Say what you will about the state of the patent industry (and I know you will), Amazon.com has made some bold moves when it comes to protecting its intellectual property. Last year it applied for a patent related to online storage based on its … Read More »
Archive for January 2008
Can’t find those keys you just had in your hand? How about that billfold you swear was on your dresser? You might be interested in Loc8tor Lite to help you find … Read More »
DEMO 2008 brought 78 companies to the stage for six minutes each. It’s speed dating for venture capitalists, and a testament to the short attention spans of today’s market. After not quite three days, here are four themes: We have too many devices A raft … Read More »
One of Toshiba’s newest Tablet PCs, the Portegé M700, is making the review rounds. Earlier this week, GottaBeMobile “gotta” look and now TabletPCReview offers up some impressions and benchmarks.This device … Read More »
Paparazzi without an iPhone? Of course… how can you possibly snap a detailed view of a starlet going out for milk and bread when you’re a block away and can’t zoom in? … Read More »
Altair Nanotechnologies is going out to sea with the Navy, partnering with the military org to develop battery backup systems on the megawatt scale. The $2.5 million contract is the second such partnership Altairnano has made with the Navy in … Read More »
U2′s longtime manager, Paul McGuinness, delivered a speech earlier this week in which he placed the blame for recording artists losing royalties via illegal downloads on ISPs and Internet technology. His proposed solution is to implement an ill-conceived policy that is nearly impossible to enforce. Read More »
Etsy, an online craft marketplace based out of Brooklyn, N.Y., may not be familiar to the West Coast tech set, but for the last three years (in the last year especially) middle America’s been using the Flash-heavy site to buy and sell handmade wares. And … Read More »
There’s an amazing variety of software out there designed to make us more productive, with more coming along every day. Some of it is free and open source, but there are still plenty of commercial applications trying to separate you from your hard-earned money as well. … Read More »
Harvard thinks so. “Entrepreneurs are, on average, significantly wealthier than people who work in paid employment. Research shows that entrepreneurs comprise fewer than 9 percent of households in the United States but they hold 38 percent of household assets and 39 percent of the total net worth.” So … Read More »
So I’m sitting in the comfy chair in Starbucks, happily working on my HP 2710p Tablet PC in slate mode. Just taking care of business as I often do, … Read More »
NEXT.TV Launches Private Beta; web video service offering more than 100 channels including CBS, HSN and Showtime. (Multichannel News) Jim Henson Content on iTunes; episodes of Fraggle Rock and Farscape now available. (release) Norwegian Broadcaster Puts TV Show on BitTorrent; popular series Nordkalotten 365 will be … Read More »