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NASA to reveal major Google announcement Monday

NASA to reveal major Google announcement MondayTax evasionThere has been talk for quite a while about Google moving a large portion of its operations onto Moffett Field, where Ames is located. They are doing this under the guise of working with NASA, but it seems that the major motivation is...

Tags: NASA, Space Act agreement, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-16

NASA to reveal major Google announcement Monday

According to NASA Ames, a discussion about the agreement with Google has been scheduled for Monday, December 18. Not much is known about what is going to be discussed, but the press release gives us a couple clues:NASA Ames Research Center hosts a media briefing Monday to discuss a...

Tags: Google Inc., NASA, Space Act agreement

Blog posts 2006-12-16

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Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit

It appears that Apple is trying to put the final nail in Psystar's coffin, asking the court to accept an amended complaint against the Mac clone maker to add a charge of violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to a long list of allegations, including trademark infringement, breach of...

Tags: Complaint, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Apple Mac OS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple hits Psystar with DMCA charges

Court papers reveal that the day before Thanksgiving Apple added new charges to the five-month old federal lawsuit against mac-clone maker Psystar. The new charges claim that Psystar, along with ten John Does, violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA by bypassing copy-protection mechanisms used by Apple to protect Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Copyrighted Works, Defendant, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?

You pick up your Blackberry in the morning because your notebook has a virus. You connect to your cloud storage and retrieve a few documents to store on your drive, and grab yourself a cup of Java. I get emails every day, mostly ordinary commentary from like-minded...

Tags: Legend, RIM BlackBerry, Virus, Computer, Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Handhelds, Online Communications, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Palm: On track to become a historical footnote

Remember when Palm - maker of the Pilot and Tungsten PDAs and later the Treo smartphone - was the dominant player in the handheld device business? Today, it's a completely different landscape. Apple's iPhone has recently dominated the smartphone space. RIM is making a big push with the launch of...

Tags: Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

The widget conundrum

There's a pretty good article in Advertising Age about the benefits of widgets and the fact that not a lot of people are using it. AdAge says that "entire segment" will amount to around $100 million. That sounds like a chunk of money, and especially one for an industry that...

Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Silverlight, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, AdAge, Widgets, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas

Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...

Tags: Cabinet, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft

The first pieces of the International Space Station went into orbit 10 years ago. Now a full-fledged lab facility, it continues to grow. by CNET News.com

Tags: Space Station, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-12-01

Hapax CEO recognises importance of shared infrastructure moving forward

I had an enjoyable conversation with Mark Redgrave recently, ahead of his company's unveiling of their 'meaning platform,' Amplify. Mark is CEO of London-based Hapax, a company that has been applying patented technology to natural language processing NLP since 2000. According to the Press...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Advertisement, Brand, Ontology, Amplify, Branding, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-28

The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty.

Lori Drew has been convicted of three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud in the MySpace suicide of young Megan Meiers, 13 when she hung herself. A jury deadlocked on a fourth count of conspiracy but reduced the charges from felony to misdemeanors. Said Tina Meiers, Megan's mother:...

Tags: Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Computer, Attorney, Lori Drew, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Microsoft still fighting a losing battle against Google

New Comscore data was released today which clearly shows how Google's search share is continuing to rise, and despite Microsoft's best efforts even giving away prizes to searchers, they are at best stagnant. Year-over-year, Microsoft's search share went from 9.7% down to 8.5% while Google rose from 58.5% to...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Finance, Marketing, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters

Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...

Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-26

I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper  It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...

Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Yes, Twitter really is worth the trouble

Our resident student blogger, Zack Whittaker, asked a question this morning that caught my eye: "Twitter: is there any point?" My answer, as a growing devotee of Twitter and other bits of social media is, "Of course there's a point!" Even for Ed Tech, I maintain...

Tags: Twitter, Chris Brogan, Education 2.0, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-25

No Beatles iPod for Christmas

It looks like you won't be able to buy The Beatles music on iTunes this holiday season, which threatens to take a bite out of Apple revenue for the all important holiday quarter. Talks between Apple and The Beatles' record label Apple Corps Ltd. have "stalled" according...

Tags: EMI Group Plc., Apple Inc., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-25

I want an iPhoneStormDroid

Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...

Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

HP's Hurd: IT downturn different than 2001; Ink matters

Hewlett-Packard's fiscal fourth quarter didn't offer up many surprises given the company preannounced the results along with its outlook. But there were more than a few notable nuggets that indicate where tech demand is heading. Here's a look at the top five takeaways from HP's earnings report...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, Notebook Sale, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Mid-range Apples that won't break the bank

If you've got a couple extra bucks in your budget this year there are a couple of middle priced (US$100-300) gifts that up that I want to recommend. If this isn't quite your price range, feel free to check out my list of Mac-related gift ideas under $100...

Tags: Bank, Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Chumby, Novatel USB727, FastMac U-Charge Battery Charger, 3G, Engineering, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-24