June, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for June 2009

MobileTechRoundup 176: A Hero to the Rescue!

MoTR 176 is 33:10 minutes long and is a 30.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Tiger Woods isn’t a guest on the show, but his… Read More »

So much for the “rapid restart” that Department of Energy Chief Steven Chu had in mind for the FutureGen project, a controversial public-private initiative to test experimental carbon capture and storage technology at a new 275 MW coal plant. Less than two weeks after Chu… Read More »

 
 

HP scientific and financial calculators have been the tools of choice for many in the business world for decades. Many of us have fond memories of the different HP calculators we have used over the years and often lament their passing. HP realizes this and as… Read More »

TV Everywhere to Spark Antitrust Concerns?

NBC Universal General Counsel Rick Cotton, speaking at the Digital Media Conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, brushed off concerns that the deal between Comcast and Time Warner to test the feasibility of TV Everywhere was a first step toward bringing TV on the Internet under… Read More »

TV Everywhere to Spark Antitrust Concerns?

NBC Universal General Counsel Rick Cotton, speaking at the Digital Media Conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, brushed off concerns that the deal between Comcast and Time Warner to test the feasibility of TV Everywhere was a first step toward bringing TV on the Internet under… Read More »

In a recent post, I blogged about the telecommuting trend, including a data point from a WorldatWork study that found a 39 percent increase in the number of telecommuters in the U.S. between 2006 and 2008. Many businesses are actively seeking to embrace… Read More »

We’ve posted Power User tips focusing on OS X as a whole (look for an update post for the not-far-off Snow Leopard) and the System Preferences. Today we’ll cast our gaze on iTunes. Listening to music on your Mac is like peanut butter… Read More »

The hot netbook phenomenon has brought to light for consumers a problem that enthusiasts have been wrestling with for years. How do you upgrade the OS on computers that don’t have optical drives? Like I said, this is nothing new for those of us who have… Read More »

I couldn’t help but notice the irony in yesterday’s events. At our Structure 09 Conference, just as panelists started discussing the challenges of managing web infrastructure, we heard that TMZ.com and Twitter had buckled under the massive traffic load that resulted from the news of… Read More »

Vid-Biz: FCC, Qik, Totlol

Julius Genachowski Confirmed as FCC Chairman; Senate also confirms Robert McDowell for second term; two spots remain open on the five-member commission. (GigaOM) Qik Offers Live Video on iPhone 3GS; live-casting app not sold through the official App Store because Apple and AT&T won’t allow video… Read More »

What to read on the GigaOM network

I spent a long time thinking and writing about why being acknowledged as a founder was so important to Tesla Motors founder Martin Eberhard as well as what the founder title means for entrepreneurs (monetarily and emotionally) overall. But it takes someone who experienced the… Read More »

More Must Reads

After listening in on yesterday’s Palm investor call, I came away feeling only half-satisfied. On the one hand, Palm says it’s poised to become cash-flow positive in two quarters. The company ended the last fiscal quarter of 2009 with $255.1 million in cash, even after going… Read More »

Microsoft this week announced Silverlight would be integrated with the Xbox “within the next year,” marking the rich Internet application platform’s first move into the living room. The company hardly trumpeted the news. For now the integration is only to display IAB ads in Xbox Live,… Read More »

This tidbit has me scratching my head. Stacey Higginbotham shares news that Nokia is planning to offer an ARM-powered netbook next year, according to an analyst research note published today. That’s not all that surprising to me, although the company’s core competency is in… Read More »

Web operation strategists at high-traffic sites such as MySpace, Yahoo and Google have to make hard-and-fast decisions on a daily basis to ensure their sites run at high speed and user data is stored securely. As the representatives of those companies, along with executives from… Read More »

Not all teleworkers are lucky enough to have a large house. This means that designated office space will be limited. In fact, many teleworkers I know work from a partitioned corner of their kitchen or living room. If you’re in a similar situation, planning your home… Read More »

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