Glam Media, one of the largest publishing and advertising networks on the Web, is debuting its newest branded vertical—Foodie.com. As its name indicates, Glam’s newest vertical is aimed at covering all things food, and features a combination of content from food critics, bloggers, chefs, restaurateurs and other “food influentials.” For[…]

BaltCap, a leading venture investor in startups in the Baltics region, has signed a €1 million investment in Clusterpoint, an enterprise software startup created by Latvian programmers and backed by seed investors in the UK and Baltics. Clusterpoint has built a database platform designed for cloud computing infrastructure which they[…]

Richard Mack, a retired sheriff and constitutional conservative, is hoping to use Rep. Lamar Smith's authorship of SOPA and an Internet surveillance bill to pry him out out of office.

We’re running the first ever TechCrunch Baltics meetup today with a mini-conference and pitch contest in the lovely city of Riga, Latvia. The Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are tiny countries, but punch above their weight in terms of their technical prowess. Estonia in particular was made famous[…]

Google has been going to great lengths to keep advertisers who sell counterfeit goods online out of its AdWords program, but as far as Montblanc, the Germany-based maker of ‘writing instruments’, watches, jewelry and whatnot, is concerned, they ought to be doing more. Montblanc-Simplo GmbH, as the holding is called,[…]

Saying it improved manufacturing, the Japanese camera and lensmaker will start selling a lower-priced SLR in March. Also: perks for those who paid the high price.

It’s been a long and winding road since Tariq Krim created and eventually left Netvibes, but today Netvibes has been acquired by huge French engineering giant Dassault Systèmes for an undisclosed amount. Krim continues to pursue his original dream of organising the social web on Jolicloud.

A quad-core Apple chip powering the iPad 3 is not moral certainty. Here are some reasons why.

A father who was allegedly upset that a couple defriended his daughter on Facebook stands accused of murdering the couple.

CNN political analyst belittled men wearing pink and the near-naked H&M David Beckham ad via Twitter during the Super Bowl--tweets that some critics say were anti-gay and violent.

CNN suspends a political analyst for sending tweets during the Super Bowl that sparked a homophobia outcry.

Aircraft maker Airbus has been ordered to check all A380 superjumbo planes currently in service after cracks were found in wing components.

You just bought a brand new computer, and you are so excited on getting back and getting it up and running. It hasn't been in the news much, but new PC's just keep getting slower and slower. It makes sense because the slower the PC is, the less time it[…]

US technology giant Cisco says rising quarterly sales show that its cost-cutting plans are bearing fruit.

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If you have a 64-bit capable machine, you may want to upgrade from 32-bit Windows to 64. Unfortunately, the upgrade, while quite possible, isn't easy. Related posts: Chris Pirillo: Windows 7 Upgrade or Anytime Upgrade? What's the difference between a Windows 7 upgrade and... Best Buy Leaks Windows 7 Upgrade[…]

Simon Calver is to become the chief executive of Mothercare after seven years as head of online movie rental firm Lovefilm.

Want to speed up your Internet? A slow, crawling Internet connection is a source of great frustration. Sometimes the slowdown is beyond your control; the Internet is subject to traffic jams just like any other highway. But there are some things you can do to maximize whatever speed you are[…]

Losing your product key is something that happens to the best of us, especially when you’re as accident-prone as I am and misplace the box your Windows CD came in. Related posts: Maketecheasier.com: 5 Excellent Tools To Take Screenshots in Windows In case you are looking for an effective screenshot...[…]