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Year in review: Green-tech growing pains

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 08:00
More people and companies are getting on the clean-tech bandwagon, but the financial crisis and falling fossil-fuel prices have cooled the frenzied pace of innovation.

High hopes at Yahoo, Intel for Internet-enabled TV

Mon, 12/29/2008 - 08:00
Intel and Yahoo are comfortable in the realm of the PC. They hope Internet connectivity will help them conquer TV, too, and they'll show how at CES.

Twitority refines Twitter search--or kills it

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 21:46
An experiment to improve Twitter's search results ignites a debate among top bloggers.

2009: Netbook or notebook?

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 16:45
If a good number of people start opting for a Netbook, then we have the foundation of, at the very least, a rethinking of the pricey ultraportable.

Windows 7 beta 1 makes early debut

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 14:20
Apparently leaked copies of Microsoft's forthcoming operating system pop up on torrent trackers.

SF engineer to stand trial in hijacked network

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 12:55
A network administrator will stand trial for allegedly hijacking the network he designed and maintained for the city of San Francisco.

2008 Intel converts: Bigger flock than Apple

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 10:00
In 2008, Intel not only won the PC processor war against AMD but walked away with a new PC market that it now virtually owns.

Is the cloud computing maturity model unnecessary or simply misunderstood?

Sun, 12/28/2008 - 02:06
Roger Smith challenges the need for a maturity model for cloud computing. His points are worth consideration, but as he makes his case he clearly misunderstands the tenor and theme of the model I introduced.

Holiday report: E-commerce dips, electronics plummet

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 19:50
One of the first reports out on holiday sales shows that e-commerce was down 2.3 percent year over year, while the electronics category took a 26 percent dive.

Shock! Scientists say video games feed male need to dominate

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 16:02
Stanford researchers declare that video game playing stimulates parts of the male brain that delight in stomping on others.

The $99 iPhone 3G finally, kinda

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 14:24
It's not Wal-Mart Stores that has dropped the price into the double digits. It's AT&T, selling a refurbished 8GB iPhone 3G for $99 through New Year's Eve.

Why Wal-Mart is key to iPhone domination

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 11:23
Move will make Apple's popular mobile phone available to millions of more customers and ensure that RIM and every other company trying desperately to compete with Apple simply can't.

The Internet ate my business

Sat, 12/27/2008 - 11:07
We thought it was a brave, new world of Web 2.0. But on closer examination, it seems like a lot of 1.0 value being distributed in 2.0 ways.

Google, Microsoft, Apple sued over preview icons

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 20:40
Michigan-based networking company sues the tech giants for allegedly infringing on a patent related to document thumbnails used in operating systems.

Making 'free-mium' work amid the advertising death spiral

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 19:04
Ad revenue will get even harder to come by in 2009. Web 2.0 companies need to consider alternative revenue streams.

Did Mammon defeat God online this Xmas?

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 16:19
Spending one's Christmas following Google Trends updates makes for a depressing spectacle.

Apple files 'swipe-gesture' patent application

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 16:18
Technology lets touch screen users perform certain common functions--such as inserting a space or backspacing--by swiping across the key area rather than tapping a particular key.

Daily Tidbits: Amazon posts a huge holiday season

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 13:36
Online retailer did extremely well this holiday season, claiming its best performance ever. And there's a new voice-mail Facebook app.

Wal-Mart to start selling iPhone Sunday

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 13:09
But it won't be selling a 4GB model, as some had speculated. The retail giant will offer the two existing models at a $2 savings.

Yep, Microsoft and Sony sell game consoles too

Fri, 12/26/2008 - 12:38
Did you know that Microsoft and Sony sell video game consoles? It looks like the average Amazon customer forgot.