Aster Data Systems, which makes software that allows companies to build massively scalable databases on commodity hardware, has raised an additional $5 million as part of its Series B round of funding from Institutional Venture Partners. Aster had originally closed $12 million back in… Read More »
Archive for February 2009
Distributing $787 billion from the federal government is bound to get complicated. As the Department of Energy and other agencies in line for big sums hunker down to draft implementation plans and application procedures, we’ve rounded up the key dates to note and sites to watch… Read More »
ZumoDrive’s cloud storage offering, a hybrid backup/sync product, moves into public beta today. I took at look at it not too long ago, when it was in a private beta, and concluded that with so many cloud services puffing up on the horizon,… Read More »
RockYou, one of the largest developers of applications for social networks, has tremendous reach — 130 million global users and 18 billion page views per month. Though some content creators might consider glitter text and slideshows beneath them, RockYou has one other thing they really… Read More »
Biofuel company LS9 plans to start building its second plant this year, CEO Bill Haywood said during a presentation at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday. The company, which is using a genetically modified version of e.coli bacteria to make diesel from biomass,… Read More »
The economic stimulus package opens up a world of opportunities to clean technology startups. With billions of dollars in grants, direct loans, loan guarantees and a host of incentives for smart grid and efficiency technology, renewable energy, and electric-car battery research, development and manufacturing, it… Read More »
Earlier today, Motorola announced it was selling Good Technology, the wireless email software division it bought for $400 million only 2 years ago, to Visto technologies, the leader in enterprise push email. This move signals the end of Motorola’s attempt to build a business-specific phone to… Read More »
Nearly five years and four months ago, I bought my first eBook. It was October 30th, 2003 to be exact. I purchased a Terry Brooks novel in his “Shannara” series for my Toshiba e805 PocketPC and I was hooked on digital books. Back then the… Read More »
Updated: Folks, if you were burned by last night’s Gmail outage and pay for your service, don’t despair, Google has a service-level agreement in place to atone for the loss of productivity. The downside is that atonement comes in the form of a 3-day credit… Read More »
I have tried just about every blogging platform out there and the one I finally stuck with was Tumblr. I like many of the more advanced functions in Wordpress, but Tumblr is where it’s at for me. I’ve notice over the past couple of… Read More »
I find the camera on the BlackBerry Storm to be pretty decent for a phone camera, but there are no doubt those who need more, especially in the way of a telescoping lens. Brando has your back with a telescopic zoom accessory that attaches to the… Read More »
We’ve all heard how California has aggressively cut energy consumption through energy efficiency programs — the state has saved a good $56 billion in electricity costs over the last 30 years. And in the next decade the state is aiming to cut carbon emissions down… Read More »
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