Yahoo Deal Adds Content From CNBC  —  Yahoo Finance, the most popular business news Web site, will begin distributing content from the business news channel CNBC on Wednesday.  —  Executives said the agreement would bolster Yahoo’s video options and enhance the visibility of CNBC.com.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Brian Stelter
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/business/media…

Orb opens up iPhone  —  Exclusive Orb is expected to announce that it’s supporting Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch in the next few days.  Orb provides access to your playlists and songs on your home PC (as well as photos, videos and TV) from anywhere.  It’s Sling without the hardware …

Source:   The Register
Author:   […]

Movable Type Open Source  —  As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source.  This means you can freely modify, redistribute, and use Movable Type for any purpose you choose.  —  Just want the details and downloads?  Skip to the bottom.  But you might like the story of how we got here.

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Microsoft swoop hands Multimap founder $25m  —  The deal, understood to be worth about $50 million, expands Microsoft’s fast-growing footprint in web and mobile advertising  —  Microsoft has agreed to buy Multimap, the privately-owned British company that is snapping at the heels of Google’s dominance in online mapping services.

Source:   Times of London
Link:   http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business…

Scoble To Leave PodTech, Heading For Fast Company  —  Famous blogger Robert Scoble will be leaving his current job at PodTech in mid January, he says.  He will likely be joining Fast Company to start Fast Company TV.  —  Scoble was with PodTech for just a year and a half.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link: […]

Zoho Show 2.0, Cleaner Look, New Features  —  Over the past two years Zoho has launched 12 applications along with 4 utilities, nearly all with APIs.  The team has shown a strong commitment to steadily improving their products, making them a compelling alternative to the incumbent, Google.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Nick Gonzalez
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/12/zoho-show-20…

An update that improves the performance, responsiveness, and reliability of Windows Vista is available  —  View products that this article applies to. … INTRODUCTION  —  This article contains an update that resolves issues that may affect some Windows Vista-based computers.

Source:   Microsoft Help and Support
Link:   http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=943899

Helio’s Ocean granted hot new native YouTube app; Downloads and Uploads now both totally mobile  —  I love YouTube.  I mean I love it.  I like unhinged videos of Mexican UFOs, crazy Japanese gameshows, and Lohan falling down.  It’s unlimited entertainment, because there are more hours …

Source:   CrunchGear
Author:   Matt Hickey
Link:   http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/12/12/helios-ocean…

The Next Social Network: WordPress  —  Could open-source blogging platform WordPress serve as your next social networking profile?  Chris Messina, co-founder of Citizen Agency, thinks so.  He’s started a project called DiSo, for distributed social networking, that aims to “build a social network with its skin inside out.”

Source:   GigaOM
Author:   Anne Zelenka
Link:   http://gigaom.com/2007/12/11/the-next-social-network…

Forget the SanDisk Deal, NBC Direct Will Soon Have Free Downloads in HD  —  While NBC Universal is making deals left and right to try to make up for the fact that it is no longer distributing its digital TV shows through iTunes, don’t get distracted by all the small-fry announcements.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick […]