October, 2007 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for October 2007

When Cartman and friends jumped into World of Warcraft for an episode of South Park last year, it garnered huge buzz, even winning an Emmy. A WoW-themed truck commercial uploaded to YouTube earlier this month has already attracted an amazing 1.6 million views … Read More »

The Daily Sprout

Atraverda Raises $21.4M: Atraverda, a materials-based startup that uses a conductive ceramic technology to reduce lead in batteries, announced it has closed a Series B financing round of $21.4 million — release. Green Wood Label Systems Under Fire: The Forest Stewardship Council says some companies … Read More »

 
 

Wall Street's "Click or Close" Rule can help you sell.

Wayne Mulligan is an ex-Wall Street analyst and broker now working on his own startup, TickerHound. Wayne cut his teeth cold calling strangers to sell them stocks during one of the worst Bear Markets since the depression. (Think “Boiler Room” with more credibility.) It … Read More »

Google to Facebook: I Want to Suck Your (Social) Blood

Maybe Google should have doodled a vampire on their home page today, in honor of Halloween and their announcement of OpenSocial, a set of APIs that allows web developers to write applications once, then deploy them on a variety of different social networking platforms. This … Read More »

Looks like Adobe just caught up to the rest of us and admits that maybe… just MAYBE… people will want to read digital content on more than one … Read More »

How to 'get across the moat' with potential investors

Editor’s Note: Following up on yesterday’s topic, I’m putting together a post on how to amend your business plan with a “global scope,” as well as how to find angel investors who can support you in this important strategy. Meanwhile, I went to angel investor … Read More »

The Pirate Bay will move away from the BitTorrent protocol within the next 12 months, one of the site’s admins has announced in a video interview. The Pirate Bay is actively developing its own, yet-to-be-named P2P protocol that will feature … Read More »

Procrastination and time wasting are, in many ways, easier traps for web workers to fall into than they are for many other kinds of workers. You’ve probably seen the alarming numbers on how much time Internet connected workers tend to waste on everything from personal … Read More »

BlogTV Launches New Player

Lifecasting site BlogTV launched its new video player today, and it has a host of new features. The new player lets broadcasters and their co-hosts synchronize the recording of a show and keep track of entire text conversations held during the broadcast. It also sports an … Read More »

Curmudgeon or not, you gotta appreciate Mike Cane‘s ability to scour “the Internets” for useful information. Rumor has it that he has successfully surfed to the end … Read More »

Yes Marylanders, it IS a Tabletkiosk

The Homeland Security program we mentioned earlier today has been confirmed by Tabletkiosk to indeed be using their Slate PCs for the Critical Infrastructure Inspection Management System that was developed by the MD state police along with John Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory and the … Read More »

Palm Centro: a C-note slam dunk?

The Palm Centro didn’t offer any major new features when it arrived, but it certainly brings new value to the smartphone market. That’s the idea I get when I read the Read More »

More Must Reads

The music of the Boston Pops is only vaguely familiar to me, something my parents would have on in the background when we lived in Rhode Island. Which is precisely why the venerable music institution is trying to reach younger audiences by putting its concerts online … Read More »

The Wall Street Journal has been reporting on Google’s mobile phone efforts and how it is beginning to draw some interest from carriers, especially in the United States. Sprint (S) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks with Google (GOOG), according to the Journal, and an … Read More »

If our web stats are any indication, I’d say that the Verizon Voyager is one hot little number. Our story with hands-on video is one of the top … Read More »

Microsoft is not a name particularly associated with remote web work. And yet, some people within the company happily telecommute. One notable example is Chris Sells, a Program Manager in the Distributed Systems Group. Chris recently posted a series of articles to … Read More »

The green initiatives roll out of Google so fast and furiously, we have a hard time keeping track of them all: a massive corporate solar system, more renewable energy plans on the way, and hybrid car investments, to name just a few. This morning Googlers … Read More »

Truveo Goes International; video search service launching portals in eight ex-U.S. markets, including India, Japan and the UK. (release) New York Video Meetup Draws Big Presenters; Joost, 5min, HeyCosmo and blip.tv give talks. Read a rundown of last night’s gathering at CenterNetworks, or watch video … Read More »

Good news for AT&T 8525 / Hermes owners: HTC is set to release a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for your 8525. Look for it tomorrow and be sure to … Read More »

Car-sharing companies Zipcar and Flexcar have decided to merge, the two said today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the new company will have a fleet of over 5,000 with 180,000 subscribers in … Read More »

Paper cutouts and clarity are what Common Craft Productions sells in video form. In a world of big ideas and small attention spans, founders Lee and Sachi LeFever’s Common Craft Show covers topics ranging from wikis to compact fluorescent light bulbs to … Read More »

James and I are big LEGO: Star Wars fans so news of The Empire Strikes Back game on a cell phone hit my radar this morning. Or was it a disturbance … Read More »

In the Windows Mobile world I’ve always relied on either eWallet or FlexWallet to securely secure my personal data. You know, things like: passwords, credit card … Read More »

I learned that the background on the Dock in Leopard is a set of 4 PNG image files, and I got the hamsters running. I made Sky and Wood for you, and here’s what they look like: Installation To ‘install’ … Read More »

I’ve been watching and waiting for the Asus EEE PC to appear as available and today’s the day. I just ordered a Pearl White Asus EEE PC … Read More »

Those crazy kids, what will they think of next? While I’m going “old school” to man the door tonight, some folks go all out. Take these two, for example. They’ve actually made themselves into life-sized iPhones, complete with large screens that show various shots of the … Read More »

SMS media deliverer 4INFO has been around for a few years and runs ad-supported SMS systems that are free to end-users.  A deal has just been announced that GE/NBC Universal have not only selected 4INFO for their exclusive mobile delivery partner but have invested in the … Read More »

You’ve probably read a few articles on how to get your email inbox to empty (if not, read David Allen, Merlin Mann, or even a couple articles by me). Clearing your inbox and keeping it clear is just a tremendous boost to … Read More »

A Canadian company may have found a key process that could allow the same crops to produce both food and fuel. Given that a UN expert on food recently called the shift of arable land from food to fuel a “crime against humanity,” … Read More »

Notebook computers get just as hungry for storage space as their bigger desktop siblings and as of today they can now be outfitted with a bulging 320 GB hard drive.  Western Digital, maker of a large pecentage of mobile PC hard drives, has announced the release … Read More »

NBC Universal’s venture group Peacock Equity has taken an equity stake in SMS startup 4INFO. As part of the deal, San Mateo, Calif.-based 4INFO will be NBC’s “preferred mobile publishing and advertising partner,” enabling voting shows and fan clubs. Bringing added interactivity to television is … Read More »

Maryland state troopers have tested a program using touch-screen Tablets to store and provide instant access to information while doing fly-by missions checking on landmarks deemed vulnerable to terrorist … Read More »

One of the new features in Leopard’s Mail is that it includes a few dozen stationery templates for you to easily choose from to jazz up your emails. For the most part these templates are just plain ole’ fashioned HTML with a tiny bit of XML. … Read More »

It won’t be announced until tomorrow but the Tritton folks have given us an advance look at their new cool headset that is coming.  If you have been looking for a Bluetooth headset that works with both your cell phone and your Mac or PC for … Read More »

Our first conference, NewTeeVee Live, is just a few weeks away, so we’d love for you to register soon. On the evening of November 14, after all the panels and demos and speeches are done, we’ve cooked up something special for all our attendees: a … Read More »

Everyone from Google’s “green energy czar” to Vinod Khosla to several well-funded startups are looking at solar thermal as one way to offer massive amounts of utility-scale clean energy. But what about solar thermal on a smaller scale — even on … Read More »

For anyone out there who remains unconvinced as to how important the casual gaming market is, the latest report by the Casual Games Association may help change your mind. The casual games industry rakes in $2.25 billion a year, according to the org’s latest … Read More »

You knew it was coming. We couldn’t let Halloween pass us by without a few pieces of sweet (yet evil!) online video candy to toss your way. First off, if you don’t know what to dress up as yet, the boys at Indy Mogul can … Read More »

Google’s (GOOG) much awaited answer to Facebook ecosystem is finally coming to light. The existence of this Google platform was first reported by TechCrunch and is going to become official tomorrow. Google will announce its new social networking initiative, Open Social on Thursday. Joining Google … Read More »

Just a quick note on a post we ran early this morning regarding Absolute’s Computrace LoJack and Laplink’s PCsync & PCmover software. The information for that post was provided to me via e-mail in the form of a press release. It looked interesting from a mobile … Read More »

Yes, I’m a bit of a masochist. Sometimes I do things with my computers just for the experience. When Leopard arrived, I did the quick … Read More »

We were thrilled to learn yesterday that RapHappy founders, and Found|READ contributors, Ben Leduc-Mills and Matthew Fargo have won the 2nd Annual Digital Incubator business plan competition sponsored by Cisco Systems and mtvU. With the win, Ben and Matt will get … Read More »

Google Hearts Renewables: The Googlers have the largest corporate installation of solar around, but they want more renewables and intend to generate 50 megawatts of electricity from clean sources by 2012 — CNET. Power Plant Mercury Under Fire: “In 2005, about 500 electricity-generating power plants emitted … Read More »

Microsoft is out with a new beta 2 version of its Sharedview screen sharing and collaboration application. If you’re a Windows user and haven’t tried it, and especially if you collaborate online with other web workers, it’s worth a look. It’s an easy way for … Read More »

ASUS Taiwan recently confirmed plans to deliver its eagerly awaited Eee PCs to the U.S. in November, and even though the company is targeting the devices squarely at the education market, they may end up challenging the pricing model for all portable computers. When … Read More »

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