Ars Technica Acquired by CondeNast (Wired)
Ars Technica, one of the most popular technology blogs, has been acquired by CondeNast a media company that also owns Wired Digital. In a breaking story from TechCrunch, Michael Arrington reports that the deal is around the $25 million mark.
It is expected that Ars Technica will now be running under the Wired [...]
HP to Take On IBM with Acquisition of EDS
According to the Financial Times Hewlett-Packard, commonly known as HP, is in the process of acquiring Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for $13 billion. EDS is one of the biggest IT services company in a market that is dominated by IBM and was also a pioneer being that it was formed in the 1960s it had [...]
TechCrunch Partners With WashingPost.com
Micheal Arrington, the owner and co-editor of TechCrunch, has revealed a new partnership between TechCrunch and WashingtonPost.com whereby TechCrunch posts will be syndicated and added to the Technology section of the WashingtonPost.com site.
The move is going to help TechCrunch extend its readership to that of WashingtonPost.com and will join other popular blogs such as Brian [...]
Alexa’s Ranking System Given an Overhaul
As most of you must have noticed some bizzare changes in your Alexa rankings and most probably your site or blog’s ranking have gone south. Well dont panic, it is not because you are no longer getting visitors you used to get but Alexa have done a complete overhaul of their ranking system.
Alexa have stopped [...]
April Fools: Random Jokes and Pranks on the Web
Yes people its April Fools day and there has been has pranks and jokes going on the internet at random. Some of them are believable, funny and hilarious; then some are just plain stupid and lame.
Here are just a few of them I came across on my favourite sites and stood out:
on whatever video link [...]
Microsoft deploys Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1
It is been widely reported online that Microsoft have made available the new version of Internet Explorer for beta testing. The new version, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, is only available to a select invited testers. In an email put up on ActiveWin, an active Windows community, it goes on and say that the public [...]
Google Joins Undersea Trans-Pacific Fibre Optic Cable Consortium
Google has teamed up with five other international communications companies to form a consortium that is developing a 10,000 km undersea fibre optic cable system that will connect United States and Japan. The cable system is to be scheduled to go live in early 2010. The purpose of the system is to boost [...]
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