Archive for November 2007
The inevitable shakeout of the profit-squeezed ethanol industry is coming to pass. VeraSun has agreed to buy US BioEnergy, bringing together two of the nation’s largest ethanol producers to form a company with a projected market capitalization of $1.5 billion … Read More »
Dear readers,
We really appreciate your daily feedback in the comments section (a shout-out goes to commenter all-stars Tim Street, Mark Schoneveld, and Frank Sinton!). But every once in a while, we need you to straight-up tell us how we’re doing. We’ve put together a few … Read More »
Now that Amazon’s Kindle e-book device has started to move out of the headlines and into the hands of actual users, we’re starting to see some consumer feedback on it. (Actually, there was feedback the moment it was announced – there are nearly 800 … Read More »
XONTV Powered by Gotuit; deal will enable the Xtreme Outdoor Network to make “virtual clips,” without adding to asset management. (VideoNuze)
CBS Radio Enlists Truveo; web sites for the radio stations to integrate the AOL subsidiary’s video search technology. (emailed release)
UTA Signs Vuze; P2P video service … Read More »
Climate change is going to cost a lot of money. At this point, the question is whether those costs will be for mitigation and investment — or clean-up.
The UN Development Program released a report this week that put a number on the cost of mitigating … Read More »
I remember having some interesting conversations with some knowledgeable people a couple of years ago when the UMPC was poised for launch. The conversations covered the thought that the UMPC, basically smaller cheaper Tablet PCs, would begin to infringe on the "real" Tablet PC space when … Read More »
Love it, or hate it, you can’t deny that the Apple iPhone user interface has made a huge impact on other mobile devices. Take Treobble, for example. This … Read More »
You gotta give NBC credit. When it comes to putting content online, the peacock is willing to try just about anything. Now Netflix has been added to the list of places you can watch episodes of Heroes, 30 Rock, and other NBC shows.
Under the … Read More »
I had a great talk with Greg Papadopoulous, the CTO of Sun Microsystems earlier this week. Greg is deep thinker, often using phenomena in astronomy to explain complex problems in networking. It’s inspiring. So I went to his blog. What I want to share … Read More »
More Must Reads
I have written a few times about the situation with the integrated GPS and the Verizon BlackBerry 8830. Originally Verizon released the 8830 with the GPS totally disabled and a brouhaha ensued, naturally. Then Verizon stated to me that in November the GPS would be enabled … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Nov. 29, 2007, 8:00am PT
Rich Media for Businesses – That’s the premise of Insight24, a site offering collected webcasts and podcasts designed for B2B use. They’re heavy on areas like business intelligence, knowledge management, system management, and marketing.
Getting Hold of Humans – This one has made the rounds … Read More »
This is absolutely freaking awesome! Pick up today’s New York Times and go straight to page C9 and you’ll see a great article, "Soup Up Your Cellphone" that was penned by Kevin C. Tofel himself! It’s a great article and you’ll also find it online … Read More »
Mary Jo Foley gets solid information and when she says something is going to happen you can bet your sweet bippy it will (remember Laugh-In?). Her latest discovery is a very cool one as she’s found out that Office 2008 for the Mac to be … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 29, 2007, 6:55am PT
Verizon Wireless, a division of Verizon, is picking LTE — Long-Term Evolution — as the 4G technology for wireless broadband, and will start trials sometime in 2008.
LTE allows download rates of 100 Mbps and upload speeds of 50 Mbps for every 20 MHz of spectrum. … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 29, 2007, 6:45am PT
Facebook may announce alterations to the Beacon social advertising system as early as today, according to BusinessWeek. Perhaps Facebook will now allow global opt-out of publishing third-party activities on the Facebook site — and this would appease many who have complained.
But that may not go … Read More »
By Judi Sohn
Nov. 29, 2007, 6:00am PT
Like Mike, I’ve been using the alpha releases of OmniFocus for a while now and I was thisclose to taking advantage of their pre-sale deal to buy the application for $40. But wait. CulturedCode has thrown their hat into the ring with Things. … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Nov. 29, 2007, 6:00am PT
We, the world, are burning more coal — and it’s dirty. Accounting for 25 percent of the global energy supply in 2006, coal was responsible for approximately 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, according to a report released … Read More »
By Kevin Kelleher
Nov. 29, 2007, 12:00am PT
For a while, it seemed like this year’s promising sector was solar power. Then it started to look like it wasn’t.
Now the solar stocks are being whipsawed around on the kind of mundane news that is the bread and butter of every other … Read More »
How was the first Republican CNN-YouTube debate? So exciting I fell asleep! I missed the last six questions, and had to catch them in YouTube’s helpful playlist from the night. There’s also live-blogging coverage from The New York Times, ABC News, and Read More »
By Edit Staff
Nov. 28, 2007, 9:31pm PT
Email remains one of the most important means of communication and Microsoft Outlook is the client of choice for around 400 million computer users worldwide. Anil Dash considers it a platform in its own right, albeit with its own share of problems and vulnerabilities. Microsoft … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 28, 2007, 9:30pm PT
Email remains one of the most important means of communication and Microsoft Outlook is the client of choice for around 400 million computer users worldwide. Anil Dash considers it a platform in its own right, albeit with its own share of problems and vulnerabilities. … Read More »
By Daniel Berninger
Nov. 28, 2007, 8:00pm PT
If Google’s bid for 700Mhz spectrum materializes in January, it will bring the trillion-dollar infotech and telecom industries into direct competition for the first time in 50 years.
The industries were separated at birth in 1956 by a consent decree that banned AT&T (T) from … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Nov. 28, 2007, 7:37pm PT
Online advertising firm Etology will no longer serve ads to BitTorrent sites in its ad network, TorrentFreak reports. In an email sent out by the company to its BitTorrent clients, Etology wrote:
“Due to the legal implications involved with sponsoring torrent sites, our management team … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Nov. 28, 2007, 4:11pm PT
SunPower Gets A SugarDaddy in Morgan Stanley: Solar cell maker SunPower says Morgan Stanley will provide up to $190 million in financing for commercial and public solar installations — WSJ.
Zonbu’s Subscription Service Adds a Notebook: The Valley’s energy-efficient PC company says it will sell a … Read More »
By Samuel Dean
Nov. 28, 2007, 4:00pm PT
The web is now full of various free solutions you can turn to to share files online with co-workers, but they vary in their utility for various kinds of sharing. Some are very easy to jump in and out of, some can take you directly from … Read More »
With the official start of the holiday shopping season almost a week old, I thought it was time to find some of those products that you may have on your Christmas list and tell you why you should wait until after the holidays before you cross … Read More »
I don’t know what to do. One thing that has always been as certain as paying taxes is that my BlackBerry will get my email and usually before it shows up on the … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 28, 2007, 3:30pm PT
Google is expected to release a new Google Desktop for Mac, which will allow you to run Google Gadgets (thus far available on Windows OS only) on OS X-based Apple computers. The application needs 10.4 or higher versions of OS X. The gadgets — widgets, … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Nov. 28, 2007, 2:00pm PT
At WWD, we’re firmly convinced that you can work anywhere: rural, urban, on a plane, in a coffeeshop, and in many stranger places. But is everyone else out there as convinced as we are? A WWD reader writes to ask “How do you grow … Read More »
It’s early to be worrying about a replacing the non-replaceable battery in your Apple iPhone, but if you’re the plan-ahead type, you’ll want to check out … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Nov. 28, 2007, 12:46pm PT
The CES is rushing up on us fast as early January will be here before you know it. Kevin and I will be attending the giant show again this … Read More »
As striking writers and Hollywood studios bicker over how much money is or isn’t being generated by online shows, let’s turn our attention to a different question: How much does it cost to create an original web show?
When asked, a number of production house and … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Nov. 28, 2007, 11:26am PT
It seems that government clean energy regulation continues to misguide industries, like the subsidized growth of ethanol. This week the EPA unveiled the 2008 Renewables Fuel Standard (RFS), raising the minimum amount of ethanol in U.S. gasoline to 4.66 percent, or 5.4 billion gallons, of … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 28, 2007, 11:00am PT
Condé Naste’s Web Strategy Yielding Results; magazine publisher has found success by creating web sites around topics, not individual magazine titles; also has struck a deal with YouTube. (The Wall Street Journal)
Spotzer Media Raises 10 Million Euros; financing of the video ad company was … Read More »
Alltel Wireless wants to throw a big thank you to their customers in the Phoenix area and is bringing the Goo Goo Dolls to town for a free concert. The concert will be held at 5:30 pm in the Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza on Saturday, Dec. … Read More »
