Review: Iomega ScreenPlay Director

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First Impressions: Viliv N5 Ultra Mini Mobile PC

Viliv is at it again. This time around the Korean manufacturer is going after the clamshell market with the N5. The self-described Ultra Mini Mobile PC is really just that — a truly mobile PC. This form factor isn’t exactly new as I just looked at the main competitor, the UMID mbook bz, just a few months back so I’m actually curious if the N5 brings anything novel to the niche market.

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BBC iPlayer comes to Android but Xbox 360 misses out

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Palm Loses Their Ex-Apple PR Head, Lynn Fox

HP’s buyout of Palm may have won them webOS, but it doesn’t seem to have won them many friends within the company. There are only so many names within Palm that are so oft-mentioned that I could name them off hand — and of those, the talent seems to be disappearing left and right. First to go was interface mastermind Matias Duarte, followed shortly thereafter by Rich Dellinger, best known for coming up with webOS’ incredible notifications system.

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Report: Hulu May Test Paid Subscription Service This Month

New York
- Hulu, the online video portal joint venture between NBC Universal (NYSE:GE), News Corp. (NYSE:NWS)
and Disney (NYSE:DIS), may begin testing a paid subscription service next week, The Wall
Street Journal reported, citing people briefed on the plans. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook Hires White House Advisor for Public Policy Role

Palo Alto,
Calif. - Facebook has hired away
the White House’s chief of staff of its National Economic Council, Marne
Levine, to become its new vice president of global public policy, The
Washington Post reports. Levine will oversee Facebook’s interaction with
governments and NGOs worldwide, Facebook said in a statement. Read the rest of this entry »

BeatifulPeople.com promises ugly people ‘beautiful babies’

Danish website BeautifulPeople.com, the dating site for ‘good-looking people’ is launching its own sperm and egg bank for its members, promising to deliver ‘beautiful babies’ in a controversial new addition to its service this week.

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Review: Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook Effect Is A Wonderfully Biased History Of Facebook

I’ve read David Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook Effect twice now. I’ve also interviewed him about the book twice on stage – once at TechCrunch Disrupt and a second time this evening at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

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Extreme Reach Raises $9 Million for Digital Video Ads

Needham,
Mass. - Extreme Reach, a provider
of digital video advertising distribution services, announced on Wednesday that
has closed a $9 million second round of financing, led by Village Ventures. Read the rest of this entry »

Extreme Reach Raises $9 Million for Digital Video Ads

Needham,
Mass. - Extreme Reach, a provider
of digital video advertising distribution services, announced on Wednesday that
has closed a $9 million second round of financing, led by Village Ventures. Read the rest of this entry »