September 3, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–It’s a little hard to write more about the movie “Catfish” without spoiling its thrilling twists, but I’m going to try, because really, who likes spoiled catfish?
The documentary that tells the tale of Nev Schulman, a New York City photographer who [...]
September 3, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
SAN FRANCISCO–It’s a little hard to write more about the movie “Catfish” without spoiling its thrilling twists, but I’m going to try, because really, who likes spoiled catfish?
The documentary that tells the tale of Nev Schulman, a New York City photographer who [...]
September 1, 2010 2:31 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
Amazon is selling an array of TV shows from Fox and ABC for 99 cents, the same price Apple plans to charge for TV show rentals.
(Credit:
CNET)
As an eagle-eyed CNET reader noted, Amazon is selling some TV shows for the same price that Apple plans [...]
September 1, 2010 2:31 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
Amazon is selling an array of TV shows from Fox and ABC for 99 cents, the same price Apple plans to charge for TV show rentals.
(Credit:
CNET)
As an eagle-eyed CNET reader noted, Amazon is selling some TV shows for the same price that Apple plans [...]
August 31, 2010 1:31 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
Matt Williams
(Credit:
eTail East conference)
Digg confirmed on Tuesday that it has named former Amazon executive Matt Williams as its next CEO, replacing Kevin Rose, who has been acting chief executive since Jay Adelson stepped down in April.
“After several months of searching, we are excited [...]
August 30, 2010 9:00 PM PDT
by Ina Fried
As VMWare prepares for this week’s annual conference, Microsoft is looking to steal both the company’s thunder and its customers.
In an advertisement in Tuesday’s USA Today, Microsoft urges VMware customers to think twice before signing a new long-term contract with the virtualization company.
“VMware is [...]
August 30, 2010 11:46 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Microsoft has confirmed plans to build a large new data center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia as the company is once again expanding its data center operations.
In a press release from the Virginia governor’s office, Microsoft said it will spend up to $499 million to [...]
August 12, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
Microsoft is getting close to releasing a beta version of Internet Explorer 9–the company’s latest bid to regain lost ground in the browser market.
At last month’s financial analyst meeting, Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner casually mentioned that the beta would be coming in September. [...]
August 10, 2010 10:19 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
DeviantArt, a social network for artists, this week unveiled Muro–a free, HTML5-based Web drawing tool.
(Credit:
Screenshot by Ina Fried/CNET)
After 10 years of serving as a place for artists to collaborate and share their works, DeviantArt is now aiming to play a more central role in [...]
August 6, 2010 10:43 AM PDT
by Ina Fried
European Commissioner Neelie Kroes (right), on stage with conference organizer David Kirkpatrick. The former competition chief for Europe is now in charge of the EU's digital agenda.
(Credit:
Ina Fried/CNET)
TRUCKEE, Calif.–Privacy concerns need to be further addressed if Europe is to lure the 30 percent of [...]