Trend Micro maintains web reputation databases that allow intelligent detection of spam, phishing, or suspicious web sites. It processes data accumulating at the rate of about four petabytes per year. Here’s why Trend Micro settled on Apache Hbase as the core database of new elastic… Read More »
Archive for January 2011
Skype 5 for Mac left beta today, bringing with it new group video chat features, improvements, and a new design. The development team behind Skype for Mac listened to user concerns and complaints, which were numerous, and made changes to the final version accordingly. Read More »
In last week’s post, we began brainstorming some possibilities for marketing your business. This week, we’re going to discuss a simple technique that can help you turn those possibilities into a marketing plan that’s easy to create, implements and maintain. Read More »
Startup Vokle has raised some new financing from investors such as Tech Coast Angels and Imogen Heap to advance its platform for video conferences. The setup makes it easy for anyone to create and host live event broadcasts and town hall meetings with some advanced features. Read More »
Tonight Life in a Day, the crowd-sourced documentary culled from over 80,000 submissions, premieres at the Sundance Film Festival — and simultaneously on YouTube. The live stream begins at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, and will be rebroadcast on Jan. 28. Read More »
Utilities are going to have to manage nine times the data they do today if they want to adapt to the smart grid, and that will be a $34 billion market by 2020, Lux Research predicts. Read More »
Despite reports that location-based services are far from mainstream, new research by Microsoft suggests the technology is gaining adoption and may be poised to follow in the footsteps of the ATM, which took some time to dispel safety concerns on its way to being universally used. Read More »
No sooner do rumors start flying about Apple’s plans for NFC and mobile payments systems in future devices than job listings appear to back up the claim. Apple is now advertising for three jobs, including one engineer position and two global mobile payment platform managers. Read More »
Netflix has been very successful in attracting new subscribers, specifically around its streaming video service. But the video subscription company says its business could be hurt by ISPs moving to tiered data plans, which Netflix claims are incredibly overpriced. Read More »
An internship can be a rewarding experience for both you and the student. It’s a great way to find out if a person will work well with your organization. And especially in the technical fields, interns can provide insights into the future. Read More »
Energy Secretary Steve Chu laid out near- to long-term research and deployment plans to meeting goals set by President Obama in his state of the union speech. Aside from solar, electric cars and energy efficiency measures, Chu also is bullish about nuclear power. Read More »
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama promoted jobs, high-speed rail and high-speed wireless access. I’m all for fast wireless broadband, but relying on wireless to solve this broadband gap is like relying on low-fat Twinkies to solve the obesity problem.… Read More »
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