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- Seesmic snags Washington Post
- Just after tonight's McCain/Obama debate ended I received a Tweet message from Cathy Brooks, head of business development at Seesmic telling me the company has snagged the Washington Post as a customer. Seesmic has developed a 'white label' version of its service for the Washington Post's political...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Magink aims to outshine LED technology, but not outpower
- A six-year-old developer of reflective display technologies has snagged an indoor albeit heavily sunlit installation with the New England Patriots. Take a look. What makes Magink's technology interesting is not just the brightness of the picture OR the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Obama, McCain support making debates public
- Both Obama and McCain have come out in favor of the Open Debate Coalition's call to open the presidential debates for fair use on the Internet, Wired reports. Obama sent a letter to Coalition leader Larry Lessig. He quoted his own letter to Democratic Party chairman last...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- DVDO unleashes Edge high-definition video processor/input hub
- Home theater fans who aren't satisfied with their HDTVs' built-in video processing and/or just can't get enough HDMI ports into their setups may want to take a gander at DVDO's new Edge, which combines technology from Anchor Bay to improve video quality while also doubling as...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat
- [ UPDATE: The details are out. Lots of unresolved clickjacking issues] A security researcher in Israel has released a demo of a "clickjacking" attack, using an JavaScript game to turn every browser into a surveillance zombie. The release of the demo follows last month's...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.
- Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Samsung Rugby put to the extreme at the Renaissance Faire
- While most of the phones I use now are higher end smartphones, there are also some very compelling feature phones out there that you may want to consider. A few weeks ago, AT&T and Samsung announced the ruggedized Rugby (a837) military-grade handset. My buddy Michael just posted a very entertaining...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Online ad revenue strong first half of 2008: What about the second half?
- Internet ad revenue surged in the first half of 2008, up 15.2 percent to $11.5 billion compared to a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Unfortunately, that duo left their crystal balls at home when it comes to the second half outlook. Simply...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- BI Crystal Ball – Next Gen BI May Be Closer Than You Think
- Most modern large enterprise Business Intelligence BI tools are very robust and feature rich these days. Up until a few years ago BI users could blame vendors for most of their BI ills. This is getting harder and harder to do. Many of the BI tools, especially the ones reviewed...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- AMD finally announces "asset-smart" plan; new Foundry Company created
- AMD and a technology investment company backed by the government of Abu Dhabi have established a new semiconductor company that will manufacture AMD's advanced processors. The new company--currently known as "The Foundry Company"--will take over all of AMD's existing manufacturing facilities, including the two leading-edge fabs in Dresden, Germany, and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital
- AMD said Tuesday that it will split off its manufacturing operations in a deal with the Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi. AMD will also receive a capital infusion from Mubadala Development Company, which will wind up owning more than 19 percent of Intel's smaller rival. ...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- IT Dojo video: Five practical tips for choosing the right UPS
- On the surface, choosing a UPS for your organization's server room may seem like a simple task, but like many IT tasks, the devil is in the details. In this IT Dojo video, Bill gives you five tips to help you choose the right uninterruptible power supply for your environment....
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- AMD to spin off manufacturing
- Advanced Micro Devices will reveal a broad cost-cutting plan this morning that includes spinning off its manufacturing operations to a new joint venture largely funded by Abu Dhabi investment companies. It's a bold move for the chipmaker as it tries to maintain its position as the only real rival to...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments
- I realize Advanced Micro Devices has some news in the offing this week that likely will supersede the urgency of this blog's content, but I wanted to recount some high points from a conversation I had about two weeks ago with Larry Vertal, the company's senior strategist when it comes...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- CEATEC Roundup: Sony's 0.3mm OLED display, Sharp's solar-power TV, Panasonic's LifeWall concept
- While we all wait around until January for the Consumer Electronics Show, an event like CEATEC Japan can give us a taste of the future for home theater. And since ZDNet didn't offer to fly me over there to check it out first-hand (cough, next year, cough), I had to...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Google launches new Spreadsheets interface
- Google has just rolled out a new version of Google Spreadsheets -- the last one of all three products in the Google Docs suite. I have to say, this new version works great for me -- it has the familiar menus at the top, a bunch of new toys,...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Large Hadron Collider computing grid launched
- The Worldwide Large Hadron Collider Computing Grid, which can draw on the computing power of more than 100,000 processors, was officially launched on Friday. One of the world's largest computing grids, capable of streaming the equivalent of three million DVDs a year, was officially launched on Friday....
- News items 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)Â As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
- Â Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- And the calculator saga continues
- I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
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