The number of mobile phone subscribers in China reached 601 million at the end of June, according to government figures. The nation added 8.63 million new users in June,...
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China Mobile Phone Subscribers Pass 600 Million Mark
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Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail
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Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that...
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James Randel: A REAL SOLID SUGGESTION ...IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF.
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It is really tough to be a real estate commentator these days. I have been writing about real estate issues for almost thirty years and rarely have I experienced periods...
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Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
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Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction...
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SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city
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"The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." So spoke Terry Childs, San Francisco's jailed...
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Carbon management software maker snags $5 million
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Carbonetworks, which sells software for providing better visibility into managing your company's carbon impact, has closed $5 million in Series A funding from NGEN...
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McCain's Ad Buy Is A Big-Time Bust
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Back in June, John McCain fought back against the Democrats' "50-State Strategy" by launching an eleven state strategy of his own, sinking $16 million worth of ads into...
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Tech Crunch: LivingSocial Gets $5 Million From Grotech Ventures and Steve Case To Create Social Apps
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LivingSocial, a company that started out as a Facebook developer and is now creating social app across many social networks, raised $5 million in a series A financing...
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Impact of iPhone on AT&T's ARPU
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I first blogged about the Apple iPhone and the new approach they were taking with AT&T last year. (see blog) There wasn't much more than a small AT&T logo at the top of...
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SF Admin Gives Up Keys To Hijacked City Network
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snydeq writes "Jailed IT admin Terry Childs relinquished his hold over San Francisco's multimillion-dollar FiberWAN, handing his administrative passwords over to San...
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Cisco Buys Software Firm Pure Networks For $120 Million (CSCO) [Silicon Alley Insider]
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John Chambers' Cisco (CSCO) has purchased Seattle-based Pure Networks, which makes home networking software, for $120 million. Pure Networks will be folded into Cisco's...
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Content Offerings Only Reach a Few Million TVs
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Over the past few weeks, there have been a flurry of announcements from Microsoft, Netflix, TiVo, YouTube, Roku and others detailing how their devices can be used to play...
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Briefs 2-West Ham United sign Behrami from Lazio - Reuters.uk
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RTE.ieBriefs 2-West Ham United sign Behrami from LazioReuters.uk - 1 hour agoSoccer - West Ham United have signed Switzerland utility player Valon Behrami from Lazio...
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Sugar Inc Breaks Up With NBC, Brings Ad Sales In House
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Fast growing women-focused blog network Sugar Inc announced that they’ve terminated their year-old ad sales relationship with NBC. All ad sales will now be via an...
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Dave Johnson and James Boyce: Vets For Freedom NewsLadder Is Up. It's Fair And Balanced (Really)
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We'd like to introduce the Vets for Freedom NewsLadder. Like all the NewsLadders that are up and running, this is a great place to find out all about an issue on one...
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Xantrex in talks to be acquired
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Xantrex shares shot up 23 per cent this morning -- reaching their highest point since 2004, the year it went public -- after the company put out a vague press release...
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Carl Pope: It's Official -- Bush Has Ruined the Market Value of the Whole Country!
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That's one way, at least, to explain a recent decision by the EPA to lower the value attached to the life of the average American by 20 percent in the past five years....
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No offer from Fulham for Andrew Johnson, say Everton - Telegraph.co.uk
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SkySportsNo offer from Fulham for Andrew Johnson, say EvertonTelegraph.co.uk - 1 hour agoAndrew Johnson's future is increasingly unclear after Everton denied...
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Courtney Love Sued Over Nirvana Profits
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LOS ANGELES — A business management and accounting firm sued Courtney Love for nearly $1 million on Tuesday, claiming she failed to pay them a share of profits from...
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One to Watch: Episodic
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Episodic, a startup we’ve been eagerly anticipating, took the wraps off its service today in order to launch a feature for content creators to create their own...