What if you could merge the best features of netbooks with the top quality of the ThinkPad notebook line? You’d get the ThinkPad X100e. This 11.6-inch ThinkPad crams the build quality and features of the venerable ThinkPad line into a form slightly bigger than the netbook. Read More »
Archive for March 2010
March Madness is kicking off with its opening round game today, and CBS is getting ready to live stream all games online starting with the first round on Thursday. The network has already made $37 million and sold all of its ad… Read More »
Here’s two unconventional players that could make an influential but unusual team in terms of open standards and innovation for the smart grid: Google and software maker Grid Net. OK, hear me out. As Grid Net’s new Chief Strategy Officer Andres Carvallo told me last week,… Read More »
In a world of web-based services that depend on aggregating other data sources, your product will only be as strong as your weakest API call. We are seeing the emergence of new ecosystems of data built around cloud providers and popular APIs such as Twitter’s. Read More »
Expect those yellow teeth ads to pop up on top of your YouTube videos any day now, as Google has added an option to build display ad overlays within its Display Ad Builder, making it possible for AdWords customers to easily generate… Read More »
By early measures, Google’s Nexus One appears to be a sales flop. More marketing would help, but so would support for additional carriers. Google announces just that today with a Nexus One model for both the AT&T and Rogers Wireless networks. Read More »
Netflix confirmed today that it has picked Akamai as its primary content delivery network in what looks like a move to lower its streaming costs. The decision could also help the subscription video company to expand into markets outside the U.S., something… Read More »
C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web; C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet, including 23 years and more than 160,000 hours of TV footage. (NY Times) Crackle Sees Video Streams Rise; according to Nielsen Online, Crackle’s audience averages between… Read More »
A new survey by research firm Crowd Science brings bad news for BlackBerry maker RIM, and some good news for Apple. The company that comes out best of all, though, is Google, whose Android operating system seems poised to see some major growth… Read More »
The Viliv S10 Blade is a 10-inch convertible notebook with a multitouch screen. It is thin and light and overall a nice device. Mobile devices are very personal by nature, and there are always things I like and dislike with them. Here’s the list of them. Read More »
First Solar, the thin-film solar giant, has just linked up with the mega-giant of all solar projects: the Desertec Industrial Initiative. The Arizona-based company announced this morning that it has become an “associate partner” in the ambitious project, which by 2050 aims to supply… Read More »
In case you haven’t seen our banners — above this post, to the right of it and down along the bottom of the page — or noticed the custom wallpaper, it’s worth repeating: Pro2 for Mac is here! We’re so excited we even made a little video about… Read More »
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