The New York Times Expected To Launch Local Blog Network On Monday (Confirmed) — If this post on a local blog about Brooklyn has it right, the NY Times will be debuting a neighborhood blog project next week on Monday. Here's the gist: … Still according...

Hearst to launch a wireless e-reader — The publisher plans to introduce a large-format device this year based on electronic-ink technology. — NEW YORK (Fortune) — Against a backdrop of plummeting ad revenue for newspapers and magazines, and rising costs...

Amazon Kindle 3 Rumors Surface: Bigger, Better (Of Course) — The ink has barely dried on the new production Amazon Kindle 2 e-readers and now there's a hot rumor surfacing about the Kindle 3. Among the speculation is one interesting suggestion: The Kindle...

Facebook's “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users' Social Behavior — The famous Dunbar number, or “theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships”, is generally accepted to be about 150...

Sarah Milstein on Twitter, Web2Open and Self. — I had a great phone call last week with Sarah Milstein - NYTimes.com writer, O'Reilly Radar blogger, @tweetreport geek, speaker and organizer of Web2Open, our official on-site (free) unconference. I took...

It's not always about money; sometimes hackers just hate you — Malware authors and hackers have to eat like the rest of us, but security data from 2008 suggests many engage in their illegal activities for other reasons besides a desire to get money. Twenty...

Facebook's “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users' Social Behavior — The famous Dunbar number, or “theoretical cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships”, is generally accepted to be about 150...

How are you using Threading Tools? — Intel is currently running a great discount ($99) on our Threading Buidling Blocks (TBB) tools for Linux*, Windows* and Mac* in the Intel BX Software Download Store

Obama hopes to raise $4.8B by imposing spectrum license fees on wireless providers — CONGRESS WILL HAVE TO PASS LEGISLATION TO ENACT THE PROPOSAL — President Obama called for spectrum license fees in a record $3.9 trillion budget, released today, reviving...

Rocky Mountain News to close, publish final edition Friday — Executives from E.W. Scripps Co., announce their decision on the future of the Rocky Mountain News in the 150-year-old newspaper's newsroom on 2/26/09 in Denver. In December 2008, the Rocky...

The History of Microsoft - 1978 — For Microsoft, 1978 begins with the announcement of the Microsoft COBOL-80, which conforms to the 1974 ANSI standards for 8080, Z80, and 8085 microprocessor systems

Ad Supported Public Libraries — Body: — Another potential casualty of the economic maelstrom are 11 public libraries in Philadelphia. This is not good. Many people I know, myself included

Acer preps Ion-based Hornet nettop with air remote — Acer is planning a nettop of its own that would occupy the high end of its market, if a set of leaked presentation slides from Turkish site Donanimhaber are accurate. The Hornet would have a highly...

Microsoft sees ‘fantastic’ opportunities — CEO Ballmer emphasizes Cambridge operations will receive funding, ‘add talent’ — CAMBRIDGE - The slumping economy is deflating the high-tech business along with other industries, but Microsoft Corp. will continue...

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook now available to order, officially — After a rocky start that is becoming increasingly common for the company, Dell has now officially made its new Mini 10 netbook available for order. The snazzy little netbook first appeared...

Kindling a Revolution: E Ink's Russ Wilcox on E-Paper, Amazon, and the Future of Publishing — Wade Roush wrote: — Almost as soon as Amazon released the Kindle e-book reader in November 2007, I settled in to wait for the Kindle 2. Like many other observers...

Ad Supported Public Libraries — Body: — Another potential casualty of the economic maelstrom are 11 public libraries in Philadelphia. This is not good. Many people I know, myself included

TechFest:Core Tools For Augmented Reality — This demo will explain the development of a new kind of image feature that can be used within a variety of applications, ranging from image stitching to augmented reality

Facebook releases draft of new user terms, asks for user feedback — Facebook is now asking for user feedback on a draft version of the proposed replacement for its previously-contested terms of service. The company is also announcing a guiding set of...

Some Changes Since Beta for the RC — We've been quite busy for the past two months or so working through all the feedback we've received on Windows 7. It should be no surprise but the Release Candidate for Windows 7 will have quite a few changes, many...

Anatomy of a Silverlight Game — Nikola Mihaylov has written a game in Silverlight called Shock. This is not just a “fun project over the weekend” game. There are multiple game modes, music playlists …

Nokia considering entering laptop industry — HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia is eyeing entering the laptop business, its Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said in an interview to Finnish national broadcaster YLE on Wednesday...

Starting Over — Body: — Technorati Tags: startup,entrepreneur,churchill club — This from a Churchill Club Panel on why you should start your business in this dismal economic environment. Moderator: Jason Pontin.

Every Flashback has a Silver Lining — We recently moved to a new building on campus that doesn't have its own cafeteria. As blasphemous as that is, we've learned to deal with the situation and have gotten

“Big, Hairy Audacious Work” — Joshua-Michele Ross, one of my colleagues here at O'Reilly, published an article in Forbes last week with that eye-catching title. The subtitle is “How to rethink work in the 21st century