Even if you’ve followed the ballooning costs of the clean coal project FutureGen over the past few years, the news out this week that the Bush Administration has basically cut its support for the project is still a shocker. The DOE issued a press release… Read More »
Archive for January 2008
A three-day conference dedicated to everything telecom — from the future of telephony and SMS in the era of social media to Android to the GSMA’s IPX private network — will be held in Mountain View, Calif., next month, from March 12-14. Kicking off… Read More »
Challengers Nip at Nielsen’s Heels; TNS jumps into the ratings game, taking on the stalwart by collecting data from 10,000 DirecTV set top boxes, and TiVo signs up CBS for its research services. (TNS: The Wall Street Journal; TiVo: release) MTV to Use Flixwagon for… Read More »
There are reasons why user interfaces like Apple’s “Cover Flow” are popular. Most people are pretty good at pattern recognition, so having little pictures of things to recognize makes sense; it’s easier to find what you’re looking for by flipping through pictures than by scanning… Read More »
Amazon is buying Audible for $300 million in cash. It’s a smart move by the Seattle-based e-tailer that is spending nearly 20 percent of its fourth-quarter end net cash. Why do I like this deal? So far, Amazon has made a living out of distributing… Read More »
I’ve held off on buying an Eye-Fi SD card for my Panasonic Lumix because there were a few first-generation compromises to deal with. One of those looks to be… Read More »
Solar stocks have largely cooled in the month of January, thanks to a chilly combo of a short silicon supply and fears over losing an important investment tax credit. But this week solar stock watchers got a much-needed bout of sun from the earnings of thin-film… Read More »
Amazon.com sees where the future of media is heading, and is slowly amassing the properties and contracts it needs to make sure its retail empire is at the forefront. Today’s $300 million agreement to buy digital audio book reseller Audible.com is just another… Read More »
I wish I could tell you more but sometimes Palm makes it a bit challenging. There’s a new update available today for Treo 755p owners on the Sprint network running… Read More »
Showtime won’t be mailing out the usual stack of DVD screeners of its programs to Emmy voters this year. Instead, the pay cable network is partnering with Brightcove to stream 82 full-length episodes of shows like Weeds and Dexter to members of the Academy… Read More »
What does 120 mph on land, 45 knots on water and runs on natural gas? Why the Rinspeed Splash, of course. The Daily Mail has a cool look at this amphibian car that is produced in Switzerland and has been wowing visitors to the Geneva… Read More »
Including Windows XP drivers with the Asus Eee PC has been a big hit, so I’m not completely surprised that Everex will be following suit. CloudBooker has confirmation from Paul… Read More »
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