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Carbon Hero to the Rescue

Edit Staff, Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:24 PM PT Comments (0)

If you’ve ever tried to use one of those carbon footprint calculator web sites, then you’ll likely understand why mobile entrepreneur Andreas Zachariah would try to build a better way. Zachariah has been working on a java-based mobile application called Carbon Hero, which uses GPS location info to automatically monitor your transportation. Earth2Tech has [...]

Early-bird Structure 08 Tickets — Time is Running Out!

Edit Staff, Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM PT Comments (0)

Early-bird tickets for our first official GigaOM conference, Structure 08, are only available until midnight Monday, April 7th. Structure 08 will gather the most innovative and influential industry leaders together to explore the latest Internet infrastructure buildout. Among our scheduled keynote speakers are Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, and Greg Papadopoulos, CTO [...]

GigaNET PM: Video Ads, Web Apps, Green Money

Edit Staff, Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 3:21 PM PT Comments (0)

NewTeeVee: Just how big is the video ad market, anyway?
OStatic: 8 of the top resources available for open-source project leaders.
Web Worker Daily: Desperately seeking the perfect web app.
Earth2Tech: Green home solutions provider Standard Renewable Energy raises $15 million.

5 Ways to test if your ISP throttles P2P

Edit Staff, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 9:03 PM PT Comments (1)

Do your torrent downloads seem to be taking longer than usual? Are you trying to transfer, say, a home video to a friend via Pando and the upload keeps getting stuck? Or maybe you’re having problems with BitTorrent’s new streaming service, which just doesn’t seem to work on your system? There’s a good chance your [...]

OOXML is OK’d: Why Should You Be Concerned?

Edit Staff, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 11:39 AM PT Comments (4)

It’s official. The ISO has approved Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) document format as an international standard. The move comes after much controversy, especially in the open-source community, where many people had been rooting for standardization of the competing Open Document Format (ODF). This decision could have major repercussions on open standards for years [...]

GigaNET AM: Google Docs, Comcast HD & More

Edit Staff, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 8:43 AM PT Comments (0)

* WebWorkerDaily: Learning to love Google Docs.
* NewTeeVee: Comcast mucking around with HD quality. No surprise.
* Earth2Tech: Will cell phone like service models boost cleantech adoption?
* FoundRead: When in recession, don’t focus on cost cutting. Instead focus on growth … Venrock VC.
* Ostatic: Is open source getting too balkanized for its own good?

GigaNET AM: Green Homes & Open Source Brands

Edit Staff, Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7:42 AM PT Comments (0)

* Earth2Tech: Want a greener home? Sustainable Spaces can help.
* NewTeeVee: Legaltorrents.com relaunches, now get more free & legal torrents.
* Ostatic: Branding open source projects.
* FoundRead: 10 Tips to widget-up your start-up brand.
* WebWorkerDaily Survey: What kind of a web worker are you?

GigaNET AM: Algae, Hadoop

Edit Staff, Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 6:04 AM PT Comments (0)

* Earth2Tech: 15 Start-ups that are turning pond scum into fuel. No seriously.
* Ostatic: What does Hadoop mean to you?
* WebWorkerDaily: SugarSync joins the filesync party. Its Fresh!
* NewTeeVee: YouTube’s latest effort - Analysis.
* FoundRead: The Myth of the Startup Miracle

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