David Needle

Google today reduced pricing significantly for its line of on-demand security software as it continues to fine-tune the software applications it acquired last year when it bought Postini. “What was once a convoluted and complex product line is now three nice chunks of applications at an aggressive price,” Scott Petry, founder of Postini and product […]

This won’t be your father’s Industry Standard. The once-influential trade magazine that chronicled the rise of the Internet during the boom is returning with more modest ambitions. At its height, The Industry Standard employed more than 100 people, threw lavish parties at its downtown San Francisco offices and published a fat weekly magazine generating millions […]

Seems like car makers were falling all over themselves last year to tout the latest in iPod connectivity and convenience for music lovers. But the next step in adding computer doodads goes way beyond music and Chrysler wants to lead the charge. At the recent International Auto Show in Detroit, Chrysler said its working aggressively […]

So how many social networks do you belong too? Two? Five? More? Chances are there are wrinkles and differences to the personal information you provide on each — say, MySpace versus LinkedIn. A Silicon Valley startup collects information from public data on more than 30 social networking sites, including Flickr, LinkedIn, MySpace, StumbleUpon, Windows Live […]

Apple didn’t bother waiting a week to roll out new Macs at the Macworld Expo ��� the company went ahead and announced ahead of the show which starts January 15 in San Francisco. Nothing wrong with that, just a surprise given Apple’s propensity to keep its product plans close to the vest until Master Steve […]

Didn’t see this one coming. Dell announced it’s joined with Collexis Holdings, Inc. to launch BioMedExperts.com, a new online community that links medical experts in more than 120 countries with over 1.4 million profiles and 12 million pre-established network connections.  The aim of the site is to help drive information sharing and discussion between the […]

Perhaps the precursor to all this was “Millie’s Book, the 1990 best seller supposedly penned by First Lady Barbara Bush’s dog Millie. Now comes the announcement of Pet-Files.com, a Web Site/social network dedicated to pets. The idea is to let pet lovers see other’s pets, read their blogs (ah, poor Snoopy left us far too […]

PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Video was a hot topic here at the DEMO conference, with companies showing new ways to store, post, send, create and protect videos on the Web. Seesmic CEO Loic Le Meur said watching video on the Web is a lot like staring at an aquarium: It’s nice for a while, but […]

PALM DESERT, CALIF.– Solutions to solve those pesky PC support problems, as well as larger enterprise security concerns, were on display here at the DEMO conference. At the high end, a company called MANDIANT, launched its MANDIANT Intelligent Response (MIR 1.0) appliance that’s designed to “find evil and solve crime.” Essentially an enterprise-class, application server, […]

PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Another year, another DEMO conference. The new tech product and services showcase has been plugging away for 18 years, helping launch a number of certifiable hits along the way like the first Palm Pilot, Tivo and Salesforce.com. But there have also been plenty of “roll-the-dice” debuts by startups with ill-conceived, under-funded […]

PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Whether it’s managing your voicemail from your computer desktop or updating your blog through your phone, communications advancements marked the first day of DEMO, the biannual conference of new products and services. Among the most ambitious here at DEMO is Silicon Valley startup Ribbit, which connects mobile phone users with the […]

Moli, a new social network, will emerge from beta this week with its launch as a finished service after 100,000 users tested it since its prerelease last summer. The company is headed by CEO and founder Christos Cotsakos, the former CEO of ETrade and A.C. Nielsen. Cotsakos has invested $20 million of his own money […]