Bear with me for a minute, because I’m about to tell a long and self-involved tale. Ultimately I think it might say something interesting about platforms for television consumption, but of course that’ll be up to you to decide. Before last fall, I barely had a … Read More »
Archive for May 2008
Startups looking to sell the next generation of batteries for our electric and hybrid vehicles will have to grow big fast to grab lucrative deals with the automakers. While A123 Systems is preparing an IPO to bring in funds for growth, a startup called … Read More »
I spent most of the day digging up more information on Twitter and its new round of funding that I reported last night. The update is that Twitter reached an agreement with investors today to raise $15 million in funding at around $80 million pre-money … Read More »
It’s a green marketing blitz from Hewlett Packard today. Amid announcements of greener packaging, labeling, manufacturing and energy managment there are some interesting bits — and some disappointing things. Among the interesting is HP’s goal of greening its printers, both improving the overall energy efficiency … Read More »
Dr. Lawrence Roberts led ARPANET, the team that birthed the Internet as we know it today. The ARPANET cluster included distinguished individuals such as Vint Cerf, who created the core protocol TCP/IP that underlies the infrastructure of our modern IP-based communication systems. We are proud to … Read More »
Oh No! The final live American Idol is on and the power just went off in the neighborhood. It has the earmarks of an extended outage, too. Booooooo!! Read More »
Vinod Khosla vs. WSJ – Biofuel Battle: In an interview last week Vinod Khosla said Big Oil was helping run a smear campaign against biofuels. WSJ took offense, calling Khosla on the claim. Strong words were exchanged – VentureBeat. NorCal Signs on for $520M of Geothermal … Read More »
Good news for folks using or looking to use alternatives in conjunction with Microsoft Office. Next year’s SP2 for Office will include new document formats: XML Paper … Read More »
If you use a number of different productivity applications, and especially if you cobmine Microsoft’s productivity applications with open source and freeware applications, Microsoft had big news today. The company has announced upcoming support in Microsoft Office 2007 for Open Document Format (ODF), which has … Read More »
Today, scientists working at the French equivalent of the Atomic Energy Commission said they have created a backup hydrogen fuel cell for powering cell phones. According to Agence France-Presse, the device is being developed by Bic, the French company more familiar as a maker of … Read More »
Microsoft launched Live Search Cashback, a new service that allows the company to attract customers who want to get paid for their search-commerce efforts. It is a nice gimmick and no slam dunk. My breakdown of the news announcement. Continue Reading. Read More »
We’ve written before about the difficulties that independent web workers have creating and supporting useful (and salable) products by themselves. One key is to outsource as much as you economically can. Now Z-Billing, from Zuora, offers a custom billing service … Read More »
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