Amazon last night announced it Virtual Private Cloud service, essentially giving enterprise customers worried about security and control in the cloud a salve to get them to trust it. The offering provides access to Amazon’s web services through a virtual private network,… Read More »
Archive for August 2009
DivX announced today that for the first time in the U.S., major Hollywood movies will be available for download in the DivX format. Warner Bros., Lionsgate, Sony Pictures and Paramount have all signed on to have both catalog and new release titles sold through through… Read More »
Speculation surrounding Nokia’s Linux-based OS flared up again this morning with a Reuters report that the Finnish manufacturer will showcase a Maemo phone at Nokia World in Germany this week. So what would that mean for Symbian? It’s getting tough to dismiss Nokia’s attention to Maemo.… Read More »
AppleInsider’s Kasper Jade today reports that Apple has new plans for its workhorse laptop, the MacBook. This will be the first time since the product’s launch in 2006 that the company’s entry-level Mac has received a complete design update. The MacBook is the best-selling computer in… Read More »
I’m not biased towards Toronto, despite calling it home, but it seems like a lot of good web things are brewing in this city. There’s FreshBooks, one of the leading online invoicing services for freelancers and businesses, and now there’s Sprouter, a… Read More »
Handset maker Nokia has been rumored to be planning an ARM-based smartbook device, but those rumors took a dive when they announced their reportedly pricey Booklet 3G. That netbook will be coming later this year and is a typical Windows-based netbook, albeit of the… Read More »
By some accounts, the build-out of the smart grid could be the biggest driver of wealth within the decade and create an even larger market than the emergence of the Internet. And now, in the early rollout phase, thousands of startups and large tech vendors… Read More »
A group of Republicans made their way from Washington to Silicon Valley last week to demonstrate both the party’s dedication to supporting the tech industry in general and its embrace of social media tools in particular. John Culberson (R-TX), Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Bob… Read More »
Animoto on Wednesday is launching long-promised functionality to include videos in its animated next-gen slideshows. Animoto CEO Brad Jefferson stopped by the brand-new GigaOM office on Tuesday and we played with the new feature. He explained that Animoto (see our previous coverage) is… Read More »
Video streaming service PlayOn from Media Mall Technologies recently added support for the Wii, which owners of Nintendo’s phenomenally popular video game console can use to watch Hulu, CNN and other selected channels online. It’s about time: The Wii excels at games,… Read More »
Are you interested in Google and how they’re involved in the mobile space? Wondering how Chrome OS relates to both Android and Google’s overall mobile strategies? Thinking about how Google will position itself in the rapidly growing netbook market? If the answer to any of these… Read More »
The stars are aligning for the first Google Android handset to arrive on the Verizon Wireless network soon. Boy Genius Report started it off this weekend with a leaked Verizon handset roadmap showing a “Moto Sholes Google Phone” launching in late October. Today,
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