July, 2009 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for July 2009

The past year has been a brutal one for solar companies. Capital dried up, as did demand for solar goods. Prices dropped while inventories grew. But if SunPower’s earnings are any indication, some solar companies are weathering the harsh market in ways that can still… Read More »

Sony has long held the Apple viewpoint about netbooks- they are not products that interest them due to the low margin. Sony keeps their eye on producing more premium products, even their recent VAIO W “netbook” is at least $100 more than competitor’s netbooks. The realities… Read More »

 
 

Google brings more desktop-like functionality to handhelds with the newest Google Maps for Mobile. Version 3.2 for Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 handhelds now supports map layers and custom maps. If you create a personalized map with the My Maps function on a… Read More »

I’ve seen my fair share of online project management apps during my time here at WebWorkerDaily. Generally speaking, they all claim to reduce the stress produced by the project management process, but Zen is a good candidate for the most bravely named among these apps.… Read More »

My Apple in-ear headset is fine. Despite complaints that there’s too much cable noise, and that they don’t seal well, I’ve had little trouble personally (or I’m just good at overlooking flaws in Apple hardware). Still, I have some nice noise-canceling Sony DJ cups just sitting… Read More »

No one working in online video today will claim that the medium is a safe zone for feminism. I mean, there are plenty of dynamic and talented women working behind and in front of the camera, but the web’s special talent for objectifying them can… Read More »

What to read on the GigaOM network

A common complaint about the Palm Pre is the short battery life. The Pre is so thin and small, there just isn’t room for a battery bigger than the little one Palm included. The folks at accessory maker Seidio understand this, so they have produced an… Read More »

The survey is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! We’ve been at this NewTeeVee coverage game for almost two and a half years. That’s forever in web time, and the online video world is certainly much different today than what it was way back then. So… Read More »

When I started working remotely, I had the nice — if misguided — idea that I’d spend my days working away in the home office with a pot of tea at my elbow. But in the last couple of weeks I’ve done more work out of… Read More »

Less than eight months after Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally hightailed it to Capitol Hill in an Escape Hybrid, pleading for a bailout, the automaker has today posted a $2.3 billion quarterly profit and increased its U.S. market share by 2 percentage points —… Read More »

Aperture is a great photo management application, but may not be suitable for everyone. I recently made a decision to move back to iPhoto in order to use some of the features in the latest release. Several of these, such as face… Read More »

More Must Reads

CBS Streaming Cronkite funeral; CBSNews.com has exclusive right to record the memorial service of its esteemed former anchor at 2 p.m. ET today. (stream here) Arqiva to Acquire Project Kangaroo Assets; infrastructure company intends to launch a new video-on-demand service in the UK using platform… Read More »

We’ve seen and used Splashtop from DeviceVM in the past. The software is a customized Linux partition offering a fast boot and nearly instant web connection once it’s up and running. For a netbook or notebook, Splashtop is a quick way to get online… Read More »

Voicemail transcription startup SpinVox is in a bit of a fix, after a BBC investigation found that the majority of messages the company claimed were converted to text by an advanced speech-to-text algorithm, were in fact “heard and transcribed by call center staff in… Read More »

Disney CEO Bob Iger told a tech conference crowd yesterday that his company is interested in putting up more content online, but it won’t be free, and it might require a subscription. From MediaWeek: “The notion of going online at some point as a subscribe-to, robust… Read More »

At a hearing before the House’s Committee on Science and Technology this morning, a group of experts from industry and standards groups provided testimony on the status and goals of the smart grid. The testimony was a lot of the policy jargon you’d expect —… Read More »

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