Reuters - The magnitude of Sony Music Entertainment’s landmark recording contract with the estate of Michael Jackson raises an inevitable question: Is it a smart deal for the label?
Reuters - Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and an inspirational Web site on Friday gave $30,000 toward the college education of a teenage lesbian whose high school prom was canceled when she asked to attend with a girl.
PC World - Marten Mickos, the longtime CEO of MySQL who eventually sold the open-source database company to Sun Microsystems for US$1 billion, has taken a new job as CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, the company said Friday.
Reuters - Smartphones may be one of the hottest areas in technology with big names like Apple and Google tussling for share, but investors are questioning the growth prospects for mobile carriers as subscriber gains slow.
NewsFactor - In the wake of the browser choice screen in Europe, Opera Software is reporting a dramatic uptick in browser downloads. The company said more than half the European downloads of Opera 10.50 have come directly from Microsoft’s choice screen since early March.
PC World - This week on the podcast, Wired’s Dylan Tweney and Brian X. Chen visit the PCWorld podcast studio for some verbal jousting over Google’s Android operating system and Apple’s iPad.
NewsFactor - Cybercriminals have been busy this week running scams that target Facebook users, college basketball fans, and celebrity gossip watchers. Security experts are warning about recent attacks with nasty payloads.
Macworld.com - The iPhone app for Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, has been pulled from all international App Stores, according to Neowin.net. However, it remains available for U.S. customers.
Macworld.com - On Friday, Bharti Airtel announced in a concisely worded press release that it had struck a deal with Apple to bring the latest version of Apple’s smartphone to India â??in the coming months.â?
PC World - Could Nintendo’s Mario and Luigi be headed for blackboards and pop-top desks after decades battling bob-ombs, chain chomps, hammer bros, and koopa troopas? Mario creator and Nintendo R&D guru Shigeru Miyamoto certainly hopes so.