry. A family owned company entering into their third generation, Kwiat continues to be at the forefront of the d...

Obama's options

in Sox First, on January 26, 2009

...bullet wound. It doesn't really stop the bleeding. The final option is to create a government -owned "bad bank" to take all the toxic assets. That's easier said than done. How much ...

Steve McQueen and Our Collectible Hudsons

in Classical Drives, on January 8, 2009

...goes under the hammer at its Scottsdale AZ sale, January 16. This Commodore was one of four Hudsons owned by McQueen as one of his prized daily drivers. The original 6-cylinder engine was replaced by ...

$149 iPhone Becomes a Reality

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 2, 2009

...$149 (for a black 8GB) and $249 for a black or white 16GB model. Refurbished phones are previously owned devices that have been unused or lightly used and returned during the 30-day trial period. Eac...

Garrard Jewelry

in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 31, 2008

...'s expected to bring more than the rock 'n' roll spirit he tuned into when he spent the 1980s in California. Garrard Regal Aquamarine Ring 10.32 carat aquamarine, diamond and w...

New York And Other States May Sell Off Assets To Pay Debts

in Exclusive from our news room , on December 28, 2008

...esota and others are actually considering the sale of state assets such as roads, bridges and state owned golf courses to raise cash. Read about it at "MSNBC.com" . ...

Cec Webster, Where Are You and Your Reo Automatic Now?

in Classical Drives, on December 26, 2008

...om my era. Look closely and you'll see what I mean by "twisted contour." Cec Webster owned and loved a 1930s Reo sedan . As a marque the name was a mystery but, beginning to appreciate...

Venture Capitalists Karen Gordon Mills Nominated to Head the Small Business Administration

in Bizinformer, on December 20, 2008

...ss groups had hoped the next SBA administrator would be female and promote programs that help women-owned businesses get more government contracts and loans. Maine papers today reported that Republica...

Bernanke the banker

in Sox First, on December 17, 2008

...amentals for any economy. Consider this: jobless claims have reached their highest level since the 1980s and some commentators believe US employment might reach as high as 10% in 2010, the destructi...

Nicholas Cage's Hemi Cuda vs.Twiggy in the Passenger's Seat

in Classical Drives, on December 14, 2008

... Collectors will pay huge premiums for cars once owned by celebrities. Rather amusing when you think about it! Imagine, for example, if there were two identical 1970 Hemi ' CUDA hardtops up f...

The Madoff debacle: how did people get sucked in?

in Sox First, on December 14, 2008

...d an image of impeccable integrity. As his website says: "In an era of faceless organizations owned by other equally faceless organizations, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC harks bac...

Immigrants and Entrepreneurship in the U.S.

in TJ's Weblog, on December 2, 2008

... yet immigrants make up only 12.2 percent of the workforce in the U.S. It also found that immigrant-owned businesses contributed roughly $67 billion to the country's business income, out of a tota...

The Subprime Solution - Robert Shiller

in Sox First, on December 1, 2008

...n the early 1990s. There could be another 'lost decade' like that suffered by Mexico in the 1980s after its spending spree during the oil price boom, or by Japan in the 1990s after the burstin...

Malaysia, Singapore Get Perfect World's "Zhu Xian" MMORPG

in Web 2.0, on December 1, 2008

...ch is reporting that the game has been launched in Malaysia and Singapore. The game Zhu Xian is owned by Perfect World Co., Ltd. , one of China's leading online game developers and operato...

China Investment Corp Buys General Motors (Maybe)

in China Venture News, on December 1, 2008

...Brubaker over at All Roads Lead to China suggested that General Motors could become a chinese -owned company. ...with firms like Anhui Cherry already showing at the Detroit Auto Show, and China&#...

Under Your Christmas Tree, a 1962 Jaguar E-Type

in Classical Drives, on November 28, 2008

...te £25,000- 35,000) with just 27,000 miles from new and having a fascinating history. It was once owned by a gentleman who kept it under a dust sheet in his billiard room, and was subsequently owned b...

Quickest Route to a Race Track? Take the Train

in Classical Drives, on November 25, 2008

...t major events). Be a spectator at Indianapolis or Daytona or most F1 races and you'll wish you owned a helicopter. Fortunately our family lived within walking distance of Victoria Station and t...

Dressing Like a Real Robot Doesn't Make Roomba Suck Better

in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 11, 2008

... I have to be honest. I have owned a pair of Roomba's and they sucked, but not in the way you want a vacuum to suck. They just were a disappointment. I know there are devoted Roomba Fanboys ou...

Second Life's Economy Mirroring Real Life?

in Web 2.0, on November 5, 2008

...ar with Second Life , it is perhaps best described as "a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents." That description comes straight from the website of Linden Lab, which ...

Tough Times Ahead

in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 2, 2008

... Treasury turned down GM's request for a bailout. Ford is suffering. Toyota, Honda, Mazda (part owned by Ford) are going through the worst drop in sales in decades. Lumber and construction compan...