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The physics of baseball: There's some real science to throwing a ball and knocking it out of the park. CNET News's Kara Tsuboi spoke with players from the Oakland Athletics about throwing and hitting, and to a scientist who confirmed that yes indeed, they'd play better if they had paid attention to their physics...; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, baseball, oakland A's, exploratorium, paul doherty, physics, pitching; Videos 2008-04-09

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SAP pulls the trigger on higher support costs: SAP has announced that it plans to transition all customers to its new Enterprise Support offering from January 1st, 2009. SAP is pitching this as a service that adds customer value but in reality it means a cost increase. According to the press release, SAP will incrementally ratchet support costs...; Tags: SAP AG, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Governance, Construction, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Apple iPhone 3G launch roundup: "I have an iPhone... and you don't!" I decided (ok, my financial advisor, aka spouse, decided for me) to skip the iPhone 3G frenzy this morning and just sit back and watch the fun. For...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-11
iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption: UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple's exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors. For years, Apple has paid little attention to products for enterprise users. Now it's pitching its new iPhone 3G as: "The best phone for business. Ever". But...; Tags: Barrier, Apple iPhone, Phone, O2 Plc., John Romeis, Gordon Barnes, Paul Jarvis, Phil Jackson, Ignacio Toro Lyng, 3G, Cellular Phones, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Natasha Lomas silicon.com, iPhone 3G, smart phones, Apple, IT; News items 2008-07-11
News on flash: EcoRAM held up as less power-hungry option than DRAM for server farms: Most people I know who talk tech associate flash memory with mobile phones and other small handheld gadgets, but the technology now is emerging as an option for reducing the power requirements in massive server farms, especially those that are frequently called upon to serve up data quickly and often....; Tags: DRAM, Server Farm, Spansion Inc., EcoRAM, Memory, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-28

AV in the cloud... wait, what?: AV in the cloud... wait, what?further adieu? :-DHow about 'further ado'... ;-)It is a gneiss article all in all though.That original article isn't just vague,it is downright poor.If you haven't called into question some bad AV depending on what is really going on at Trend Micro, you've definitely called into...; Tags: Nate; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
IBM is latest to ask: Why not take that data center to go?: Is it really a whole year since IBM unleashed its Project Big Green brainchild on the IT industry, triggering a barrage of like-minded efforts across the high-tech industry? Well, apparently it is, and the company is using the anniversary to make a push for some of its...; Tags: Data Center, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-06-15
Intel plays show and tell: Environment, visual computing (multi)core themes: Intel CTO Justin Rattner and his merry band of researchers played show and tell with projects from the chipmaker's lab focused on visual computing and how to leverage multiple cores. Rattner outlined Intel's research projects Wednesday--roughly 70 of them--and noted that these experiments will turn into products...; Tags: Environment, Computing, Intel Corp., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-11
Details on HP's new laptops and all-in-one desktop: HP released a slew of new consumer and business products--including 17 new laptops--at an event in Berlin earlier today. In addition to HP and Compaq notebooks, new products include a refresh of its TouchSmart all-in-one PC, a Voodoo-branded desktop and notebook (the Voodoo PC site had been down for several...; Tags: Voodoo, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, Laptop Computer, Notebook Roster, HP DreamColor Display HP, Desktops, Hardware, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-06-10
Major League Baseball pitches new app to iPhone users: At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Jeremy Schoenherr of MLB.com demos At-Bat, a new iPhone app from Major League Baseball. Users can access statistics and information about who's pitching and batting, as well as video highlights in near real-time.; Tags: Apple iPhone, MLB, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Apple; Videos 2008-06-09
Netbook roundup from Computex: When Asus first unveiled its Eee PC at Computex in 2007, the industry viewed it as curiosity. One year later, Asus says it has sold more than a million Eee PCs and a new category, the ultra low-cost PC, is suddenly one of the biggest trends at this year's tradeshow....; Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000, Linux, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-06-06
AMD makes its notebook move; Puma goes live: AMD on Wednesday unveiled its notebook microprocessor platform, formerly known as Puma, and notched a small win over rival Intel. AMD's notebook platform (AMD Turion-X2 Ultra), which aims to integrate graphics capabilities with its processors, stays off Intel's ultra mobile PC turf, but has hit the...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Notebooks, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-03
Promises, promises: the elusive user-assembled app dream: Promises, promises: the elusive user-assembled app dreamMust have missed that..."...this was promised as SOA started out several years ago."I don't recall seeing this claim made for SOA anywhere by anyone. But it's not like I haven't missed the boat before. ;-)Just like small groups start off keeping the books in...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Microsoft Office, elusive user-assembled app, user-assembled app, Microsoft Excel; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?: Yesterday Netflix announced a new US$99, Roku-designed, set-top box that will allow customers to stream more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes. In a review on 19 May 2008 CNet's David Carnoy gave the Netflix Player a 7.7 out of 10: The good: Streams Netflix...; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Apple Inc., Netflix Player, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-21
Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS: I keep trying to come up with explanations for why rational technical publications continue to amplify the nonsensical research coming out of Australian security vendor PC Tools in the past few weeks. Jedi mind tricks? Post-hypnotic suggestions embedded in web pages served from the Southern Hemisphere? Sunspots? There's certainly...; Tags: Operating System, PC Tools, Microsoft Windows Vista, Malware, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-20
A U.S military botnet in the works: Make botnets, not war? In April, last year, I asked the question "Why establish an offensive cyber warfare doctrine when you can simple install a type of Lycos Spam Fighting screensaver on every military and government computer and have it periodically update its hit lists?" A year...; Tags: Distributed Denial Of Service, Military, Attack, U.S, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?: Every technology company has three main constituencies: Employees, customers and shareholders. Does that last category overwhelm the first two? Should it? These questions are worth asking--at least when it comes to putting technology companies in context. Vinnie Mirchandani and I had this back and forth about Wall...; Tags: Shareholder, Technology Company, Wall, Vinnie, Construction, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Is Apple selling off its professional software titles?: The slimmest hint of a rumor can gain steam when cycled around the Internet. It seems to be happening with rumor that Apple is pitching its professional applications such as Final Cut Pro. The rumor was buried below the fold in the Friday Pulpit posting by Robert...; Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Video, Final Cut Pro, Corporate Communications, Marketing, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-05
VeriChip goes consumer with its implantable RFID chips; Would you buy?: VeriChip said Tuesday it will begin pitching its implantable RFID chips directly to consumers in a move that aims to link doctors directly to personal health records. VeriChip said it will launch a direct-to-consumer marketing campaign in South Florida on April 28. The general idea appears...; Tags: VeriChip, Health Care, RFID Chip, Personal Health Record, Chip, Microsoft HealthVault, Health Link, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Microsoft should do this: Exchange plus Hotmail: One of the reasons cited (by Cap Gemini, for example) for investigating Google Apps for Enterprise as an alternative to Microsoft Office is the cost of rolling out Exchange email to every worker in an organization. Employees who only need email accounts occasionally, for example to correspond with the HR...; Tags: MSN Hotmail, Microsoft Corp., Service, Exchange, Mailtrust, Prices, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-21