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Doko: Tween Social Networking With A Twist

Today sees the launch of Doko, a social networking game aimed at the tween market which claims to be “The World’s First Global Trading Game”. The game revolves around metal discs about the size of poker chips that are emblazoned wi

Posted: May. 9, 2008 08:01 AM

Yahoos Answer to Googles Universal Search is Glue (Coming Soon to America)

Sometimes the only way to get new products out the door at a big company like Yahoo is to launch it far away from HQ. That’s what happened with Yahoo Glue, a new way to present search results more visually that Yahoo is experimenting with on i

Posted: May. 9, 2008 01:36 AM

Share Your Links With Mento; Weve Got 500 Invites

The tagging and link-sharing market has no shortage of competition, but that doesn’t seem to be deterring many developers. Mento, which has just launched in an invite-only beta, is the latest to arrive on the scene, sporting a very well design

Posted: May. 9, 2008 12:04 AM

Schonfeld Talks About Clearwire/Sprint On Fox Business

Erick appeared on Fox Business last night to talk about the recent $3.2 billion WiMax deal between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire that’s expected to go through. He tries to discuss the questionableness of the deal from a business standpoint despit

Posted: May. 8, 2008 10:25 PM

Microsoft Tells Its Alternate Yahoo Board Members It Wont Be Needing Them

Microsoft is taking one of its options off the table in its on-again, off-again pursuit of Yahoo. It has told members of the alternate board of directors it had lined up for a possible hostile proxy battle over Yahoo that it won’t be needing t

Posted: May. 8, 2008 07:08 PM

Shawn Fanning Finally Gets A Real Payday: Electronic Arts Buys Rupture For $30 Million

Shawn Fanning, best known for founding Napster, has a new job. He will be working at Electronic Arts, which is about to buy his social-network-gaming startup Rupture for $30 million, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. His co-founder Jo

Posted: May. 8, 2008 06:12 PM

Early Adopters Still Spend More Time With Microsoft Than Google, Facebook, or Skype. But For How Long?

When early adopters sit at their computers, what applications and websites do they use the most? The answer: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, and MSN Messengerjust like most everyone else. At least according to data from RescueTime, the produc

Posted: May. 8, 2008 05:51 PM

Prague CrunchNetwork Meet-up Shaping Up Nicely: Watch This Space

We’re fast approaching our super fun CrunchNetwork Prague Meet-up and we’re prepping the pivo and knedliky for the big night. We’re going to have some surprises coming up so watch this space but until then feel free to RSVP by email

Posted: May. 8, 2008 05:51 PM

Ruby on Rails Startup Heroku Gets $3 Million

Heroku, the online Ruby on Rails (RoR) development and hosting environment, has raised $3 million from Redpoint Ventures and other angel investors. The Y Combinator startup aims to make software development more accessible for a wider range of peopl

Posted: May. 8, 2008 02:00 PM

MySpace Embraces DataPortability, Partners With Yahoo, Ebay And Twitter

MySpace is announcing a broad ranging embrace of data portability standards today, along with data sharing partnerships with Yahoo, Ebay, Twitter and their own Photobucket subsidiary. The new project is being called MySpace “Data Availability&#

Posted: May. 8, 2008 01:01 PM

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	SYS-CON.TV to Switch from Adobe Flash Video to Microsoft Silverlight By Internet Video News Desk Andrea wrote: Wow, You're switching to Silverlight without even knowing what will happen with this technology? Not smart. I will not be watching your website, for sure.
	Akamai's Tim Napoleon To Keynote iTVCon - Internet Video Conference in San Francisco By Internet Video News Desk geciktirici wrote: Thanks a lot
	Internet Video and Youth Entertainment Network GoFish Gets Top VC as Advisor By Internet Video News Desk insideStory wrote: Wasn't GoFish gonna buy Bolt.com and salvage it from a lawsuit and subsequent $10M settlement with Universal Music? What happened to that deal?
	iTVCon - Starts Next Monday! Check Out the Full Speaker Lineup By Internet Video News Desk DefineYourTerms wrote: Obviosuly "Internet video" can refer to streaming video from realtime broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. Does it also refer to watching movies and other TV prog...