Al Gore charges a lot of money to talk, and likely that was the reason for banning the press from a forthcoming keynote at the CTIA Wireless 2009 tradeshow in Vegas; can’t let those juicy words leak out to the general public for nothing.
Before Apple’s shareholder meeting began today in Cupertino, Calif., members of the press were upset about it being more of a “prevent” than an event. Apple barred the press from live-blogging or even carrying laptops or smartphones into the meeting—the gag rule didn’t apply to shareholders themselves apparently.
For fans of certain science fiction television shows, space has long been the final frontier. But for a particular search giant, Google Sky covered that, and it's instead the task of representing the ocean that has been something of a challenge. Google may soon address the issue with the help of some fairly important people.
It feels like 2000 all over again with daily reports of layoffs and firings from Internet and tech companies. Fourtunately, these belt tightening measures this time seem to be aimed at preventing financial disaster rather than a precurser to massive business closures.Here are today's reports from around the web:- Tucows cuts employees by roughly 15%. (MORE)
Current TV is getting set for a relaunch of its web site that is scheduled to take place on October 16.
Yahoo wants people to spend 18 seconds changing a conventional incandescent bulb out and replacing it with a compact fluorescent lightbulb (CFL), to have a positive impact on the environment.