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Between the Lines - Nov 20, 2008
Auto companies may be going out of business. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is shrinking dramatically, by the day. Consumer confidence is at a post-war low. But Internet traffic is unabated. Notably, it’s led by …
Also tagged: entertainment, general, it management, e commerce, drm, economy, web technology, cisco, hollywood on demand
Between the Lines - Nov 20, 2008
Dell’s fiscal third quarter isn’t expected to be pretty. The only real question is where Dell’s quarter falls on the ugly scale. The company’s first shot at an outlook for the quarter unraveled just a few weeks later …
Between the Lines - Nov 20, 2008
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday launched its first multi-touch notebook for consumers. The TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC was modeled after HP’s desktop version of the same name (statement, Techmeme). The move ups the ante in …
Also tagged: general, hewlett packard
Between the Lines - Nov 19, 2008
No power? No problem. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at kinetic energy technology that charges mobile phones and devices without ever needing an electrical outlet. The mobile device charger generates power …
Also tagged: general, innovation, mobile, personal technology
Between the Lines - Nov 19, 2008
Hewlett-Packard delivered something as rare as the do-do bird these days: An upside earnings surprise. HP reassured Wall Street on Tuesday by releasing preliminary fourth quarter earnings and an outlook that was better …
Also tagged: general, hewlett packard
Between the Lines - Nov 18, 2008
USB 3.0 has arrived, or at least the specification that allows the technology to start being built into devices. Offering data-transfer speeds up to 4.8 gigabits per second - that’s 10 times the USB 2.0 speeds - USB …
Also tagged: general, innovation
Between the Lines - Nov 17, 2008
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program on Monday launched this year’s ‘Give 1 Get 1′ program and it’s simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the …
Also tagged: education, general, olpc, personal technology
Between the Lines - Nov 16, 2008
AMD is targeting what Intel calls the netbook market, but not completely. Here’s a tale of semantic fun on Friday night. When I read Brooke Crothers report on how AMD wasn’t entering the netbook market I was shocked …
Between the Lines - Nov 15, 2008
Sun said Friday that it will lay off 15 percent to 18 percent of its workforce–or 5,000 to 6,000 people–as it restructures amid weak demand, a series of poor quarters and a business model that rallies around open …
Also tagged: general, software infrastructure, sun
Between the Lines - Nov 15, 2008
Microsoft has launched something long overdue: An online store. Yes Virginia, you can download Windows. The launch is a bit quiet. Trevin Chow, a senior program manager at Microsoft, announced the “first-party” store …
Also tagged: microsoft, e commerce, software infrastructure