There are rumours circulating that Yahoo may be interested in acquiring social bookmarking/ technology site Digg. Rodney Smith blogged about this about three weeks ago and Thomas Hawk’s added his argument and slant on this subject.
Personally I think adding Digg to their existing social networking stable of products would make enormous business sense for Yahoo. Digg, a tech news site with an existing user base and undeniable potential for expansion into other subject areas, seems an irresistible acquisition. As mentioned before I firmly believe the future of web search is not solely with the best algorithm but how well it’s integrated with the human element of such social networking sites. The question that remains is whether Digg and the VC’s that invested would be willing to talk business.
It looks like Sony is trying to corner the electronic book reader market – again. The ‘Sony Reader’ is about the same size as a paperback and electronic versions of bestselling novels will be available through a Sony along the same lines as Itunes. After failing with a product in Japan that was thought to be too expensive, I can’t see that launching a product with a $300 – $400 price point is much different. Further, as we are moving to an age of convergence, carrying another device that doesn’t have anything like the features of an Ipaq, simply doesn’t look productive to me. Come on Sony; simply integrate this E-ink technology into devices that we already use……
A very entertaining remote controlled chopper gets my award for the easiest way to blow about £60 (US $100) this summer. Demonstrated at CES Unveiled, a press event preceding the main show, the Bladerunner II looks like it could be lot of fun as this footage shows.
- Their website could really do with some work though!
It’s been a long time coming, but Email, or rather the apps and applets that provide it, are developing into services that people will enjoy to use rather be forced to use. The advent of RSS can be seen as a significant advantage for virtually anyone who browses the web, it simply a matter implementing it right.
Depending on what planet you’ve been living on for the last week or so you may not have heard the latest security threat to all versions of Windows from 98 onwards. I know we’ve heard this sort of thing before but this one seems pretty serious……
The WMF vulnerability appears to take advantage of a security ‘hole’ in Windows Meta Files (WMF) that can open the door to your system to various different viruses, Trojans or spy ware and malware. With no official Microsoft patch due until the 10th January, there is a simple precaution that could reduce the likelihood of an infected system;
