News CBS Now Buying Web 2.0? Last.fm for $280m A couple of weeks ago we talked about how CBS' new online strategy was to partner with as many Web 2.0 sites as possible and spread their content around. Today, CBS seems to have deviated from that plan by announcing that they will pay $280m in an all cash deal to purchase music social network Last.fm. This is the largest Web 2.0 acquisition in… Josh Catone View comments
Microsoft Microsoft Surface Hits The Ground Running Microsoft just announced a very cool new multi-touch computing product, called Surface. At first the rumors were this would be an iPhone competitor, but it's clear now that it's much larger (30-inch display!) and more of an environmental computer device. Using the product, people can interact with information using touch, natural gestures and… Richard MacManus View comments
Digital Lifestyle Digital Lifestyle News: Microsoft's Answer To iPhone; Babelgum Review Update to Microsoft story: news has just come out about the product described below, officially named Surface. It's a lot bigger than the iPhone, but uses similar multi-touch technology. Here is the press release and here is our write-up. (original story) Our sister site last100 reports on the imminent unveiling of Microsoft’s multi-touch… Richard MacManus View comments
Web Office Egnyte Tackles Knowledge Management 2.0 Egnyte is a collaborative document sharing app that hopes to make inroads on the growing Web Office space. It's kind of like a mix between an online storage solution (such as Omnidrive or ElephantDrive) and a content management solution. In enterprise speak, essentially it's a knowledge management application. The company started in January 2006… Richard MacManus View comments
Search AfterVote To Launch New Social Features & Revenue Sharing As you may recall, Alternative Search Engine (ASE) AfterVote (AV) was the Search Engine of the Month in April (posted May 01, 2007). AfterVote is run by three guys who also have days jobs; and no VC funding. I presented it is a good example of just how much innovation is possible in these alternative search engines. Well, since that story… Charles Knight, AltSearchEngines editor View comments