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Google Relies On Akamai To Stream YouTube Live; 700,000 Concurrent ViewersOpen in New Window
Speculation was rampant the last few weeks that Google had to rely on a third party content delivery network to make the YouTube Live live concert stream properly at scale. Despite the fact that Goog read more »
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Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook businessOpen in New Window
This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding.ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and ping read more »
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Weekly Wrapup: Google Search Wiki, Semantic Apps, Mozilla Addons, And More...Open in New Window
It's time for our weekly summary of Web Technology news, products and trends. On the trends side, we pondered the future of YouTube, analyzed mobile messaging trends, looked into a new search innovat read more »
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Google SearchWiki VanishesOpen in New Window
Users are reporting that the recent changes to Google's search engine, called SearchWiki, have simply disappeared from the site. It's certainly gone from my account.I was (and remain) highly critical read more »
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The week in Microsoft: WALL•E, IE8, and Tweak UI for VistaOpen in New Window
In this week's top Microsoft news, we cover Windows Live OneCare, codename Morro, IE8, an unofficial Tweak UI for Vista, Silverlight 3, Zune 3.1, Windows 7, Windows Live Wave 3, and WALL•E.Read More. read more »
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The week in gaming: Fallout 3 Google maps, WoW, and ValkyriaOpen in New Window
This week in gaming brought us the advent of a Google Maps utility for Fallout 3, reviews of Valkyria Chronicles and Mortal Kombat vs. DC, as well as word of a potential retro revival of some old cla read more »
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Symantec sees spike in dangerous Microsoft attacksOpen in New Window
Symantec is warning of a sharp jump in online attacks that appear to be targeting a recently patched bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system, an analysis that some other security companies disput read more »
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Yup, Apple’s Advertising Budget Is Bigger Than Microsoft Vista’sOpen in New Window
When Apple started running the anti-Vista commercial mocking Microsoft for spending $300 million on Vista's own ad campaign instead of on fixing its problems, I called it hypocritical:Apple’s adverti read more »
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