Still, I’m a glass half full kind of person, and I can’t help but appreciate how much more is possible now than was just two years ago. And I am counting on things to be even better (read full HD) by the next games.
It’s one of several issues I have with the coverage. Unlike others, [...]
I submitted the talk, and later sent a second submission using the same system to then ask to be removed from consideration. As an alumni speaker, I know from experience that the entire Black Hat organization is run extremely well. Why they cannot find me in their system, I cannot speak to.
It is correct that [...]
“We’ll be able to address 90 percent of the databases with a single drop-in card. Most databases are less than 1TB in size,” he said.
Flynn continued: “What we’re finding is that putting an entire database on silicon has enough benefit, that you don’t have to futz around with putting some of it on mechanical [...]
The new funding round is led by two companies: the Omidyar Network, the venture form of eBay founder Pierre Omidyar; and Wellington Partners. Omidyar will join the Seesmic board in an observer role and Wellington GP Eric Archambeau will take a board seat.
In Seesmic product news, the company also updated its embeddable video player. It [...]
Verizon Communications has been building a fiber-to-the-home network, which will allow the company to continually upgrade capacity by simply changing some of the hardware on the network. And AT&T has been upgrading its network, pushing fiber deeper into neighborhoods to provide more capacity over shorter loops of its last mile copper networks.
Comcast has argued [...]
I wish that it were Ballmer’s core team advertising for the position, as that would be a clearer signal of Microsoft’s intent, but I’ll take what I can get.
I like it. It’s classically Microsoft: push forward with limited hand-wringing about the past. Give it credit for being gutsy.
Is this position an exercise in masochism? Perhaps, [...]
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…[P]atents are very much used to stop competition, which is undeniably the most powerful way to encourage innovation. Anybody who argues for patents is basically arguing against open markets and competition…
In an excellent interview posted on Simple-Talk, Torvalds covers a range of topics, including the Linux operating system’s place in history:
A level-headed, mature commentary [...]
Sony and Samsung tend to set the pace on price reductions, and Gagnon of DisplaySearch says the other brands will all react in order to maintain their brand position in the market. If Samsung drops its 42-inch LCD $100 in the coming weeks, expect Panasonic to do the same on its 42-inch plasma.
And LCD prices [...]
Separately, Best Buy narrowed its financial outlook. Best Buy on Friday said its holiday revenue was in line with revised expectations, but same store sales fell 6.5 percent.
In a statement, Circuit City said:
Circuit City said Friday that it is in talks with “two highly motivated and interested parties” about selling the company as a going [...]
You don’t mess with Craigslist, apparently.
When White launched the Craigslist Blog last month, Craigslist did not have its own blog. That’s changed recently, as Buckmaster now authors an official Craigslist blog. A report earlier this week estimated that Craigslist’s annual revenue is likely around $80 million and could be significantly higher, except that the company [...]
