With so much activity in Washington, D.C., these days — from funding opportunities to policies like cap and trade — that could affect cleantech industries, many startups have sent their executives to the capital or hired lobbyists in the hope of adding their voices to… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts: Shop savvier with Windows Mobile (Big in Japan) — One of the first prize-winning software titles for Google Android devices is coming to… Read More »
Skype, a division of eBay, is likely to announce tomorrow that the beta version of its Skype for SIP offering will interoperate with Cisco Systems’ Unified Communications 500 system. This follows closely on the heels of similar arrangements struck by Skype with Shoretel and… Read More »
80Legs, a startup that aggregates CPU cycles and bandwidth to offer companies a Google-like web crawling service on demand, today launched its public beta at the DEMO conference in San Diego. The Houston-based company has raised $400,000 from Creeris Ventures to provide its web crawling service.… Read More »
It’s funny how the mobile space goes — UMPCs hit the scene a couple of years ago and then all but died out. This year has seen a resurgence in the UMPC segment and today comes word from one of the first companies to produce… Read More »
The iPhone’s camera app is OK, but it really leaves much to be desired. That was why Snapture came to exist in the first place. Snapture is a jailbreak app that many users on that side of the fence have sworn by for quite… Read More »
Thing Labs, San Francisco-based startup that makes social networking applications, released today an API called Let’s Be Trends that lets developers procure information about trending topics on Twitter. The move comes on the heels of the private beta launch of Thing Labs’ Twitter application —… Read More »
Intel Corp., a San Jose, Calif.-based chip company, today announced a range of low-power chips aimed at driving down the power requirements inside data centers. Among them were two new Xeon 3400 chips; a version that consumes only 45 watts will be released this year while… Read More »
Arris announced today that it will acquire the assets of Digeo, Inc. for roughly $20 million in cash. Kirkland, Wash.-based Digeo, which was founded by Paul Allen in 1999, was originally set up to deliver stock and sports information through set-top boxes. In 2002, the… Read More »
I’m not suggesting you crack open your computer to fix it, but with a few of the tactics outlined in this post you can solve many of your computer problems on your own. Besides, wouldn’t you rather solve your problems instead of waiting for a… Read More »
Those folks at Kensington sat around and wondered what they could produce that would be perfect fit accessories for the netbook crowd. To be honest, we don’t know what process they used to develop a couple of universal docks for notebooks. The two docks are plug… Read More »
One of the breakout online video sensations of the year, Auto-Tune the News by Michael Gregory of the Gregory Brothers, has brought humor, hooks and absurdity to the world of political news. Over the course of fewer than 10 videos, Gregory has effectively created an… Read More »
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