Outbrain is now open to the public, allowing any blogger to sign up and add the company’s rating and content recommendation widget to their site. If you frequent CenterNetworks…

San Francisco - On Friday, April 4, at 9 a.m., the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge to speed the government's release of information about a campaign…

The record labels have asked a Swedish court for $2.5 million in damages against the operators of The Pirate Bay, who told a local newspaper that the "record companies can go screw…

Overwhelmed with all the content coming through your Google Reader? Want to skim just the top stories from any feed you're looking at? Canadian RSS filtering service AideRSS…

Broadcast TV is experiencing some post-writers strike pain when it comes to ad rates. TargetCast tcm says the cost of a primetime spot in the first quarter was 12% lower than last…

LA-based blog network PaidContent.org's parent company, ContentNext, is raising a $1-$2 million Series B round, according to a document viewed by Silicon Alley Insider. The…

Microsoft (MSFT) plans to continue to stand firm on its Yahoo (YHOO) bid, the WSJ says--a report that will likely come as a disappointment to those hoping for a pre-emptive hike. …

In case you didn’t know, terraforming Mars and sending people to live up there (or down there, depending on how you look at it) is only about cash, nothing else. Kim Stanley…

We’ve seen some pretty interesting advertising campaigns that utilize Facebook’s platform for integrated applications, such as Bob Dylan’s. Most of them have…

Google announced today that they would be adding the ability for users to work offline in their popular web office suite Google Docs. Offline support will be powered by the Google…

Think Grand Theft Auto is harsh and mean-spirited? Check out this verbal onslaught from Sony (SNE) exec Scott Steinberg: Microsoft (MSFT), he says, has spent "the GNP of several…

Citi analyst Mark Mahaney trimmed Google's (GOOG) Q1 and 2008 estimates: Q1 down to $4.50 per share from $4.65, and for the year down to $19.08 from $20. He also cut the earnings…

Chumby Industries, makers of the Wi-Fi video and widget displaying device, the Chumby, have just announced $12.5 million in Series B funding today. The company notes that this new…

Sony BMG has been caught using pirated Windows administration software. It's an embarrassing development for a company that has fought so hard to keep its own content from being…

Although still in private beta, much like FriendFeed, fav.or.it is showing a knack for releasing features that play to some of the currently hot memes around the blogosphere.…