Facebook's Project Palantir: Beautiful Visualization Of People Connecting

A group of Facebook engineers - Jack Lindamood, Kevin Der and Dan Weatherford - have created a small project called Palantir at a Facebook Hackathon event. The project is named after The palantír of Orthanc, a crystal ball-like object from The Lord Of The Rings (yep, they're...

TechCrunch - 6 hours ago

DSP's CEO to take leave, chair campaign effort of Israel's Likud

DSP Group Inc.'s chairman and chief executive said he would take a leave of absence as CEO so he can lead the campaign committee of Israel's Likud Party for the Feb. 10 parliamentary election.

MarketWatch - 3 hours ago

Geithner could slow bank-stock assault

Betting against bank stocks may soon become much riskier.

CNNMoney - 19 hours ago

Gas prices continue to fall

Gasoline prices continued to sink, falling for the 67th day in a row, according to a national survey of gas station credit card swipes released Sunday.

CNNMoney - 34 minutes ago

GM board reportedly won't rule out bankruptcy

Members of the board of directors at General Motors Corp. may be at odds with the ailing automaker's top executive in their willingness to consider all options, even bankruptcy, according to a published report.

MarketWatch - 21 hours ago

Screen Actors Guild will ask members to authorize a strike

The Screen Actors Guild, representing some 120,000 actors in movies, TV, the Internet, commercials, new media and more, said on Saturday that it would ask its members to authorize a strike after a federal mediator failed to bring the union and management to terms.

MarketWatch - 2 hours ago

YouTube Live! (But Dead on Arrival)

The king of Web video is finally set to join the live video realm today. In 30 minutes, YouTube Live will introduce a mix of real-time concert footage with that of "YouTuberati" such as LisaNova, Tay Zonday (Mr. “Chocolate Rain”), “Fred,” Chad Vader, and the “Will it Blend” guys....

Mashable - 12 hours ago

Zakaria: Summit an important new beginning

CNNMoney - 10 minutes ago

Obama picks Summers as top economic adviser

President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate Harvard economist Lawrence Summers as head of the National Economic Council, making him Obama's top economic adviser in the White House, two sources close to the transition told CNN.

CNNMoney - 10 minutes ago

Jaguar in UK govt talks for 1 bln stg loan: paper

LONDON (Reuters) - British-based carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is in secret talks with the UK government over a 1 billion pound ($1.48 billion) loan, just nine months after the Indian conglomerate Tata Group bought the luxury carmaker, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

Reuters - 22 minutes ago

Dillard's to cut 500, or 0.8%, of jobs to reduce costs

Dillard's Inc. said it would cut 500, or 0.8%, of its workers to reduce operating costs.

MarketWatch - 1 hour ago

Obama taps Geithner, Summers for top economic jobs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the global financial crisis.

Reuters - 10 hours ago

SHOOTOUT: Google SearchWiki vs. Wikia

Google introduced SearchWiki, a search results customization feature, to the public this week. Naturally, there are comparisons being made with Wikia Search, one of the original roll-your-own search machines. So we ask: Which is best? Google's broad implementation of editing...

Mashable - 18 hours ago

Obama outlines plan to create 2.5M jobs

Saying that moving quickly is imperative, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday offered an outline of his economic recovery plan to create 2.5 million jobs by 2011, saying American workers will rebuild the nation's roads and bridges, modernize its schools and create more...

CNNMoney - 23 hours ago

Obama Won't Obliterate Drug Stocks

Jason Ronovech, portfolio manager for the five-star Paradigm Select Fund, says health care stocks were unfairly slammed leading up to Barack Obama's election. His top picks include Endo Pharmaceuticals and Invitrogen.

TheStreet - 2 hours ago

World's First Touch-Screen Laptop

Gary Krakow weighs in on Hewlett-Packard's new TouchSmart computer, thefirst laptop computer with a touch-screen display.

TheStreet - 13 hours ago

Google gunning for IE with Chrome OEM deals

Search giant is ready to take on Microsoft's browser with OEM deals to increase Chrome's availability.

CNET News - 9 hours ago

YouTube lives it up

Video-sharing site offers its first live stream of an event--one designed to celebrate itself and many of the most popular performers on the site.

CNET News - 8 hours ago

Obama sees long haul ahead, China offers help

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday he was crafting a two-year plan to fight an economic crisis of "historic proportions" and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said his country was ready to play a big role in the global effort.

Reuters - 13 hours ago

Verizon workers fired over Obama records breach

Employees, who had been placed on paid leave earlier this week during Verizon's investigation, are no longer there, according to CNN.

CNET News - 14 hours ago

Gas prices continue to fall

Gasoline prices continued to sink, falling for the 66th day in a row, according to a national survey of gas station credit card swipes released Thursday.

CNNMoney - 22 hours ago

Google SearchWiki Is Back. Here's How To Kill It For Good.

Cheers were heard across the Internet earlier today when Google's new SearchWiki search interface inexplicably vanished. Perhaps, just maybe, it was gone for good. Or at least when it returned it would have an opt out feature. Nope. Neither. It's back and it's still impossible...

TechCrunch - 8 hours ago

Economic Preview: Harsh economic data expected for coming week

The economic data in the coming holiday-shortened week is expected to take a dramatic turn for the worse, with weak durable-goods sales, consumer spending, and housing data, analysts say.

MarketWatch - 8 hours ago

Kernel vulnerability found in Vista

Flaw in operating system's networking could allow rootkits to be hidden or denial-of-service attacks to be executed, but no fix is expected until the next service pack.

CNET News - 13 hours ago

Prototype: Lessons of Survival, From the Dot-Com Attic

The Dot Com Archive contains data that has begun to reveal interesting insights into the dot-com bubble.

NYTimes - Technology - 16 hours ago

Scene Stealer: For a Thrifty Audience, Buying DVDs Is So 2004

The economic crisis has almost certainly accelerated the move to cheaper ways of seeing movies and TV shows on the Web.

NYTimes - Technology - 16 hours ago

BlackBerry Storm Sales Delayed By Software Glitch? Screen Gimmick A Dud? (RIMM)

RIM's new BlackBerry Storm is proving to be popular with some people -- many Verizon Wireless stores sold out of their first batches yesterday. But while Verizon initially promised quick Internet orders, shipment for new orders has been delayed to "by Dec. 15." Why? Engadget...

Silicon Alley Insider - 17 hours ago

Google Docs Spreadsheet Art: Winter

It’s time to just admit it: Google is better than you. Better at searching the web, better at advertising, better at email, better at…creating festive art by methodically changing the color of every square on a spreadsheet. Yup, someone at Google has taken the time...

Mashable - 18 hours ago

HOW TO: Put Secret Santa Online

Secret Santa - the gift-exchange game that’s either the highlight or low-light of the festive season in workplaces everywhere - is getting the online treatment again this year. 4 year-old social site Elfster is pitching itself as the best way to manage the whole process...

Mashable - 19 hours ago

Sprint Loses A Key Executive (S)

Sprint Nextel (S) executive John Garcia, head of its most important business unit, is leaving. His bio is already off Sprint's Web site. (Google cache.) WSJ: Mr. Garcia is stepping down as head of the CDMA business, the unit that control's 70% of Sprint's customer base. The...

Silicon Alley Insider - 19 hours ago

Fidelity Nat'l Financial ends plan to acquire LandAmerica

Fidelity National Financial Inc. said late on Friday that it ended its definitive agreement to acquire LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.

MarketWatch - 4 hours ago

Report from the New York Times Small Business Summit

This past week I attended the New York Times Small Business Summit. I met with business owners in the American Express OPEN Advice Cafe. I learned a lot about what was on the minds of business owners. Among the 45 or so that I talked with, they seemed to be equally split on...

Small Business Trends - 5 hours ago

American Apparel: Sex and the CEO

In Part Two of her wide-ranging interview with American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, Kristin Bentz, The Talented Blonde, gets the lowdown on the company's legal turmoil.

TheStreet - 8 hours ago

Virgin America sees fuel hedge opportunity

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lower fuel prices present a "unique opportunity" to hedge buying up to four years out, the chief executive of airline Virgin America said on Saturday.

Reuters - 9 hours ago

Buy These Oil Names

Stephanie Link, director of research for the Action Alerts Plus Portfolio, explains why her team dumped stake in National Oilwell Varco but scooped up shares of other oil companies.

TheStreet - 10 hours ago

GM Board Won't Rule Out Chapt. 11: Report

The Wall Street Journal reports that board members are willing to consider bankruptcy protection for the automaker.

TheStreet - 12 hours ago

Asian, American leaders back free trade to ease crisis

LIMA (Reuters) - Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.

Reuters - 12 hours ago

On Air: YouTube Kicks Off Its First Live Event

We're at the YouTube Live event in San Francisco, which is bringing together a number of celebrities, YouTube favorites, and musicians to celebrate the past year in viral videos. The show is being held in front of a live audience of 3000 people, with millions of people tuning in...

TechCrunch - 13 hours ago

Surfing the Web from 35,000 feet

CNET blogs from the sky as Virgin America debuts in-flight Wi-Fi service.

CNET News - 13 hours ago

Weekend Update, 11/21/08 [Digital Daily]

Another week, another five work days into a recession. There were a few distractions along the way, of course. From Jerry Yang and Mark Cuban to Obama Girl and Guns N' Roses, the week's events were enough to keep more than a few bloggers busy--at least there was something to...

AllThingsD - 13 hours ago

Dance: Point Toe, Click Mouse

Chris Elam expands the reach of new dance from occasional live productions to an engaged Web audience.

NYTimes - Technology - 13 hours ago

iPhone Your Life: Conan Did it Better

Find the iPhone App Store a little overwhelming? Apple has the answer. The company has launched a section of its site called “iPhone Your Life“, wherein Apple has hand-selected the best iPhone apps for different lifestyles: Around Town, World Travel, At Home,...

Mashable - 14 hours ago

YouTube tests students' desire to cheat

More than 3,000 "how to cheat" videos are posted on YouTube alone, encouraging bad behavior in otherwise good kids.

CNET News - 15 hours ago

NewsWatch: Stocks look cheap, but that doesn't mean you should buy

Call it the Great Give-Back. The market's latest swoon this week sent the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to its lowest level in more than a decade, and the benchmark has lost almost half of its value since October 2007. Optimism is in short supply; so are stocks cheap? Is the U.S....

MarketWatch - 15 hours ago

Gas, Coal Stocks Ready to Glow

Don Wordell, fund manager of the RidgeWorth Mid-Cap Value Equity Fund, says natural gas and coal stocks have bottomed and will heat up again as temperatures drop. His top picks include XTO, Williams Companies and Consol Energy.

TheStreet - 15 hours ago

Now, Brevity Is the Soul of Office Interaction

Microblogging is gaining ground at work, becoming popular for both internal and external exchanges.

NYTimes - Technology - 16 hours ago

Novelties: The Online Search Party: A Way to Share the Load

New tools are being developed that let people at different computers search as a team in a shared Web space.

NYTimes - Technology - 16 hours ago

Far From Disney's Fold, but at Home on the Web

Michael Eisner has settled into a comfortable post-Disney existence, staking a claim on Web entertainment.

NYTimes - Technology - 16 hours ago

AIG to sell plane lessor ILFC to investors: report

CHICAGO (Reuters) - International Lease Finance Corp, the plane-leasing business owned by insurer American International Group , will be sold to a group of investors and ILFC's management, Bloomberg reported on Saturday.

Reuters - 16 hours ago

2 engineers from China sentenced for espionage

Case goes back to 2001 when the men, who had worked at Sun, Transmeta, NEC, and Trident, were trying to smuggle chip design documents out of the U.S.

CNET News - 16 hours ago

Why can't Yahoo control its image like Angelina Jolie?

Much of Yahoo's troubles stem from an inability to project the right image to the outside world.

CNET News - 18 hours ago

Polysilicon prices tumble on glut, solar's hit from credit crisis

Prices of polysilicon, already pressured by a coming supply glut, are tumbling fast as the credit crisis drives down demand for the solar panels that are the biggest users of the raw material.

MarketWatch - 19 hours ago

Google Cuts Back On Holiday Party Excess (GOOG)

To save money and avoid looking too celebratory in scary economic times, Google (GOOG) is cutting back on its holiday parties this year, too. Reuters: Google has fared better than most tech companies, but departments at the Internet company will have smaller events this year to...

Silicon Alley Insider - 19 hours ago

Regulators Close Downey, Other Banks

Twenty two banks and thrifts have failed failed in 2008.

TheStreet - 20 hours ago

Bush urges against trade barriers

LIMA, Peru (CNN) -- President George W. Bush, in what could be his final overseas trip as president, called on international leaders to continue his administration's push for free trade despite the global financial crisis.

CNNMoney - 20 hours ago

Week ahead: Hoping for Thanksgiving cheer

Wall Streeters returning to work Monday have at least one thing they can be thankful for: Thanksgiving is one less day the market is open.

CNNMoney - 22 hours ago

They Just Don't Get The Times!

Marek Fuchs gives verbal noogies to those who ignore the possible significance of The New York Times' ginormous dividend cut.

TheStreet - 22 hours ago

Coming Week: Enjoy Turkey, Forget Stocks

In light of how the economic downturn has pummeled consumer spending, investment advisers are telling investors to focus on Thanksgiving turkey and avoid the news next week.

TheStreet - 22 hours ago

Daimler eyes cuts as car industry struggles

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler is eyeing further cost cuts, the maker of Mercedes cars confirmed on Saturday as a global economic slump squeezes sales.

Reuters - 23 hours ago

Art.view: Salvation in Cyrillic

Will Russian buyers rescue the art market?THE 2008 autumn art-auction season, barely a month old, has been characterised by two extremes: stacks of unsold works, and a few eye-watering purchases. Day after day, auctioneers on both sides of the Atlantic have been faced with the...

Economist Daily Column - 23 hours ago

China Watch Mail Bag: Who's Right in Retail?

After learning that Barney's New York may expand into Beijing, many viewers want to know which retail picks are the best China plays right now.

TheStreet - 23 hours ago

EU Presents Ambitious Open-Source Library Digitization Project, Site Promptly Crashes

A cadre of European politicians gathered Thursday at the Museum of the 18th century in Brussels to launch Europeana, a digital museum that allows visitors to explore classic paintings, photos, recordings and texts in the same manner in which it is possible to search, say,...

TechCrunch - 23 hours ago

Q&A: What's ahead for Visual Studio and .Net

Microsoft's Jason Zander and Matt Carter talk tools and set out the company's manifesto for data democracy.

CNET News - 23 hours ago