Venture Capital is a term oft-bandied about, but sometimes it's a mysterious process. Speaking at Stanford University, Beth Seidenberg of VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers tried to clear up a aspect: Whether a startup is ...READ»
A semi-buff spread featuring a matronly cartoon character that can already be found in countless, free, XXX-rated Web scenarios perfectly symbolizes Playboy's woes.READ»
Let's say you're based outside NYC. But you come here often enough to need an office. But not so much that it's worth renting one long term. How's someone who's design obsessed supposed to pull that off? You can't very well sell ...READ»
Gazprom, the giant Russian oil company, secures approval to build the tallest, "greenest" tower in Europe, in the heart of St. Petersburg. Some say it'll be "monstrous." It'll also be a 77-story middle-finger to the low-carbon movement.READ»
The city is offering $20,000 to whomever designs a web or mobile app that best uses any of 170 public data sets--from health inspections to traffic updates.READ»
At the end of this month we'll see a parade of cool concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show. Honda has been releasing teasers of what it'll be showing--interesting stuff that's geared to the changes in community brought on by the rise of ...READ»
If BumpTop's new multi-touch application for Windows 7 looks oddly familiar, that's because it tries so hard to mime the offline world of paper piles and junk drawers. And rightly so.READ»
The typical helicopter today chugs along at a respectable 150 miles per hour. With its aptly named X2 Technology, chopper maker Sikorsky hopes to have new helicopters flying nearly twice as fast.READ»
O2 have enjoyed a monopoly on the iPhone in the UK since its launch in 2007. This week though marks a new dawn for consumers, with Orange and Vodafone both committing to offer the iPhone alongside O2 in the near future. We look at the choice ahead for consumers.READ»