April, 2008 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for April 2008

Though I am loathe to encourage any company to create yet another set-top box for my TV, Sezmi is hoping it has the right combination to replace at least a couple of devices connected to your TV. Sezmi (formerly Building B, and not to be… Read More »

As Ruby on Rails rose to prominence in the last few years, the platform has faced derision from some programmers over its inability to scale for enterprise applications. Ruby on Rails might be good for making interactive web pages, but it was no C or Java.… Read More »

 
 

I was tied up all day today in a mandatory training class and it was one of those that allow no laptops to be used during the class.  This particular trainer was the first I’ve seen that extended that to Tablet PCs so I was… Read More »

The LG Secret launched today with a touch screen powered by Synaptics touch capacitors, a technology whose star has risen in the consumer devices universe in the wake of the iPhone. The iPhone uses a grid layout of capacitive sensors to enable multi-finger gestures, something… Read More »

The Daily Sprout

DIY Solar Electric Car: Between the financial strain of high gas prices and seven children it’s no wonder Brent Hatch decided to build a solar-pedal powered hybrid to schlep to and from the middle school – CBS News via Autoblog Green. LDK CEO Founds New… Read More »

Online video editing startup One True Media caters primarily to MySpace kids and home-video making moms. It has 3 million registered users, 70,000 new videos per week, and 4 million video views per week. But after noticing an increasing number of businesses using its service… Read More »

Increasingly, from blogs to marketing materials to online video show production, web workers are working with video. The good things you can do with online video go far beyond YouTube, and there are a number of free applications and utilities–many of them open source–that you can… Read More »

Windows Mobile app controls home automation systems

There’s no doubt in my mind that our planned retirement home in the Poconos will be wired up the wahoo for home automation. Since it’s 100 miles away from our current… Read More »

In another bit of news from its earnings call today, Time Warner says it will release all of its DVD titles on VOD on a day-and-date basis this year. That means you’ll be able to order a movie like The Dark Knight via your cable… Read More »

Hewlett-Packard has come up with a new type of circuit called a memristor — a conflation of the words memory and resistance — in the form of a chip capable of storing data and processing it without being limited to the binary zeros and… Read More »

Today is the last day to get a super-saver discount on tickets for Structure 08, our upcoming conference dedicated to web infrastructure. In addition to keynotes from speakers including Jim Crowe, chairman and CEO of Level 3 Communications, the event will feature… Read More »

More Must Reads

If you’re running a web site that includes small chunks of information – addresses, say, or reviews – a new service named BeamMe.Info wants to help you get those chunks over to your readers’ mobile phones. The idea is pretty… Read More »

Why do you subscribe to HBO or Showtime, is it for the movies or the original series? It’s a question that sprang to mind when Viacom, Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM announced they were creating a new pay TV network. There was a lot of… Read More »

Today’s data centers consume 0.5 percent of the world’s energy but are about as energy efficient as a poorly maintained Hummer is fuel efficient. But getting data centers to run more like a Prius is going to take a lot of work in areas that range… Read More »

Spell checking functions are built into many tools these days including Microsoft Word, blog editing programs, and even now into browsers such as Firefox and Opera.  However, this doesn’t stop web publishers or bloggers (including me!) from slipping and including an occasional spelling error into our… Read More »

Google isn’t evil and it isn’t being beaten down by the recession or fewer click-throughs on its ads. At least that’s the message CEO Eric Schmidt tried to convey during an interview with Maria Bartiromo that will air on CNBC after the close of markets… Read More »

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