TechCrunch50: Interesting start-ups at San Francisco conference

TechCrunch has rapidly established itself as the go-to Blog related to technology, start-ups, venture capital and Silicon Valley. Unlike testosterone-fueled sites like Engadget and...

Bing, now with Bam!

With Bing, Microsoft continues to go all out in a middling and perhaps doomed effort to to slow Google. The latest feature added to...

Facebook, now more like Twitter with Tagging and Lite interface

Every day it seems Facebook wants to be more like Twitter. But Twitter is content to be just itself... for now. Yesterday, Facebook made...

New products today from Apple provoke yawns despite Steve’s return

Call me spoiled, but these days it takes more than a digital camera to get me excited when it comes to the latest in...

Slim is in, behold Sony’s new lightweight, energy efficient PS3

Sony must have Steinway envy. The original PS3 video game system was finished in a glossy black that oozed high end appeal. Maybe it...

Toyota Venza: Japanese influenced by American designers? Also, Fremont plant closes

From the rear it looked a bit like a Volvo. Then I was thinking it was a Dodge, maybe the Caliber. Then I noticed the...

Branding: Sony takes page out of Apple ad playbook with new PS3 campaign

Did you hear? The new svelte PS3 is now only $299. Well, maybe you didn't know. But if Sony has its way—with radio, TV and...

Mac OS X 10.6 ‘Snow Leopard’ available tomorrow $29, resource guide

Apple Mac fans, rejoice! Tomorrow's Mac OS X upgrade, aka 'Snow Leopard' at only $29, is Apple's lowest priced upgrade ever. Us faithful deserve...

Lenovo to delay release of Ion-powered S12 netbook until Windows 7 launch

(UPDATE: Reports are also indicating Samsung will delay its Ion-powered netbooks also until Windows 7 is released.) Well I think the mystery is finally solved;...

Entrepreneurs in action: Eric Levine on CellarTracker and wine in the cloud

At the Small and Special conference in Seattle over the summer, Eric LeVine gave a presentation on his business CellarTracker. It piqued my interest...