You’ve hired two old-media types in Michael Learmonth (Variety) and Peter Kafka (Forbes). Doesn’t that differ from what Michael Arrington and Om Malik are doing by hiring mostly young writers? How do you intend to grow Silicon Alley Insider?
Yes, Michael and Peter are pros. TechCrunch has a couple of pros, too, and Om’s been a [...]

As for who is finding the vulnerabilities, this is particularly interesting, especially in light of the “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow” theory of open source. According to the report:
commentary
Not to be outdone, Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, and Linux also fought bravely to make the top 10. This is an indication of their growing adoption. [...]

“You’ll find new features across the products and most notably, Windows Live Messenger has been almost entirely redesigned,” Windows Live VP Chris Jones said in a blog posting.

The new programs are in beta form, so Microsoft is warning that people other than advanced users might want to stick with the old versions for a bit.

The [...]

In a statement, Gellos said: “Microsoft will continue to grow and add thousands of new jobs this year, but given the current economic environment we are taking the prudent step of reviewing our hiring plans and will make some adjustments as appropriate,” Gellos said. “We are optimistic about our prospects for growth and will continue [...]

According to the blog, the so-called “Xbox Experience” dashboard, which is due out in the fall and was unveiled by Microsoft at its big-budget press conference at E3 in Los Angeles earlier this month, has found its way onto the Web. The blog’s author claims to have figured out how to play with the new [...]

That wasn’t the only potshot Fradin took at social networks, which have been subject to debate as industry thinkers try to figure out whether it’s possible to do something about tepid revenues on popular sites like Facebook and MySpace. For the most part, social networks have held up behavioral targeting as the solution, using the [...]

While news and information accounted for the largest slice of mobile Internet users in January, social networking or blogging grew at an even greater rate, according to comScore.

“Over the course of the past year, we have seen use of mobile Internet evolve from an occasional activity to being a daily part of their lives,” [...]