Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
How investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate — “While the bust led to the arrest of just one hacker among many, it sheds light on the shadowy underground of the business of illegal piracy. It also offers a peek at how investigators try to head off a major piracy disaster before it happens.”
4 ways to automatically get automatically rejected by an angel investor — “I’ve started three companies, and now I’m an angel investor. Full story...
For some types of searches, Google totally sucks. Are you looking for a senior editor at Wired to pitch? Until recently, Google’s built-in directory returned me as a top result, seven years after I’d lost the job.
The first big hit in gesture control technology was the mouse. If you’re too young to have any pre-digital memories, this might seem like an odd claim.
Google tapped its sleeping giant of a social network today with Buzz. The new product lets people follow Gmail contacts for status updates and shared articles, photos and videos.
Toyota’s having a bad week. It is already recalling millions of cars to fix floor mats and gas pedals that have led to unintentional acceleration — a snafu costing the company more than $2 billion.
Mayfield Fund has partnered with First Round Capital to host a networking event with the theme Entrepreneurs Helping Entrepreneurs.
Many of the rumors and now the news coverage of Google Buzz, the search giant’s new social sharing tool, has focused on the web capabilities through its integration with Gmail.
On this morning’s earnings call for Warner Music, CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr said that the company’s $1.
Known for its international relief efforts, rock band U2 is now raising funds in Turkey to pay for the country’s Dora-1 geothermal plant.
Google Buzz, the social sharing tool that Google just announced at a press event in Mountain View, isn’t just for the fun.
Google announced the previously rumored social networking features in Gmail today with a new product called Google Buzz.