http://www.tj.com/index.php Google-backed Youtube has acquired movie interaction service Omnisio. Omnisio is an impressive Web2.0 product that lets its users make videos more interactive. It used to be incubated at Y Combinator and recently launched to the public in March. en-us frice_jenzen@yahoo.com (phillip cabales) frice_jenzen@yahoo.com (phillip cabales) PHP RSS Feed Generator Google has announced that one of their products is being discontinued today. Google Lively, a 3D virtual world that launched back in July is scheduled to shut down at the end of this year. http://www.tj.com/google-/google-lively-no-longer-alive 2008-11-20 16:27:20 http://www.tj.com/google-/google-lively-no-longer-alive PC Magazine will be printing its last issue of its print publication in January 2009. The magazine will now be only available online as a web publication. http://www.tj.com/markets/pc-magazine-to-end-print-publication 2008-11-19 16:55:40 http://www.tj.com/markets/pc-magazine-to-end-print-publication Apparently, video sharing sites can sell at a nice price where ever you are. Russian media giant GazProm has just completed their acquisition of the RuTube, a russian video site aspiring to be YouTube. http://www.tj.com/venture-capital/gazprom-media-acquires-rutube 2008-11-19 16:34:22 http://www.tj.com/venture-capital/gazprom-media-acquires-rutube Microsoft is announcing that they will be offering a PC security solution to counter malware and viruses for free. Code-named Morro, this streamlined solution will be available in the second half of 2009 and will provide comprehensive protection from malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans. http://www.tj.com/microsoft-windows-/microsoft-announces-free-security-suite 2008-11-19 16:18:14 http://www.tj.com/microsoft-windows-/microsoft-announces-free-security-suite Psystar, the computer manufacturer of PC-based OS-X machines, had their claim against Apple Inc. for antitrust practices rejected by a US Federal Court. http://www.tj.com/apple-macintosh-/psystar-antitrust-claim-against-apple 2008-11-19 16:00:09 http://www.tj.com/apple-macintosh-/psystar-antitrust-claim-against-apple Multiply is the second most popular social networking site in the Philippines trailing Friendster. Still, Multiply's focus on photos have made it a darling for media companies in the country. So it's not surprising that ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, the largest integrated media and entertainment company in the Philippines has acquired a 5% stake in social networking site Multiply. http://www.tj.com/social-networking-/philippine-media-network-acquires-minority-stake-in-multiply 2008-11-18 17:07:12 http://www.tj.com/social-networking-/philippine-media-network-acquires-minority-stake-in-multiply Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang explains his reasons as to why he steps down from the CEO post of the company. http://www.tj.com/yahoo/jerry-yang-explains-his-decision 2008-11-18 16:44:12 http://www.tj.com/yahoo/jerry-yang-explains-his-decision LIFE Magazine is an American photo-journal of the world. The Publication began way back in the 1750 and has amassed more than 10 million photographs documenting significant events in history as well as daily life as it progressed. Today, those photographs are brought online by Google. http://www.tj.com/google-/google-make-life-magazine-photo-archives-available-to-the-public 2008-11-18 16:33:07 http://www.tj.com/google-/google-make-life-magazine-photo-archives-available-to-the-public Finally, Jerry Yang CEO and Chief of Yahoo Inc. is stepping down from the CEO post. Yahoo announced that Yang intended to let go of his CEO duties as soon as the company finds his successor. Yahoo has employed the services of Heidrick & Struggles to find the new CEO. http://www.tj.com/yahoo/yahoos-jerry-yang-steps-down 2008-11-18 16:07:33 http://www.tj.com/yahoo/yahoos-jerry-yang-steps-down Sketchup is great actually, I've tried it and have been playing with it to design all sorts of things. As compared to AutoCAD however, it's no match. Sketchup is a great and free alternative to expensive and complicated modeling software. http://www.tj.com/google-/google-introduces-sketchup-7 2008-11-17 17:18:46 http://www.tj.com/google-/google-introduces-sketchup-7 The recent filing of the Securities and Exchange Commission against the dot com billionaire and entrepreneur on the charge of Insider Trading has made headlines today and Cuban simply writes his statement in his blog. http://www.tj.com/web-20/mark-cuban-responds-to-the-sec-charge 2008-11-17 17:08:10 http://www.tj.com/web-20/mark-cuban-responds-to-the-sec-charge The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally officially filed a case against dot com billionaire Mark Cuban on Insider Trading charges. The incident for which Cuban is being charged happened in 2004 with the stocks of search engine Mamma.com. http://www.tj.com/web-20/sec-files-insider-trading-charges-against-mark-cuban 2008-11-17 16:57:34 http://www.tj.com/web-20/sec-files-insider-trading-charges-against-mark-cuban A shocking incident has occured in Silicon Valley that's rattled the tech companies to its core. A man, Jing Hua Wu, who was recently laid off from semiconductor manufacturing company SiPort in Santa Clara shot and killed 3 of the company's executives last saturday. Apparently, Wu who was fired last week went back to the SiPort office last Friday and killed three people, CEO Sid Agrawal; Brian Pugh, VP of operations; and Marilyn Lewis, who was the human resources manager. http://www.tj.com/blogs-blogging/disgruntled-employee-murders-ceo-two-others 2008-11-17 16:43:20 http://www.tj.com/blogs-blogging/disgruntled-employee-murders-ceo-two-others Puma has introduced the third installment of its bike series, the Puma Glow Rider, which is very different from other sports bikes because of its frame that glows in the dark. http://www.tj.com/gadgets-/puma-glow-rider 2008-11-17 15:43:29 http://www.tj.com/gadgets-/puma-glow-rider President-Elect Barack Obama is probably the first president to extensively use the internet as a medium for his campaign. Obviously, during the campaign Obama has amassed millions of followers using social media, and lots and lots of videos. Now that he will be the next president, Obama is likely to continue using the web to reach out to his constituents. http://www.tj.com/music-video-/obama-to-address-the-nation-weekly-on-youtube 2008-11-14 17:25:04 http://www.tj.com/music-video-/obama-to-address-the-nation-weekly-on-youtube Today, Microsoft joins the bandwagon (again) by launching their online store in the US. The Microsoft Store (previously opened internationally in the UK and Korea) will be selling hardware and software Microsoft products. http://www.tj.com/microsoft-windows-/microsoft-launches-online-store 2008-11-14 17:06:54 http://www.tj.com/microsoft-windows-/microsoft-launches-online-store Sun Microsystems, the company behind many software products such as MySQL, Open Storage and Open Office, as well as many other networking hardware and software products, announced today that they will be restructuring the company to save them $700-$800 million a year. http://www.tj.com/software/sun-microsystems-restructures 2008-11-14 16:41:48 http://www.tj.com/software/sun-microsystems-restructures The NFP system of Mojo Mobility comes into two modules, one for transmission and one for reception. The two modules are able to transmit power by simple electromagnetic induction. Electromagnetic induction is simply the generation of an electric current by moving a magnet through a coil of wire (and vice versa). The trick for Mojo Mobility then is to fit that electromagnetic technology into the ever-shrinking mobile devices on the market today. http://www.tj.com/gadgets-/mojo-mobility-develops-wireless-charger 2008-11-14 16:23:20 http://www.tj.com/gadgets-/mojo-mobility-develops-wireless-charger Windows Live, Microsoft's portal into the web just got a revamp today introducing an integration of email, storage, instant messaging, photos, social networking, etc. Microsoft is calling this the Wave 3 of the Windows Live road map. http://www.tj.com/microsoft-windows-/microsoft-revamps-windows-live 2008-11-13 17:09:49 http://www.tj.com/microsoft-windows-/microsoft-revamps-windows-live Youtube is the largest repository of online videos on the web. It's so big in fact that having its own search engine really means it has its own "web" to search. So since Youtube is owned by Google, and Google is the most successful in monetizing its search engine by selling keywords and rankings sites, hence the Youtube search engine can be monetized in the same way http://www.tj.com/advertising-marketing/youtube-sells-video-search-results-to-the-highest-bidder 2008-11-13 16:52:32 http://www.tj.com/advertising-marketing/youtube-sells-video-search-results-to-the-highest-bidder