Techmeme: Welcome to Mark Evans, VP, Operations (b5media)

1:50 PM ET, October 6, 2006

RELATED ITEMS:

Richard Ozerman / CrunchGear:
Fanatec Heäd$h0t is the Most Feature Heavy Mouse and Mousepad Ever

Discussion: Gizmodo, Aeropause and Ubergizmo

Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:

Mod chip seller hit with million-dollar damages — Mod chip seller Divineo and two other defendants are on the hook for over $9 million in damages after a federal court judge found that they had violated the DMCA by selling mod chips for consoles. The defendants were accused by Sony …

Discussion: Engadget and CrunchGear

Olga Kharif / Business Week:

Was MySpace Sold on the Cheap? — One of the site's co-founders offers new evidence that parent Intermix Media knew the $580 million it accepted from News Corp. was too low — When News Corp. (NWS) Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch paid $580 million for Intermix Media, parent of social network MySpace.com, talk was he overpaid.

Discussion: Download Squad

Bloomberg:

Google to Subpoena Yahoo, Microsoft on Book Scanning (Update1) — Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. will subpoena information from Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. to help fight copyright lawsuits over its book-scanning project. — Google, the world's most-used search engine …

Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog

SearchViews:

Quick Hits about Business, Politics and the Google Truth In Between — Which One of These is Not Like The Other — The Hub, Wal-Mart's attempt at social networking, is dead after just three months online. The Hub encouraged teens to create pages and "Wal-Mart Wish Lists" in the hope of winning "some fab prizes".

Discussion: Digital Micro-Markets, paidContent.org, GigaLaw.com Daily News, Traffick and AdAge

Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:

Youths no longer predominant at MySpace — NEW YORK - It's not all youths on MySpace. — Half of the site's users are 35 or older, according to comScore Media Metrix's analysis of its U.S. Internet traffic measurements. Only 30 percent are under 25 despite a common belief that the site …

Discussion: Download Squad, Bloggers Blog, GigaOM, Search Engine Watch Blog and Screenwerk

Doc Searls Weblog:

Here's a remarkable and comprehensive report (by Krestia DeGeorge in City) on the current fracas going on at the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Key point: … (Or hell, into Google, or Technorati.) … As Tim Rutten reports (and I pointed to yesterday), the LA Times has a monetary value …

Discussion: New Media Musings

Paperghost / Vitalsecurity.org:

Microsoft give MVP Award to Adware Pusher — If you'd created a program that installed Adware, would you be surprised if you were then awarded an MVP Award from Microsoft? — Well, step right up Patchou AKA Cyril Paciullo, creator of Messenger Plus! I first heard about this while stopping …

Discussion: Messenger Plus! Live News, The PC Doctor and SunbeltBLOG

Marc Weber Tobias / Engadget:

The Lockdown: The Targus iPod Lock, or, a modicum of security — Noted security expert Marc Weber Tobias contributes a new column, The Lockdown, exposing the shoddy security you may depend on. — Targus is offering what they call a "mobile security lock" that they claim is a perfect …

Discussion: The Unofficial Apple Weblog and jkOnTheRun

Stuart Elliott / New York Times:

CNN Turns to Event Marketing to Strut Its Brand — CNN is seeking to bring its brand to life beyond the TV, PC and cellphone screens by forming a division devoted to event marketing. — The new CNN Events division, under the auspices of the advertising sales department, will put on panels …

Discussion: AdJab and digg

Gizmodo:

Phantom Lapboard Gets a Price And a Date: $129 in November — The Phantom Lapboard, the keyboard and mouse combination left over from the doomed Phantom console, finally has a price and a ship date. It's going to be $129.95 in November, but if you order now you can get $30 off.

Discussion: I4U News and The Tech Report

John Gaudiosi / Wired News:

In-Game Ads Burrow Deeper — Undaunted by the fact that most 18- to 34-year-old male consumers TiVo through commercials and click off intrusive online ads, corporations are plowing ahead with novel interactive strategies to bring their advertising messages to gamers.

Discussion: Marketing Blog Bent …, Cathode Tan, Kevin Maney and reBang weblog

John P. Falcone / Alpha.CNET.com:

Hava Wireless: a better Slingbox alternative for Windows Media Center owners? — Remember Hava? When we previewed it back at January's Consumer Electronic Show, the folks at Monsoon Multimedia were touting it as a better Slingbox than Slingbox. But once the show ended, we promptly forgot about the Hava box.

Discussion: Thomas Hawk's Digital … and PVR Wire

Wilson Rothman / New York Times:

Singing the Praises of the Non-Nano — THE CHALLENGERS: Samsung Yepp YP-T9J, left, 2GB: $150, 4G: $200; iRiver Clix,top center, 2GB: $170; 4GB: to be announced; SanDisk Sansa e200, bottom center, 2GB: $140; 4GB: $180; 6GB: $220; 8GB: $250; Creative Zen V Plus, right, 1GB: $100; 2GB: $140; 4GB: $180; 8GB: $250

Discussion: Gizmodo

Archived Page Info:

This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 1:50 PM ET, October 6, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:

Techmeme Sponsor Posts:

Meta:

Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few — Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.

Zoho:

The crossroads of AI and SaaS — Enabling businesses of all sizes to build products in-house and disqualifying SaaS tools that are not AI-powered. In a span of just two years, AI has made a name for itself as the key driver for innovation.

Genesys:

Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots — How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.

Tribe AI:

Build AI products that matter — Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact. We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.

Sponsor Techmeme

Who's Hiring in Tech?