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- The future of... Dressing rooms
- Need to update your business wardrobe, but don't have the time to scrutinize yourself in the fitting room mirror? Researchers at PARC are working on putting an end to dressing room indecision. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das meets up with the brains behind the "responsive mirror" and tries the...
- Videos 2009-07-06
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- News to know: Pwn2Own; Windows advice; Palm; JavaFX
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Ed Burnette: Java gets a mobile makeover with JavaFX Mobile Ryan Naraine: Pwn2Own hacker contest targets browsers, smart...
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- (Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center)
- (Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center)Not just Ethernet, laser printing, etc.A little-known fact: Google's fundamental search and relevance algorithms were also developed at Xerox PARC. They bought the rights to the IP in 2000 with the Outride acquisition. Outride was spun out of Xerox PARC.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-11
- Photos: Inside the Palo Alto Research Center
- A tour through the halls and labs of this center of research and development where laser printing and Ethernet networking got their start. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-02-10
- Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck Thacker
- Microsoft Big Brains: Chuck ThackerOne of the creators and influencers of the modern computerI read "Bottlers of Lightning", the book about Xerox Palo Alto Research Center PARC where so much of the current computer landscape originated: Ethernet, Windows with Mouse control, WYSIWIG, Laser Printers, etc. etc. and where Thacker contributed...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-16
- PARC VP, hardware systems laboratory: Scott Elrod
- Scott Elrod, vice president of the hardware systems laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center, talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about researching and supporting innovation at one of Silicon Valley’s most storied tech institutions. He discusses new advancements in erasable ink, clean tech and what it takes to stay...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- PARC VP, hardware systems laboratory: Scott Elrod
- Scott Elrod, vice president of the hardware systems laboratory at the Palo Alto Research Center, talks to CNET's Dan Farber about researching and supporting innovation at one of Silicon Valley's most storied tech institutions. He discusses new advancements in erasable ink, clean tech and what it takes to stay...
- Videos 2008-12-02
- The future of... Paper
- It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be used...
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- The future of... Paper
- It's a possible fix for the reams and reams of paper that are printed, used briefly, and then tossed everyday. ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das takes us inside the Palo Alto Research Center where scientists are developing a way to print an image that disappears, allowing the paper to be...
- Videos 2008-11-19
- Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?
- Microsoft launches online store: Is there deeper meaning here?How many years have Apple had online stores?You have to stand in awe at Microsoft's ability to innovate. Apple opened an online store on November 10th, 1997 - 11 years later, Microsoft finally get round to doing the same.RE: Microsoft launches online...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- From the vault: Lisa demo
- From my forthcoming book, Corporations that Changed the World: Apple Inc. After a tour of the Xerox PARC Palo Alto Research Center laboratories in December 1979 and a demonstration of their Alto computer, Steve Jobs decided that the Graphical User Interface GUI was the future of computing. Apple traded...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- What's cooking at Xerox's PARC labs
- The Palo Alto Research Center, a spinoff lab from Xerox, recently opened its doors to show off paper with disappearing ink, solar concentrators, and a way to purify water that was inspired by toner cartridges. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a tour and has the latest on the lab's current...
- Videos 2008-04-30
- openQRM goes solo after Qlusters dumps open source strategy
- openQRM is looking for a new sponsor following its separation from Qlusters earlier this month. On April 9, on the release of openQRM 3.5, Qlusters announced it decided to donate the open source data center management provisioning and monitoring project to the community on SourceForge. The project, which will continue to be...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- What+the+SCO+take-out+really+means
- What+the+SCO+take-out+really+meansSuing your way to prosperityDidn't Americans come up with this concept first?SCO should have come up with products we care about rather than be patent nitpickers like Lucent.Boies, Schiller & Flexner... are prepaid and their fees are capped. SCOXQ.PK didn't need to file for bankruptcy to get out of...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-15
- Who gave SCO that $100 million lifeline?
- Who gave SCO that $100 million lifeline?Actually......the lawsuits need to be settled and buried and current management must be removed (contracts bought out, if necessary) if SCO is to survive. The former and maybe the latter will take lots of money and this man appears to have it, but...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Cellphones to monitor highway traffic
- Cellphones to monitor highway trafficPrivacyI want to point out that producing strong privacy guarantees is one of the key research issues being investigated in this study. We understand that privacy is critical to the success of a system like this. –Quinn Jacobson / Nokia Research Center, Palo AltoYes, privacy is...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- BrightIdea.com manages your bright ideas...
- BrightIdea.com is one of the companies on my 2008 watch list. The company offers enterprises a process in which they can encourage and manage innovation. Last month I sat down with Matthew Greeley, CEO and founder, at my favorite business meeting place, the "Lucky Penny" diner in San...
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- A phone that tells you what to do
- Researchers from the Palo Alto Research Center PARC have developed a software code-named Magitti for the Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing DNP. When this software is installed on your GPS-enabled mobile phone, Magitti starts to suggest you what to do in your area. You don't need to start a Web...
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Saving Silicon Valley stories
- Silicon Valley is not known for paying much attention to itself. The Computer History Museum aims to change that, and recently it held a fund raiser that also profiled four top technologists. There is a video of that event at the end of this post. It was...
- Blog posts 2007-10-21
- Unresponsive iPhone touch screens
- Unresponsive iPhone touch screensHow many more Apple hardware failures will we see...It isn't five minutes since the Mac battery recall, and already we are seeing the iPhone is now iPhailed.With Apple, are the users paying the extra premium for better quality products, or rather is it just Appletalk for shiny...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
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