TechCrunch Kills Off “CrunchPad” Tablet Project….Over Supplier Problems?
If you’ve been hoping for a touchscreen Internet tablet, it looks like you’re going to have to keep waiting. TechCrunch today announced that they were sending their much-hyped CrunchPad design to the deadpool. According to TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington: The CEO of our partner on the project, Chandra Rathakrishnan, sent me an email w

Is Social News Just A “Guy Thing”?
Royal Pingdom has taken a look at social network site use by gender, and found that social network site use is dominated by women: Highlights of their research: 84% (16 out of 19) of the sites have more female than male users. The social news sites Digg, Reddit and Slashdot have significantly more male users than female.

WordPress VS Twitter? There’s No Contest!
There’s been a lot of discussion, growing out of the tremendous popularity of Twitter, that blogging is going to be replaced by microblogging, or some other “next best thing”. Last year, for example, Wired magazine’s Paul Boutin weighed in on the subject, arguing that Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004.

Free DVD Ripper, HandBrake, Gets Update
HandBrake – a free, multiplatform DVD ripper and video transcoder  – has been updated. HandBrake is a great tool if you want to rip DVDs for backing them up or using them with Apple TV or other multimedia system. The update should provide better quality conversions for all users and should work faster for many. Here’s what’s new: x264 – Better pictu

Apple Opens iTunes LP & iTunes Extras
Apple has opened up iTunes LP and iTunes Extras, publishing Templates, Best Practices and a Development Guide so that anyone has the capability to create interactive content that can be played back in iTunes 9 or on Apple TV. iTunes LP lets you create digital albums that include links to listen to album songs and view lyrics, liner notes, photos and videos (s