May 16, 2007

Brin Be Biking

A somewhat puzzled aside from Variety today in an article otherwise about Google's changing video search:Google co-founder Sergey Brin appeared at Wednesday's press event in biking gear and rumpled hair.Oh, those tech company founders are sooo quirky....

D.E. Shaw Be Selling (Apple)

It's always worth knowing when a smart investor cuts its position in a high-profile stock. The $29-billion D.E. Shaw fund has cut its Apple holdings by about one-third:D.E. Shaw & Co., a New York-based hedge fund firm, sold Apple Inc....

Me on CNBC Talking iPhone/Engadget

I did my weekly Fear/Greed segment on CNBC with Herb Greenberg late today. Topic #1 was the Engadget/iPhone affair, and the bigger picture of blog impact on financial markets. Watch here, and yes, I know it doesn't work well on...

Club Penguin + $450m = Sony Club Penguin?

If Rafat's right, and he seems to have it cold, Sony buying ClubPenguin -- the kids online virtual world that has grown to 4.5m users in 2 years -- is big news:Sony is in advanced talks to buy the two-year-old...

Engadget's Apple iPhone Story & Stock Hackers

Okay, Apple's iPhone isn't delayed, contrary to Engadget's market-moving retracted story this morning. The incorrect news whacked Apple's stock, taking it down almost 3% on what now seems to been a spoofed email somehow inserted into Apple's internal email system.This...

Google Timeline and Map Views

Pardon the geek out, but Google's timeline and map views are nifty. Check 'em here.As an aside, it is entertaining that Google Labs now has competitition: Google Experimental. Where do we go from here? Google Hyper-Early? Google Will-Crash-Your-Computer? Inquiring minds...

Google Searchology Reminder

Watch Google Searchology conf live now here....