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- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparencyProbably was Worse than ThoughtThe lack of transparency is probably due to how much of a failure their disaster prepardness really is. It probably failed on many levels. No doubt Netflix doesn't want anyone to know just how ill prepared they really...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., transparency, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- End of an era: Dell may dump its factories
- End of an era: Dell may dump its factoriesRubbed up the wrong way?"The rub: It’s unclear whether contract equipment manufacturers would want to buy Dell’s manufacturing hubs. Do contract manufacturers really want to take on Dell’s capacity?"Don't CEM's want to take on everyone's capacity ... I mean isn't their model...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., End-Of-An-Era
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- End of an era: Dell may dump its factories
- Dell is reportedly trying to dump its manufacturing facilities across the globe in a turnabout that indicates it has no discernable edge in making PCs anymore. According to the Wall Street Journal: Dell has approached contract computer manufacturers with offers to sell the plants. One person...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Manufacturing, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices
- Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 pricesIt's about time this other shoe droppedIt's been anticipated for ages, in consideration of just how LONG the 360 has already been on the market. Even at these price points MSFT should continue to make profit on the hardware; you would think that after three years...
- Tags: Game players, Blu-ray, Games, wii, Xbox360, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Blu-ray disc, game
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Analyst: Dollar daze around the corner for Web giants
- J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan said Thursday in a research note that a stronger dollar will take a bite out of search, online travel and e-commerce companies. Khan's call Techmeme largely focuses on the fourth quarter given the dollar's resurgence began in the middle of the third...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Dollar, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Silicon Valley's Judy Estrin warns we are running out of innovation
- I recently met with Judy Estrin, a former CTO at Cisco, and one of Silicon Valley's top serial entrepreneurs. Since the dotcom bubble burst she has been concerned that Silicon Valley has not been investing enough in startups pioneering innovative technologies. She warns that we are living...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Leadership, Research & Development, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Finance, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- iRobot's Brooks starts worker bot company
- Even as iRobot won a wide-open contract with the Army, the company's part-time CTO, Rodney Brooks, left the company to start a new robotics firm, Cambridge-based Heartland Robotics. The new company is focused on industrial robotics, which logic would dictate would put...
- Tags: iRobot Corp., Robotics, Bot, Worker, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- 2008 Acura MDX
- Photo gallery:2008 Acura MDXThe 2008 Acura MDX remains largely unchanged from the 2007 model, when we reviewed the then-new redesign and found it chock full of tech options inherited from Acura's sedans, and with improved handling courtesy of similarly upgraded four-wheel-drive management. Back in 2006, the first-generation MDX had some...
- Tags: navigation system, Acura MDX, Acura, car
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Can Google not do evil?
- Can Google not do evil?So happy"We are so, so happy with Google Chrome," mumbled Mozilla CEO John Lilly through gritted teeth. "That most of our income is from Google has no bearing on this statement." - http://notnews.today.com/?p=57RE: Can Google not do evil?Your vision of Microsoft being the dark side and...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Free trade, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Infosys: Moving up the consulting food chain
- An Infosys executive reiterated that the offshore outsourcing business is holding up amid an economic slowdown and outlined plans to continue to move up the technology food chain to offer consulting services. Speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York, Ashok Vemuri, head of banking and...
- Tags: Food, Consulting, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Axon Group, Game Plan, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!
- Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!Yes, it is about ads and cookies, but also a whole lot more.With this, Google can bring us into the 21st century all based on standards and open source. Microsoft wants to keep the browser in the 20th century,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., cookie, Google Chrome, Web browser, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold WarPrivate space transportationInterestingly, the weakening US-Russian relationship may end up being very good for the US private space industry. Even before the latest souring of relations, NASA made contingency plans to limit dependency on Soyuz and avoid relying on the Russian...
- Tags: Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program, NASA, COTS, Soyuz, Economic Impact, SpaceX, cargo
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Partnoy's Complaint
- Partnoy's ComplaintI don't think Wall Street will take that bet....Wall Street bets on financial performance, not processor performance. A bet on pure processor performance, assuming we can agree on a measure for that, would ignore all kinds of financial issues with the companies involved.Why is performance significant?Are sales determined by...
- Tags: Performance management, Financial accounting, financial, performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Partnoy
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- 2009 Honda Pilot EX-L 2WD
- Photo gallery:Honda Pilot EX-LLet's face it. The Honda Pilot has always looked like a brick on wheels. The new for 2009 Pilot, with its CR-V inspired grille, looks even worse. It doesn't get much better on the inside, with a dash dominated by cheap plastics and questionable material choices. As...
- Tags: Twin-Peaks, mpg, Honda Motor Co.
- Product reviews 2008-08-29
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economyEconomic TerrorismThe purpose of the CAPTCHA is to ensure fair access to internet services in a manner that is consistent with the license agreements of those offering the services.Employing humans to purposely solve CAPTCHA should be considered economic terrorism because it has no other purpose than...
- Tags: CAPTCHA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy
- No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins
- Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, marginsBetter Prices / Horrible ServiceDells prices may be becoming more competitive again but there service has gone downhill. The aggravation of speaking to someone who does not understand you and explaining yourself 3 or 4 times is something I can do...
- Tags: Investment, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?
- Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?Beef it upWhy Comcast should beef up their network:Imagine its 5:00 PM on a normal Friday evening, you get home hoping to relax in front of the TV to watch a movie or two. You turn on the TV only to discover that...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Strategy, Web, Comcast Corp., bandwidth, network
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
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