Monthly Archives: June 2011

Reuters – As it turns out, Justin Timberlake’s role as Napster founder Sean Parker in “The Social Network” was a wink and nod to the celebrity’s little publicized role in driving Silicon Valley start-ups. Original story here.

PC Magazine – The younger crowd pooh-poohs privacy, but let’s see what they think 10 years from now when they can’t get a job because of some photo on Flickr. Original story here.

Affected workers are in cable company’s dispatch center; operation moving to center in Michigan. Original story here.

AP – New test results show that a proposed nationwide wireless broadband network would produce significant interference with GPS systems used for everything from aviation to high-precision timing networks to consumer navigation devices. Changes to the proposal could reduce interference, … Continue reading →

Appolicious – Be warned: The title leading off this week’s Best Games list is a quality release, but it’s going to frustrate you. That’s because Street Fighter IV Volt is merely a slight update to Capcom’s high quality fighting game … Continue reading →

AP – Federal regulators are looking into the interactions between Twitter and a company called Ubermedia, which develops applications that help users follow and communicate with each other on Twitter’s popular online messaging service, according to two published reports. Original … Continue reading →

Washington Examiner (blog) Hey owners, it's not on players or fans to bail you out of your own messSportingNews.comEarlier this week, at a press conference for his team's recent draft selections, Wizards owner Ted Leonsis acknowledged to Comcast SportsNet Washington, … Continue reading →

How Comcast makes its Skype integration look seamlessGigaOm30, 2011, 2:30pm PT No Comments When Comcast announced that it would be partnering with Skype to bring video chat to the living room of its subscribers, there was some question about whether … Continue reading →

Appolicious – Google is percolating something new, feeding us bit-by-bit the details of its latest social coup. The search engine is testing the waters of today’s social web culture, launching Google+ in private beta. The project comes with an Android … Continue reading →

Comcast to lay off 103 employeesIndianapolis StarComcast cable will shut down part of its operations on East 65th Street in Indianapolis and lay off 103 employees during the next three months. The company disclosed the planned layoffs today in a … Continue reading →

NewsFactor – Amazon.com is calling a new sales-tax law in California unconstitutional. Amazon appears ready to challenge the law, which states that having affiliates in the state is the same as online retailers having a physical presence there. Original story … Continue reading →

AFP – Microsoft announced on Thursday it is pulling the plug on a free online home energy monitoring tool that allows consumers to gauge their usage and reduce consumption. Original story here.

Time Warner Cable, Comcast deploy Virtual Hold's virtual queuingCED MagazineTime Warner Cable and Comcast are among the North American cable operator companies that are looking to increase customer satisfaction and toll cost savings by using a virtual queuing platform from … Continue reading →

Comcast will lay off 103 employees at its E. 65th Street facility. Original story here.

NewsFactor – In one of the biggest fire sales of the Internet age, News Corp. has unloaded MySpace for $35 million. Just four years ago, the social-networking site had a valuation of $12 billion. Original story here.