Analyst: MySpace Is A Goldmine

MS PR Firm Becomes The Story

Big corporations hire public relations firms to ensure that their message gets out as intended, to avoid embarrassing gaffes by staffers unaccustomed to dealing with the press, and so on.

Gord on the Great K-Fed Debate

My SearchInsider column last week took exception with K-Fed launching his own search engine. Actually, I take exception with the entire concept of K-Fed that but that's another point. In today's SearchInsider, David Berkowitz retorts, rebukes and refutes my negativity around all things Federline, saying that the K-Fed engine shows that search is ubiquitous, search is evolving and search shouldn't be always all business, no fun.…

Text Messaging = Price Gouging? OMG! WTF?

In comparison to the other ways in which consumers spend money, sending a text message seems relatively cheap. The truth, however, is that mobile users pay 7314% more to send a text message than they actually should.

Microsoft Acquires devBiz Business Solutions

Microsoft announced it has acquired .NET software development company devBiz Solutions. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant plans to integrate devBiz's web client products into its Visual Studio 2005 Team System (VSTS). Microsoft says the tools devBiz offers will benefit software architects, developers, testers and product managers by allowing multiple ways to access the Team Foundation Server (TFS).