sillicon valley

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Seagate CEO looks ahead

Bill Watkins, CEO of hard-drive maker Seagate Technology, sits down with CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos to discuss the future of the drive industry, the current economy, and some of the changes he'd like to see coming with the 2008 election. The U.S. needs to give green cards to college graduates,...

Tags: News, michael kanellos, seagate, hard drives, sillicon valley, flash, media, video, bill watkins

Videos 2008-04-16

Additional Resources

ABC called looking for an "All American" bachelor...

I got a call from one of the producers of The Bachelor looking for a new crop. Did I know any bachelors? I said I did. They said they should be tall, the women are asking for at least 6 foot tall, they should be charming, handsome, and have...

Tags: Look, ABC Inc., Women, Gender And Diversity, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Human Resources, Internet, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?

Comcast has acquired Plaxo in a move that aims to make the cable giant's interactive portfolio more social and potentially bring a little Web 2.0 to your set-top box. Financial terms weren't disclosed, but TechCrunch puts the deal at about $150 million to $170 million. Comcast has...

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Network, Comcast Corp., Game Plan, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Social Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move

In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's biggest partner and provides hosting for all Comcast email subscriber address books....

Tags: Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...

Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-14

Facebook is the new Google as exodus of top xooglers continues

The latest high-level executive to leave Google for Facebook is Elliott Schrage, who headed the corporate communications team. When the top person responsible for Google's messaging across all products and for its international policy leaves this points to a serious change within the company. Facebook has been...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Public Relations, Business Ethics, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Diggnation for enterprise?

The cool kids in Silicon Valley think they have all the fun? Check this out: Diggnation for Enterprise featuring SAP's Bill McDermott, Henning Kagermann and Leo Apotheker at SAPPHIRE08 in Orlando. In contrast to Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, this is an altogether...

Tags: Leo Apotheker, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-06

iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVD

iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVDJobs one Awesome NegotiatorAs Silicon Valley Insider said "Steve Jobs Gets His Mega Studio Deal".Steve Jobs sees to be an incredible negotiator and seemingly has a magic touch in bending very tough managers from very different industries to his will.Examples: signing all those...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, movie, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, DVD, Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-05-01

Tibco Software And Silicon Valley. . .

I rarely get to write about Tibco Software, one of the oldest Silicon Valley companies, and one of my favorite companies. The reason I rarely write about Tibco is that Tibco has been my most loyal supporter and sponsor for what I've been doing the last three plus years, publishing...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Financial Accounting, Pricing, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Finance, Marketing, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-05-01

The machines for making TVs

Not everything gets made overseas. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos tours the Silicon Valley facilities of Applied Materials, where they make equipment for producing televisions and solar panels.

Tags: News, Michael Kanellos, solar, solar panels, TV's, Applied Materials, Silicon Valley, plasma, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Videos 2008-04-30

Forget the paperless office dream, but how about a paperless living room?

Like several high tech innovations Zinio began as a digital service aimed at B2B. But it worked, so it's inevitably grown to become a global, consumer-oriented service as well. If it works at work, just think how you can use it at home. And then...

Tags: Magazine, Zinio, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-30

VC Supports Next, Greener Generation of Biotech

Using, not losing, all the carbon. Courtesy Zeachem and Mohr Davidow. Click on diagram for full view. We've had several blogs here recently reflecting the building political anxiety around the current generation of biofuels, esp. those based on using food products. You...

Tags: Food, Biofuel, Biodiesel, Clean Technology, Zeahcem, OPX, Genomatica, Biotechnology, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Want Intel's newest chip? Buy an iMac

In a comment left yesterday by Davewrite under my story about the new, speedier iMacs noted that the Intel Core Duo Extreme processor found in the new iMacs is not yet available in any PC. In fact, the chip isn't officially rolled out by Intel yet. According...

Tags: Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Montevina, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-04-29

News to know: Psystar; IT Dojo; Microsoft moral; SQL Injection attacks; Ubuntu

Notable headlines: David Morgenstern: Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack? IT Dojo: Create your own bootable USB flash drive for Windows XP Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties Another reason...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Yahoo! Inc., SQL, Microsoft Corp., SQL Injection, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Strategy, Software, Management

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?

Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?The next big thing acquisition dilemma ...... given that the best technology people develop using FOSS, can the buyout and convert model ever work?RE: Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?your parting words give an interesting take on the positive side of...

Tags: Entrepreneurship, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, new thing

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Where's the next new thing in Silicon Valley?

Excellent article by Jeff Nolan, an ex-VC, writing in SandHill.com on venture capital investments and locating the next big thing. Incrementalism and "The New New Thing" - With all the venture capital moving around in the Silicon Valley, where is the real innovation? He makes many good points...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Innovation, Web, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Leadership, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Financing Startups, Internet, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Apple bumps top iMac to 3.06GHz

Apple bumps top iMac to 3.06GHzIs the 24-Inch 6-bit color issue still there?Or was it fixed in the new one's...That's a lot of bang for the bucks...Apple just keep coming with great stuff. That is one hell of a Pro Application system."Core Duo Extreme X9100", NOT AVAILABLE YET for PCsSilicon...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Apple Inc., Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale

Companies at least publicly traded ones are beholden to shareholders. But they also are beholden to their employees. And while most Softies are afraid to state for the record that they think Microsoft should abandon its takeover of Yahoo, that opinion is a real and prevailing sentiment among many in...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Windows, Professional Development, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Career, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Twitter turmoil: when does it end?

The news that Twitter's lead architect Blaine Cook and Lee Mighdoll, VP engineering have left should be no surprise. Let's be blunt. Despite the  neutral language used in various posts, they were fired. One has to wonder whether Jack Dorsey is next, especially as he doesn't seem to understand the...

Tags: Twitter, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Manufacturing, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Is Apple going back to the PowerPC?

Hardware independence as a strategic weapon The Forbes magazine scoop that Apple is buying P. A. Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley company that designs high-performance, power-sipping PowerPC chips - the very chips Apple just migrated away from - raises a host of questions. But the people who need to worry...

Tags: Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-04-23