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Companies warn U.S. lagging behind in tech

Companies warn U.S. lagging behind in techGee I seem to remember I made astatement to this effect, the US had better get on board with Open Source and better education or pretty soon the empire will be no more.Europe, Asia they are stomping the stuffing out of us in all...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Workforce management, Big Business, tax, U.S. Lagging, tech profession, Foreign Students, education, government

Discussion threads 2005-02-16

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Google's storage price cuts and a big missed backup opportunity

SkyDriveYup, as ReadWriteWeb points out:"SkyDrive offers a free 25 GB of online storage for your files and also serves as the central repository for Windows Live Photos as well as the documents created via the new Office Web Applications service, Microsoft's challenge to Google Docs. But where's Google's answer to...

Tags: Backups, Google Inc., backup, storage

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Cleantech draws more investments in Q3

Investment globally were again for the cleantech sector, markking further rebound from the beginning of this year which began glumly. Cleantech Group says total Q3 investments were nearly $1.6 billion. Overall investments in cleantech were up 10% from Q2 but still lagging compared to Q3 in 2008, just...

Tags: Investment, Clean Technology, Cleantech Group, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-30

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?

Is it too late for the green tech boom in the U.S.? Is the nation now second-rate technologically? Did the eight years of aerobics during the Bush Administration leave the U.S. one lap behind nations actually in the running? There are certainly lots of folks counting on a...

Tags: U.S., Green Technology, Pew, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-08

White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopes

White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesWhen you quit...reading them.RE: White House probes NASA, as Europeans launch two advanced telescopesThe Webb telescope that will be launched after Hubble is decomissioned will be able to measure infrared just as well as the Planck and Herschel. The upgrades that...

Tags: NASA, White House, Hubble

Discussion threads 2009-05-10

Should Mozilla stay out of the whole IE/EU antitrust mess?

Should Mozilla stay out of the whole IE/EU antitrust mess?oopshit the wrong response; should have been: stay away!This looks like whining. Just build a better mousetrap....Is Mozilla imploding?This coming at a time where 1) Mozilla devs are struggling to get the 3.1 beta out but are hit by numerous...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE/EU antitrust, whole IE/EU antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3

Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?

Intel chairman Craig Barrett, introduced as the company's chief ambassador, delivered the opening keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum this morning, highlighting technological innovation and its impact on the globe - just as you'd expect him to do. But Barrett - with a quick apology for briefly jumping into...

Tags: Education, Washington, Craig Barrett, Intel Corp., Intel Developer Forum, Brian, Telecom & Utilities, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-19

IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC

Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...

Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

TouchFLO 3D, FM radio, YouTube and text input methods on the HTC Touch Diamond

I have now spent 2 full days using the HTC Touch Diamond and the more I use it the more impressed I am with what HTC was able to do with this device. It is amazing to hold it in my hand and think of all that they were able...

Tags: Application, High Tech Computer Corp., Phone, Device, FM-radio, YouTube Inc., Video, Photograph, HTC Touch, Browser Experience, Phone Menu, Phone Keypad, QWERTY, QWERTY Keyboard Option, Keyboards, Corporate Communications, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-06-09

A closer look at the HTC Shift from Sprint

I've been using an HTC Shift from Sprint for over a week now and as you can see in the more than 140 photos and screenshots found in my image gallery and quick and dirty post yesterday I have had a chance to try out most all aspects of the...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Microsoft Windows Vista, Sprint Communications, HTC Shift, SnapVUE 1.8, A/C Adapter Brick, Origami Central Application, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-03-20

FCC hearings: Comcast versus Vuze

FCC hearings: Comcast versus VuzeCouldnt have said it better myself...George you pointed out specifically in your article that Comcast COULD change to the DOCSIS 3.0 networks vice the DOCSIS 1.1 network they have now (which a previous discussion I believe it was determined this has been around since 1999)..so Comcast...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), VOIP, FCC, Comcast Corp., network, British Telecommunications, Internet Service Provider

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Peru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptops

Peru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptopsPeru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptopsThe great OLPC scam. Negroponte made exclusive deals with only the U.S. to charge customers twice the amount of money for only 1 laptop. Basically he expected the U.S. to fund all this and excluded all...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, OLPC Laptops, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

EU proposes new powers to split up telephone companies

EU proposes new powers to split up telephone companiesNeeded in the US tooThis kind of radical thinking is needed in the US as well to shake things up and break things up, starting with the cellphone industry to move away from subsidising handsets, make sure people own their handsets, dont...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, phone, Android, spectrum, tax, handset

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

Is the HTC Advantage really the most powerful mobile office?

I posted my first impressions of the HTC Advantage about 10 days ago and have been using it as my primary device ever since it arrived. I actually wrote 90% of this review on the HTC Advantage with a Think Outside Sierra Bluetooth keyboard. Yes, I have even been using...

Tags: Software, Keyboard, High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Battery, Video, Camera, Cable, USB, HTC Advantage, Display, Adobe Reader LE, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-08-28

Mobile phone architect lists 10 iPhone problems

Mobile phone architect lists 10 iPhone problemsWillie Lu can't think outside the box...the iPhone is a game changer all the old rules about what a mobile phone is has changed and is being redefined by Apple. Apple is ahead of the game, not behind.. they just leap frogged everyone....

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Advertising & Promotion, mobile, FM-radio, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., IPHONE IS, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10+ gigabit home

As the computer and Internet revolution blooms, the one thing that is lagging behind is broadband connectivity.  There's no question that the future of long-range high-speed telecommunication is Fiber, but different companies are taking different approaches.  While AT&T is going to try and install fiber to within a mile of...

Tags: VoIP, Technology policy, News, Networking, Infrastructure, Consumer electronics

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Linux leaders plot counterattack on Microsoft

Linux leaders plot counterattack on MicrosoftLinux leaders plot counterattack on MicrosoftLOL! Microsoft has the whole linux movement running scared now. That's power! There leaders are so scared they have to resort to plot an attack. Its too bad they are wasting their time with such nonsense. ...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Linux Leaders Plot Counterattack

Discussion threads 2007-06-14

Silverlight...coming soon to Linux

Silverlight...coming soon to LinuxWell, Novell asked.That gave Novell an advantage in the competition to see which version of Linux Microsoft would support. Novell also had some potential IP Court cases that could have been expensive. (Not forgetting a case that was excluded from the agreement.)Also, Novell needed the...

Tags: .NET, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Mono, Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

More shake ups on the Windows Live side of the Microsoft house?

On the heels of the retirement of Blake Irving, the former Vice President in charge of the Windows Live Platforms group, more reorg changes affecting Microsofts Windows Live unit are in the works. According to various sources close to the company, Christopher Payne, the Corporate VP in charge of...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Google, Search, Web 2.0, Windows Live

Blog posts 2007-03-07