Latest From Michael Smith
MySpace Takes On the ‘Spam King’
Scott Richter, named one of the world’s worst spammers by consumer advocacy site Spamhaus, has been tied to several major illegal spam campaigns. Richter must face the legal guns at MySpace after ...
Wii-Haw! Nintendo Tops Monthly Console Sales Again
May 29, 2007 11:12AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us With Nintendo’s Wii still dominating the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 in terms of sales, many wonder whether the Wii’s performance can ...
Could Google Translate Help E-Commerce?
Although Google has stated no plans to throw advertising into the multilanguage mix, Google Translate might draw international shoppers to English-only e-commerce sites, according to analyst Greg Sterling, who said Google Translate ...
Tomb Raider Coming to Nintendo Wii
The decision by SCi Entertainment to develop a version of Tomb Raider for the Wii is driven by the platform’s unique game controls, said Kathryn Clements, the senior brand manager for Tomb ...
Can Nintendo’s Mii Concept Kill MySpace?
March 9, 2007 12:34PM Digg It! Bookmark to del.icio.us Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto says the company plans to move the Mii concept forward with a new Wii channel that will enable Nintendophiles ...
MySpace Age Verification Bill Proposed
March 8, 2007 12:46PM Under the MySpace age-verification bill spearheaded by Connecticut State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, social-networking sites that fail to verify ages and fail to obtain parental permission to post ...
New York Mulls iPod Ban on City Streets
New York Senator Carl Kruger’s proposal to ban gadget use on the streets of major New York cities is based on the notion that he calls “iPod oblivion,” which Kruger says leads ...
Apple: Don’t Upgrade to Vista Just Yet
February 5, 2007 9:32AM Digg It! Bookmark to del.cio.us Apple is offering some advice it hopes will improve the experience for customers who do decide to upgrade from Windwos XP to Windows ...
The I.T. Burden of Software as Service
Suppose your company has a payroll of 5,000 or more employees divided into 10 departments and each department uses between four and 10 SaaS applications. I.T. is dealing with, at the low ...
Samsung Develops Marathon Fuel Cell
Samsung expects to release the new fuel cell for mass production by the end of 2007, and has begun research on a second, smaller fuel cell that can use only a coffee ...