Credit card services provider MasterCard has revealed another piece of its e-commerce plan, with the acquisition of DataCash for about $520 million. The European payment service provider has a central accounting tool for consumers...»

More security acquisitions today, with Intel announcing its plans to buy McAfee for about $7.7 billion in cash. The chip maker is looking to expand its own security service offerings, and this acquisition marks its

Facebook Places is now official! May it be a popular vacation spot, a museum or a bar, let your friends know where you are using your mobile device and eventually meet them if they

Kristen Nicole wrote up the news that Kara Swisher was teasing out regarding the big Facebook press event (happening now) and after party.  Tonight, we will hear the news that Kara is calling Facebook...»

There is so much to like in this well written rebuttal to the much talked about Wired cover piece titled “The Web is Dead” (maybe they should have titled it “Wired is

Google has just released the most recent version of their App Engine product API, version 1.3.6 for Java and Python. The App Engine product offers developers the ability to tap into the power of Google’s cloud storage...»

We’ve speculated about the naming of the “Arc Touch Mouse” on the WinExtra On Windows Podcast, as Microsoft already has a mouse on the market called the “Arc“.

Our arguments have been

Recently, Clearspring Technologies [disclosure: I used to work there.] publicly announced its new direction as an audience buying platform, leveraging the widespread distribution of its AddThis social

Today, someone on Twitter sent me a DM that he was sad I have had to get a restraining order and therefore do not feel comfortable making any geolocation profiles I have public. This was in

Ever since I looked at the iPad and found it not quite what I need, I have been waiting for the promised Android tablets to hit the market, in the hope that they might fit...»