Apple rejected Google Voice for the iPhone. That’s not what Google says, exactly, except by posting the unredacted response to the FCC on the issue there remains little room for interpretation. According to Google, none other than Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller told Google Senior VP… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
Three years after the competition started, the first Netflix Prize was awarded today to “BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos,” a seven-member squad that combined three competing teams (and included two AT&T scientists, the company is touting today). And after all that, the winning team only won… Read More »
The now infamous Tesla founder’s feud was one of those classic fights that exemplified the difficulties of the entrepreneurial experience, as well as the bumpy road for an electric vehicle startup. And it has now supposedly ended as abruptly as it started: this morning, according… Read More »
In your quest for better efficiency, you’ve probably read books like “Getting Things Done” and “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” and tried to implement the strategies contained within them. Yet you know you can do better in managing your day and being more… Read More »
You no longer have to gaze wistfully across the Atlantic, European readers, because SlingPlayer today officially released its mobile app (iTunes link) for iPhone across 16 countries in your continent. You may, however, bemoan the lack of 3G streaming in the version that was… Read More »
Earlier this summer, Active Media launched new Solid State Disk drive modules for netbooks. As we head into the fall season, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere, the company is kicking its products up a notch. The SaberTooth S3 lineup… Read More »
Tech On Top in Green Rankings: Five out of the top 10 greenest companies in the U.S., according to Newsweek, are tech firms — HP, Dell, Intel, IBM, Applied Materials. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) S&P 500 Report was also released today and included Cisco and… Read More »
Well, this one slipped past our radar last week (we were busy re-programming our TiVos for the fall TV season), but Hulu made good on its promise from earlier this year to get more into the social viewing game. The premium content site released its… Read More »
Dr. Horrible crashes the Emmys (NewTeeVee) Bob Metcalfe: How the FCC can lead us to a smart intergrid (Earth2Tech) How I mastered Monday mornings (WebWorkerDaily) SlingPlayer for iPhone now available in Europe, Wi-Fi only (TheAppleBlog) Windows 7 tip: make scroll bars, windows controls bigger for… Read More »
I am having a good time running Windows 7 on a number of devices, but one of the things I miss from previous versions of Windows is how to optimize the interface for the small screen. I have been struggling in Windows 7, on touch-enabled… Read More »
China Mobile has become the first wireless carrier in the world to cross the 500 million subscriber-mark. The company has added 45.7 million new subscribers so far in 2009, and now has 502.9 million subscribers. (Photo by Oskay via Flickr.) Read More »
Electric vehicles need to be smarter than your average car. Their dependency on the electrical grid and the need to carefully manage the power going into and out of the batteries is prompting a revolution in vehicle information technology. Existing communication and data networks (using IP) will… Read More »
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