The Nasdaq dropped nearly 5.5 percent, or 95.21 points, to close at 1,645.12, while the S&P 500 closed down 7.6 percent, or 75.02 points, to finish at 909.92.
In the last two hours of trading, Yahoo’s shares crossed into the $12 range and quickly plummeted as the broader markets slumped.
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Each time Yahoo’s stock [...]
In an effort to make Google Reader more approachable, Google has put out a series of help videos that show people how to use it. There are only two clips to start out with (posted below) which cover basics like adding and reading feeds, and using the tool’s sharing features. Google says future videos will [...]
In addition to its new look, Ubiquity now borrows a few features from
Firefox 3’s “awesome bar.” It remembers some of the commands you’ve used in the past and will let you hop to them right away when starting a new command. For instance, if you frequently use the integrated Wikipedia look-up, simply typing “w” into [...]
In our immediate future as content creators and companies that serve them, it’s all about gathering and converting attention–at least until the world is so well-served with feels-like-free content in return for attention that physical copies become desirable again (and they will).
It’s a model in which the creator’s brand offers more protection than digital [...]
This post will be updated continually to track activity on the
Conficker worm, the latest variant of which had been expected to hit the Internet on April 1. For more background on Conficker, click here or read below.
April 1, 6:35 a.m. PDT: McAfee says its Avert Labs is seeing Conficker-infected hosts attempting to call their [...]
Updated 2 p.m. PDT to clarify details about indexing secure pages.
I’ve been testing the Chrome developer releases, and one thing Google didn’t mention in its release notes is better JavaScript performance over the earlier Chrome releases. Fast JavaScript is a key part of Google’s ambition to use Chrome to spur faster Web application development.
• When users download executable programs, such as those ending with .exe or .dll extensions, Chrome now gives th
