Launched at the weekend, new “social browser” RockMelt promises to make it easy to share and keep up with your friends. It caused quite a lot of discussion after Om wrote about it. I’ve had a chance to take it for a quick test drive. Read More »
Archive for November 2010
A new Microsoft study says that customers can cut their IT carbon footprint — in other words, IT energy use — by 30 to 90 percent by moving to the cloud. But other experts disagree. Read More »
Marvell said today that it has built a chip designed for servers that uses the same architecture as chips inside cell phones. As vendors release ARM-based server chips, and challenge Intel and AMD’s dominance it opens the server market to more competition and innovation. Read More »
The television business is on the cusp of the biggest technological upheaval since cable TV emerged. With that in mind, we examine the leading contenders’ strategic positioning, relative strengths and weaknesses & provide the early line on their odds of success in the connected TV marketplace. Read More »
Time Warner Cable is introducing a new Look Back feature to its subscribers, enabling them to go back and watch some programming within the first three days it aired. But the new feature, which doesn’t require a DVR, also won’t let customers fast forward through commercials. Read More »
Sprint is planning to launch the ZTE Peel case for the iPod touch this Sunday according to a leaked document, providing 3G access to the Wi-Fi only device. It’ll also be able to share a connection with two devices. It’s a device Apple should render redundant. Read More »
Despite the fact that the demand response sector has been facing consolidation and disruption by new technologies, market leaders are still making money, at least in the near term. This afternoon demand response grandaddy EnerNOC reported a solid third quarter, but lowered its annual profit view. Read More »
If you’re wondering how IT will look a few years down the road, today’s links provide might provide some ideas: ARM-based servers, cloud-based databases, hefty Big Data investments and Dell possessing a larger piece of the enterprise pie. Read More »
SB Nation, which runs a network of almost 300 team-focused and regional sports blogs, has closed a new $10.5-million round of financing from Khosla Ventures and several other venture funds, and the company’s rapid growth contains some valuable lessons for other web-based media efforts. Read More »
Thanks to broadband and mobile technology, the tools and the very nature of work are changing, but are corporate IT policies keeping up? According to data released today by Cisco, it would appear not: workers are prepared to break IT policies to get their jobs… Read More »
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