According to the Wall Street Journal Microsoft is in talks to buy up to a 5% stake in Facebook for $300-500 million. That would value the company at up to Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gaming_news/3Tera_to_Bring_Grid_Computing_to_Game_Development'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Massively multiplayer online games are big business. Blizzard's World of Warcraft, for example, has over 6 million users paying up Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/CollegeHumor_Signs_with_Major_Talent_Rep'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Online humor site CollegeHumor has signed with one of the leading talent agencies in Hollywood, the United Talent Agency. UTA Continue reading »

AOL's social news site relaunched today under the new name Propeller. No longer "the new Netscape", Propeller seems on face like a clone of a clone. There may, though, be Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Digg_Getting_More_Social'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Sometime today, according to BusinessWeek, social news site Digg will launch a slew of new social networking features that will Continue reading »

Google announced the limited release of their new Gadget Ads program, which they tout as "mini versions of your website in any AdSense ad size." The rich media ads combine Continue reading »

Right now the Wall Street Journal web site cost $79/year for full online access. New owner Rupert Murdoch (CEO of News Corp.), however, said today at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Continue reading »

Google announced yesterday that it would bring its contextual text ads service, AdSense, to the mobile web. AdSense for Mobile will allow mobile web site publishers in 13 countries to Continue reading »

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/IAC_Buys_UGC_Gaming_Company_GarageGames'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Barry Diller's Interactive Corp. announced tonight that it is taking majority share of Eugene, Oregon based GarageGames, a company that Continue reading »

Google has tonight announced its much anticipated Powerpoint competitor. It has been added to Google Docs - the new, simpler name for "Google Docs & Spreadsheets". With the new Presentations Continue reading »