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YouSendIt raises additional $15M to bypass email attachment limits_

File-transfer startup YouSendIt, which allows users to bypass the limits that most email services put on file transfers, announced it raised an extra $15 million in its fourth round of funding on Friday. New investor Adams Street Partners led the round, along with former investors Emergence Capital, Sigma Partners and Alloy Ventures.YouSendIt allows users to send files sized up to 2 gigabytes thr

  

Online Viewers Watched 1.4B Minutes of Live Video in July_

While on-demand services like YouTube and Hulu get all the press, live streaming services have posted dramatic increases in viewer engagement over the last year. Time spent watching live online video increased nearly 650 percent in that time, to 1.4 billion minutes a month.

  

Facebook Ramping Up the Social in Its Search Engine_

Facebook has started integrating social activity from the network into its search results, by showing how many people "liked" or shared a page. This is the first step in rolling out the network's social-search engine, which could become a competitive threat for Google and other companies.

  

Facebook adds 'liked' news stories to search results_

Facebook has added more functionality to its search results by including all the articles a user's friends have said they "like."

  

Reporters' Roundtable: Checking in with Facebook and Foursquare_

The money people in tech love check-in companies. VCs are funneling funds into Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other apps that let users check-in and then broadcast their locations to friends and businesses. Why? On the Roundtable today we discuss these start-ups, as well as Facebook's entry into this market, with Claire Cain Miller of the New York Times, and Adrianne Jeffries of ReadWriteWeb.

  

The Week Everything Blew [Week In Review]_

This week we had Emmys, crazies, dog-throwers, and hurricanes. It was not a good week to be a human being. Though, in some ways, it was a great one. Let's take a look back. More »

  

Get Out of Town [Pic Of The Day]_

[Some 34 million Americans are driving somewhere fabulous for the weekend. Actually they're probably stuck in a traffic jam like this one in Oakland. Enjoy the long weekend, folks. Try not to spend it all in the car. Image: Getty] More »

  

How Many Vacation Days Do You Get Every Year? [Reader Poll]_

Netflix lets its staff take as many vacation days as they want, and they can take them whenever they want, and according to news site The Telegraph, it works. Now we're wondering: How much vacation time do you get every year? More »

  

Facebook Brings 'Liked' News Stories To Search Results_

Facebook has set itself up as a huge source of visits to news sites and it now seems intent on establishing itself as a place where people not only find stories that friends “like” but those that other members are recommending too. AllFacebook notes that users who search for some terms on the site now see news stories ranked by the number of people who “like” them. For now

  

Duke Nukem Forever rises again from the grave to kick ass, chew bubble gum_

Duke Nukem Forever is perhaps the iconic vaporware title after being in developmental hell for more than a decade… until now.Take-Two Interactive announced today that Gearbox Studios, the studio responsible for Borderlands, will finally pick up the pieces and finish developing the game.It will be playable at the Penny Arcade Expo this weekend.The original Duke Nukem struck a chord with reb

  

How to thought-leader your way to a million-dollar deal_

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rajesh Setty wrote a book — then used it to lure in customers, one of whom came through with a $1 million deal. Being a thought leader isn’t just about marketing yourself as a thinker. It’s about creating a bond with your audience and demonstrating genuine caring, Setty said at a recent speech at the Founders Institute. Watch for more lessons:The Foun

  

Update Adds 3D Conversion to Toshiba Satellite A665-3DV_

Don't let the lack of 3D content get you down. For those of you suffering from the 3D Blu-ray blues with your Toshiba Satellite A665-3DV laptop, the latest software update adds a 2D to 3D conversion application so you can pretend that all your existing 2D content is really three-dimensional.There's also new firmware available that promises to shuttle stereoscopic games and video over the integrat


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