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Pandora rocks its way to the top of the iPhone App Store, reviewers get a break

Apple showed us a new iTunes section this week where the most downloaded applications in the App Store were revealed. Pandora Radio was the top application of the year with over 2 million downloads as of yesterday. It is personally the most used application on my original iPhone because I...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Application, VentureBeat, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Venture Capitalists: We're still open for business

At a VentureBeat conference on managing through the economic downturn, a panel of venture capitalists painted a gloomy picture for the economy overall. But they're still making investments, they said. Rafe Needleman covered the event and got reactions from experienced and new entrepreneurs.

Tags: Venture Capital, Investment, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Financing Startups, Management, News, Rafe Needleman, Webware, Venturebeat, entrepreneur, venture capital

Videos 2008-11-07

Apple's top iPod gun to depart; Papermaster in; Jobs succession gets murkier

Updated: Tony Fadell, the senior vice president in charge of Apple's iPod division, is leaving the company to be replaced by Mark Papermaster, a former Big Blue executive who is being sued by IBM over a non-compete clause. The move statement, first reported by the Wall Street...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., VentureBeat, Blade Servers, Digital Music, Digital Media, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Radar Networks raises additional $13 million in Series B round

A rumoured additional investment in San Francisco-based Semantic Web startup, Radar Networks, has become clearer over the weekend. Late last week, Dan Primack broke the story on PE Hub, reporting on a lunch he'd had with Ross Levinsohn and Roland Van der Meer of Velocity. VentureBeat's Chris...

Tags: Network, Investment, Radar, Radar Networks, VentureBeat, Spivack, Twine, Nova, Aerospace & Defense, Semantic Web, Manufacturing, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-02-24

Additional Resources

News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Stories that warrant watching: EDS / HP, Microsoft, IBM, Adobe

EDS Employees Take a Haircut Courtesy of HP IBM taking out more employees? VentureBeat reports that some EDS workers will face pay cuts of 29-47%. Additionally, more employees may be terminated come September 1. IBM is rumored to be sharpening the axe in its Global Services...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., Cookie, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-14

News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update ...

Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., T-Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-06

News to know: Microsoft; Motorola; BIOS 'rootkit'

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2009: Mary...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Researcher, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Rootkits, Microsoft Windows 7, BIOS, Microsoft Windows, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4G

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4GRE: Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4GActually Jason the Press are also responsible since you hound and hound companies and try to leak ahead of time. You are the people putting the pressure on. If you weren't so keen...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, worker, suicide, Apple Inc., 4G, iPhone 4G, Apple iPhone, Chinese worker

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Chinese worker commits suicide after losing prototype iPhone 4G (updated)

VentureBeat reports via News reports coming out of China that 25 year-old Sun Danyong committed suicide on July 9 after a fourth-generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for went missing. Danyong worked for Foxconn in Shenzhen in Guangdong province near Hong Kong which manufacturers iPhones for Apple. According to VB...

Tags: Apple iPhone, 4G, Apartment, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., Suicide, Worker, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing

When it comes to Google's entry into the Microsoft-dominated computer operating system business, there's a bigger question as to whether Google's move is an offensive one or a defensive one? Microsoft's official comment on Google's latest announcement seems to be a big fat "no comment" from Bill...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Computing, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that one

The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether tech titans such as Yahoo, Apple and Google are in cahoots on recruiting and hiring practices. If true, these companies could be in violation of antitrust laws. Good luck finding the paper trail on that one.  In fact, this DOJ...

Tags: Talent, Hiring, Google Inc., Antitrust, U.S. Department Of Justice, Exec, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-03

News to know: Office 2010 leak; Windows Mobile; Wolfram/Alpha; SOA; Zappos; ;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Mobile Dev team: 'Windows Mobile 6.5 is done' New Microsoft Office 2010 test build leaks Zack Whittaker: Screenshots:...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Dana Blankenhorn, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Mobile Applications, Microsoft Office, Wireless And Mobility, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Office Suites

Blog posts 2009-05-18

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Follow Friday: Essential Webbies

tweetmeme_url ='http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=551'; tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; tweetmeme_source = 'zdnetblogs'; Welcome to my new #followfriday series. Each Friday I will try to share with you a few people that I enjoy following on...

Tags: Web, Twitter, Tom Merritt, Merritt, Channel Management, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Quicken Online offers iPhone app

A long time ago I asked ZDNet readers about which online personal finance software they thought was best. At the time, upstarts such as Mint and Wesabe were threatening Intuit's Quicken Online service with prettier, easier-to-use interfaces and $0 price tags. To combat the onslaught, Quicken Online went free. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Quicken, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-01

News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...

Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Dear Facebook: If Rosetta Stone can go public so can you

Facebook is reportedly in the market for more funding at a valuation of either $2 billion or $4 billion and neither is all that palatable when you did a Microsoft deal valuing the social networking company at $15 billion.  Perhaps Facebook should just skip this round and...

Tags: Facebook, Wilson, IPO, Investment, Sarbanes-Oxley, Financial Planning, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-16

News to know: Microsoft; Oracle patches; Google; HP; Facebook; Win 7 systems ;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft makes it official: Forefront reaches the cloud Ryan Naraine: Microsoft tackles patch management metrics with Project Quant Oracle...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Data Centers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Taxes, Patches, Free Trade, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-16

News to know: iPhone; Google; SAP; Oracle; IBM-Sun

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: WSJ: IBM in talks to buy Sun Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-18