A few of my local clients like to meet in person every so often. We usually go to a local coffee house — we’re able to take laptops along, if we need to double check something online and we can get coffee while we talk.… Read More »
Archive for December 2009
The short answer to what $99 gets you in a netbook is: not much. But you could take solace in the fact that you’re paying about 25 percent of what a standard netbook costs. If that’s the type of cost saving that appeals, then the… Read More »
YouTube’s 2009 view tallies are in, and we’ve got a winner: Susan Boyle’s Britain’s Got Talent clip clocked 120 million views, far surpassing any other video posted on the site. Second on the list of the most-watched videos is the adorably intoxicated David… Read More »
First Solar, the thin-film module manufacturer that has seen increasing price pressure from polysilicon makers, remains confident about its prospects for next year, according to a conference call with investors Wednesday. First Solar expects revenue in 2010 to come in between $2.7 billion and $2.9 billion,… Read More »
Will Environmental Regulations Kill the Exxon-XTO Merger?: “Buried deeply in the 76 pages of legalese that is the Exxon Mobil-XTO $31 billion merger is a clause that basically says: If Congress regulates hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, Exxon gets to back out of the deal.” —
As our sister site OStatic reports, Minitube is a new, open-source YouTube viewing client that gives users a way to search and watch videos without the visual distractions of the YouTube web site. Once installed, users can fire up the app and type in a… Read More »
It’s still early in the season, but the National Basketball Association is having a record year in terms of web video traffic and overall TV viewership — growth the league is attributing to a mutliplatform strategy that includes broader TV distribution, more in-depth online coverage and the… Read More »
A few years back when big media companies were snatching up web startups for exorbitant prices, old-fashioned concepts like corporate synergy were not a priority. Many acquisitions came with promises to leave startup’s brands, products and leadership alone. That didn’t end up working so well. Read More »
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Freelance jobs marketplace Elance has posted its Work Index (a kind of monthly “Hot 100″ that analyzes over 100,000 recent job postings and shows the skills that are most in demand) for December, together with some data for the year 2009 as a… Read More »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has likened the current state of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to a half-baked web tool in need of debugging, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t powerful forces driving the growth of the CCS industry. Those forces — the need… Read More »
Time for our Wednesday feature that highlights some of the latest iPhone news! Did you hear the sound of the latest iPhone application? I did — Bing is here with a bang. Microsoft’s app for iPhone and iPod Touch is already garnering solid reviews… Read More »
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