As if working with others wasn’t hard enough, working with your spouse sometimes proves to be harder. You live together, work together, and do almost everything else together – it’s the perfect recipe for a heated argument. Is there a way to … Read More »
Archive for August 2008
Salling Media Sync (SMS) has been released which will sync your non-DRM iTunes music to supported cell phones. SMS will sync not only music but playlists and podcasts too. The list of supported phones covers many from Nokia, Sony and Sony Ericsson. The program has … Read More »
Since the first information came out on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 the phone has been eagerly awaited. SE originally said it would be released … Read More »
Media giant says Veoh’s recent legal victory shouldn’t impact Viacom v. YouTube. Read More »
I know this is a technology blog rather than a political or personal blog, but two things are weighing on my mind. First off is Obama’s speech last night. Regardless of your political leanings, his call for people to come together and take action … Read More »
Despite rising controversy over a proposed $2.3 billion biomass plant in East Texas, the Austin city council unanimously approved the contract on Thursday, the local Statesman reports. Under the terms of the contract,Nacogdoches Power will construct and operate a 100-megawatt plant, which will … Read More »
I’m working in the coffee shop this morning after an early stop for fasting blood work. I waited in line for my turn to order at the register and something … Read More »
If you got all hot and bothered over the new Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Mini announcement earlier this week, this might cool your jets a little. Team Engadget got some … Read More »
Microblogging service Jaiku is suddenly showing signs of life again – for the first time since its acquisition by Google back in January. After a few days offline, they returned with a blog … Read More »
We’re about to kick off a three-day, holiday weekend here in the States. It gives the kids one last breather before their new school year… at least up here where … Read More »
Comcast will institute a 250 GB cap on its broadband connections starting Oct. 1. Expect other carriers to follow suit and make tiered broadband a reality. Much as I would like to think otherwise, this is the end of the Internet as we know it. I … Read More »
Microsoft Sets Sights on Europe With Shopping Site Buy
By Stacey Higginbotham
Aug. 29, 2008, 7:22am PT
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Greenfield Online, the parent company of Munich-based comparison shopping site Ciao, said this morning that Microsoft would spend $486 million to acquire it, derailing an earlier offer from a private equity firm to buy the company. The Ciao sites operate in France, … Read More »
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Another week has flown by at breakneck speed and this recap will be brief as most of it was spent with my nose to the grindstone. A 17-inch aluminum grindstone at … Read More »
The idea behind Optony, a year-old startup that is working on combining thin film solar cells with a solar concentrating system, is to merge two of the solar industry’s low-cost options to produce solar power prices that rival grid parity. At least that’s the … Read More »
Comcast is out defending its bandwidth caps and how they are not bad. And how 250 GB transfer is plenty and enough to do whatever we want to do. Of course, in today’s terms that is more than enough, but what happens in the … Read More »
Many venture firms shy away from investing in chip startups because of the inordinately high cost and risk involved relative to other sectors. But some firms are still determinedly pursuing silicon by backing wireless chips containing radios that can work on multiple types of networks. Read More »
No wonder cleantech investors are standing behind Obama in droves. In his monumental speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama pledged that the U.S. will end its dependence on oil from the Middle East within the next … Read More »
Because we’re on the road, we don’t have full-on live-streaming capabilities for tonight’s NewTeeVee Pier Screenings event in Los Angeles. But through the magic of mobile videocasting, we’ll be able to bring you updates throughout the night. Check back here to catch all the … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Aug. 28, 2008, 5:30pm PT
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Toyota Puts Tesla, Fisker & Volt on “Death Watch”: Bill Reinert, a Toyota technology manager and antagonist in Who Killed the Electric Car?, said that some at Toyota have started a “death watch” on the Tesla Model S, Fisker Karma and Chevy Volt. A … Read More »
For today’s Pier Screening finalists we chose a single machinima selection, Robbie Dingo’s Watch the World(s), a beautiful tribute to the process of artistic creation. (I wrote on my Second Life blog about how Robbie created it.) We actually received … Read More »
I recently wrote about Nokia backing away from VoIP on some of their N-Series phones, in particular noting that carriers had never viewed the addition of the functionality too kindly. Nokia is now responding on its blog, saying that no, it isn’t backing away … Read More »
If you and web workers you collaborate with have been considering using customer relationship management (CRM) software, it makes sense to look not just at proprietary solutionis such as Salesforce.com, but at open source solutions. Open source CRM solutions are now very competitive with proprietary alternatives. … Read More »
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At 1,500-1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, wood chips don’t stand a chance, but under the right conditions, those chips can be efficiently turned into clean, energy-rich syngas. That’s what Vancouver, B.C.-based Nexterra Energy does with its gasification technology, for which it just raised C$3.8 million ($3.6 … Read More »
It seems everybody in Hollywood is developing a web show these days, but their approaches provide a study in contrast. Yesterday Chris and I visited Justine Bateman and her three partners at FM78.tv, a new production company focused exclusively on making content for the web. Armed … Read More »
With the tremendous number of ways to get your files online – from Dropbox to FolderShare to Box.net to SugarSync – there’s one big issue for consumers: how do you choose? Over at our parent blog GigaOM, Om Malik things Sugar Sync has a … Read More »
A new super-slim notebook hits the pavement today, this time coming from Samsung. Aside from the Samsung Q1-line of Ultra Mobile PCs, Samsung doesn’t sell notebooks in the … Read More »
Karl Bode over on DSL Reports reports that Comcast will institute a 250 GB cap on its broadband connections starting Oct. 1. Expect other carriers to follow suit and make tiered broadband a reality. Much as I would like to think otherwise, this is the … Read More »
Rumors about small devices that run Mac OS X are a dime a dozen most days. Putting aside for a moment the question of what we might see from Cupertino, James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel converse on what they’d like to see out of an Apple … Read More »
This week’s Democratic National Convention could go down in history as the one with the most mentions of green and clean technology. In attendance were members of the newly formed group Cleantech for Obama, which was created to help rally the cleantech community behind … Read More »
AT&T, the largest phone company in the U.S., may buy UK-based Cable & Wireless, according to The Guardian. The rumors were prompted by a research report by a local stock broker. Cable & Wireless is one of those telecoms whose fortunes have followed the trajectory … Read More »
Sometimes I have a hard time trusting videos that claim police brutality, but this piece, produced by the Rocky Mountain News, is undeniable evidence that some of the Denver police corralling protesters at the Democratic National Convention are going too far. And Steve Bryant reviews … Read More »
Hollywood Studios Band Together for “Open Market;” initiative is a set of policy decisions and software and services framework to enable DRM interoperability. (TechCrunch) New Research Looks at Online Video “Super Sharers;” Sharpe Partners reports that 75 percent of super sharers find ways to skip ads, … Read More »
Toyota (TM) says it has rolled back its sales predictions for the upcoming year, but the company remains committed to hybrid car production and its plans to produce an electric vehicle to compete with rival auto manufacturers. Despite a 700,000-vehicle predicted drop in sales, Toyota says … Read More »
I have been using the Richard Solo Backup Battery for the iPhone/ iPod Touch for weeks now and it is one of my most useful accessories. The Backup Battery will supply a 70% charge to my iPhone 3G in a short period. In this … Read More »
While Apple’s television ads show off brawny and multilingual applications for the iPhone, the vast majority of those available in the much-ballyhooed app store seem to be glorified four-function calculators. Of course, just as the modern computer emerged from the simple electronic adding machine, … Read More »
Kevin and I had one of our Skype chats this morning that quickly turned to a topic that we’ve both given a lot of thought. We both … Read More »
By Celeste LeCompte
Aug. 28, 2008, 11:22am PT
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After the Florida Public Service Commission unceremoniously shuttered FPL’s leading utility green power program earlier this month, citing high marketing and sales costs, Green Mountain Energy has released data disputing the claim. Costs for sales and marketing accounted for just 52 percent of Green Mountain’s … Read More »
As you’re all aware by now, some of the staff at WWD have gone the iPhone 3G route – and are still happy about it. But we don’t … Read More »
Xcel Energy will disclose in SEC filings the risks of future climate change regulation and legislation, climate-change related litigation and physical impacts of climate change. The company estimates that carbon emission would have cost $603 million last year, more than its 2007 profits. Read More »
The German magazine Die Welt has scored an exclusive interview with Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony. Maybe you have PlayStation 3 sitting in your living room or recall that Sony won the high-definition DVD format war with its Blu-Ray technology? In this interview … Read More »
A couple days ago, WWD’s Mike Gunderloy commented on the New York Times’ coverage of Chrysler’s UConnect technology, bringing internet connectivity to their vehicle line up. As the NYT rightly pointed out, road safety is becoming an increasingly diminished quality as legislation duels with user’s … Read More »
Yup, that’s my favorite eBook reader shown on an eInk device. eGads, I like it! MobileRead shares this first look at the SoriBOOK B60 hardware that’s currently under development. … Read More »
I was talking to an executive at a major label the other day. We were talking about startups and he noted that they either sue these companies out of business or legitimize them out of business. That is not far from the truth. … Read More »
According to Apple’s latest iPhone ad, there are over 1000 apps in the App store (roughly 1500 if my simple math is correct). With the App store being only a month and a half old, that is a pretty impressive number. As with all platforms, … Read More »
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