Archive for September 2008
Acquia ,which has been putting together a commercially supported version of the popular open source Drupal content management system, is going live with Acquia Drupal–the commercially supported version–and Acquia Network–which offers subscription-based access to technical support and remote network services–will deliver a model for … Read More »
It’s easy to get lost in the solar development bubble that is California so it’s always good to be reminded that there are huge markets outside the Golden State. Mill Valley, Calif-based Solar Power Partners, a commercial solar developer, owner and manager, plans to … Read More »
RGGI Auction Sells Out at $3.07 a Ton: All 12.5 million allowances auctioned last week by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, North America’s first cap-and-trade system, sold for $3.07 each, raising some $38.5 million for the member states – Green Inc.
McKinsey Sees Clean Coal Viable … Read More »
It should hardly come as a surprise to anyone — but nevertheless a survey conducted by International Data Corporation on behalf of Zeugma Systems, a company that makes an edge router for broadband networks, shows that consumers simply hate bandwidth caps and will likely … Read More »
Is it just me or is the iTunes App Store becoming far too unwieldy to effectively find good applications? Apple does offer lists of the top paid … Read More »
While users and non-users alike do a fair amount of grumbling about Windows Vista, many of us use it. Those of us who do have also typically learned that customizing Vista is essential for everything from how the interface behaves to improving battery life on portable … Read More »
We wanted to thank everyone who attended our rockin’ party at West Coast Green last week — the event was a smashing success and we hope everyone had a great time. (Anyone have a report on the Hunter Lovins’ after party?) Our team snapped these photos, … Read More »
There’s something about web content that (profitable!) CollegeHumor just seems to understand and anticipate better than anyone else. To see how the site’s original video team works its magic, check out this behind-the-scenes look.
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Worried that you might run out of storage space on that cell-phone? SanDisk doesn’t want you losing sleep at night wondering what music you’ll have to move from one memory … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Stacey Higginbotham
Sep. 29, 2008, 3:00pm PT
Last Friday I was given a tour of HP’s factory floors in Houston, where it makes high-value custom servers for clients. The pictures I took document all the steps involved, from gathering the boards and chips to the shipping of individual servers, with a quick shot … Read More »
A dramatic Reuters report about a supposed flaw in Flash video delivery that allows users to download Amazon movies and TV shows for free is being refuted by Adobe. The software maker appears to be blaming the problem on Amazon for neglecting to properly use … Read More »
By Kevin Kelleher
Sep. 29, 2008, 2:24pm PT
The failed passage of a financial bailout bill has taken a harsh toll on most corners of the stock market, but few sectors saw steeper one-day declines Monday than solar stocks. That’s largely because there was a second piece of bad news coming from Congress that … Read More »
I was cruising in Best Buy this afternoon to see what trouble I could find and lo and behold was surprised to see this:
This surprised me for a couple of … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 29, 2008, 1:45pm PT
Need to make a call in pinch but your phone battery just gave out? Surely you’ve got a computer that’s connected to the web somehow, right? If so, take a peek … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Sep. 29, 2008, 1:21pm PT
Apple dominates music and consumer mobility. The MacBook is selling in record numbers. But despite making consumer-friendly products for the whole family, Apple has failed in an increasingly important market that includes TV, movies, music and gaming, and will soon encompass videoconferencing, education and more: The … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Sep. 29, 2008, 1:05pm PT
Like Jehovah’s Witnesses knocking at the front door, a breakout the night before the big dance and other annoyances, one would think the right approach to Chris Crocker ought to be, “Ignore him and he’ll go away.” Alas, that appears not to work. After … Read More »
Never before has the story of our 9th president, William Henry Harrison, been told with such pathos, or such high levels of intoxication. That’s right — it’s another installment of Derek Waters’ web series Drunk History!
And now that Revision3 announced its “farm team” … Read More »
I have a thing for gadget bags, there I’ve admitted it and can now get help. I don’t want help, though, I want a good bag to carry my gear with me and the one I’m trying now may well be the one. Not THE one … Read More »
It’s rare to see a new slate Tablet PC hitting the airwaves these days, so this news should be shouted from the rooftops: there’s a new Stylistic in the works. … Read More »
Written by Liane Cassavoy.
Tivo’s excellent software is coming to a PC near you. TiVo and Nero have teamed up on a new product, called Nero LiquidTV | TiVo PC, that will turn your PC into a TiVo-equipped TV.
The $200 product will include a copy … Read More »
Baidu Invests $15M in UiTV; takes a 8.3 percent stake in the Internet TV platform, which will power the Chinese search engine’s authorized movie and TV distribution. (release)
ON Networks to Charge for Distribution; company has brought together some 100 million viewers across distribution platforms and … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Sep. 29, 2008, 11:00am PT
We always like a good utility here at WWD. But we … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Sep. 29, 2008, 10:30am PT
Working through the weekend, Congress approved a $25 billion aid package for America’s sputtering auto industry. On Saturday, the Senate voted 78 to 12 to pass the auto bailout plan, which the House had passed earlier in the week. The President is expected to sign Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Sep. 29, 2008, 9:58am PT
The Senate on Friday passed a bill aimed at improving information about broadband competitiveness — or lack thereof. Following similar legislation that passed the House last fall, the Broadband Data Improvement Act act was passed in the Senate. Now the two sides must hash … Read More »
The firm that brings us the Blackberry has posted very good financial results for Q2. RIM reported revenue of $2.58 billion, up 15% from the previous quarter ad a whopping 88% from the same quarter last year. Device sales accounted for 82% as RIM shipped 6.1 … Read More »
Reviewers who cover notebook computers often spend time discussing wide-angle viewing capabilities of the notebook as it can be important to readers. Sometimes the opposite is true for those who work in … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Sep. 29, 2008, 9:05am PT
When we profiled mobile entrepreneur Andreas Zachariah and his GPS-based carbon footprint application in April, his company, Carbon Hero, was still in the early phases of testing the application. Zachariah tells us this morning that the company has signed on a major corporate customer and … Read More »
Michael Eisner’s web video shop Vuguru — which got off to a promising start with Prom Queen last year but has only done a couple not-so-buzzy series since then — is giving FoxSports.com a 12-hour exclusive on new episodes of its next show, Read More »
With rumors that something will change with the Apple TV this week, Alistair Croll takes the opportunity to pen an ambitious feature wish list for the perfect Apple entertainment device:
- TV tuner and set-top PVR to take on TiVo, with streaming and synchronization … Read More »
By Om Malik
Sep. 29, 2008, 7:13am PT
Ringside Networks, a Marlton, NJ-based start-up that had raised an undisclosed amount of in seed funding from Matrix Partners in January 2008 has closed its doors.
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One of the features I thought missing from Sharpcast’s SugarSync is now part of the service: you now get a file revision history of the last five versions automatically. Don’t … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Sep. 29, 2008, 6:40am PT
UPDATED: After six months of waiting and a few leaked launch dates, Sprint announced commercial availability for its Xohm WiMAX network in Baltimore with a good pricing plan that undercuts 3G data but only provides limited coverage. However, there are no Read More »
